Leucopholis bezdeki
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Leucopholis |
| Species: | L. bezdeki
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucopholis bezdeki Calcetas, 2023
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Leucopholis bezdeki is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Philippines (Mindanao).
Description
Adults reach a length of about 38.2 mm. The dorsum and venter are monochromatic black, covered with yellowish white scales.
Etymology
The species is named is named in honour of Dr Aleš Bezděk (Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic), a specialist on Asian melolonthines.[1]
References
- ^ Part of this text is from “Three new species of the genus Leucopholis Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Leucopholini) from the Philippines and designation of a neotype for L. semperi Brenske, 1896” by Calcetas O.A.. This article is licensed under the CC BY 4.0 license