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Oxyserica diversicornis

species of beetle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ138573210 ↗
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Oxyserica diversicornis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in China (Guangdong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Yunnan).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.2 mm. They have a black, oval body. The legs are brown and the elytra are reddish brown with the margins and one transversal mesolateral and one anteromedial spot black. The dorsal surface is dull and nearly glabrous.

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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q138573210. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Oxyserica diversicornis” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.