Tocama laosensis
| Tocama laosensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Tribe: | Melolonthini |
| Genus: | Tocama |
| Species: | T. laosensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tocama laosensis Li & Keith, 2012 | |
Tocama laosensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Laos.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 20 mm (0.79 in). They have a medium sized, thin body, with the pronotum flat when viewed laterally. The head, pronotum and scutellum are blackish brown, while the elytra are dull castaneous. The surface of the pronotum, scutellum and elytra is covered with tiny brownish grey setae, and the setae on the vertex are about four times the length of those on the pronotum and elytra. The basal margin of the elytra between the scutellum and humeral umbone is broadly ridged. The apical ridge of the pygidium is impressed and becomes concave inwardly along the plane of the disc.[3]
Etymology
The species name is derived from the name of Laos, wherefrom it is described.[3]
References
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tocama laosensis at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Li, Chun-Lin; Wang, Chuan-Chan; Keith, Denis; Yang, Ping-Shih (2012). "On the genus Tocama Reitter (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae), with descriptions of two new species from Indochina". ZooKeys. 177: 37–48. Retrieved May 12, 2026.
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