Chrysoserica gigantea
| Chrysoserica gigantea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Chrysoserica |
| Species: | C. gigantea
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| Binomial name | |
| Chrysoserica gigantea Brenske, 1898[1]
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Chrysoserica gigantea is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in India (Khasi Hills and Assam).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 12–14 mm. The clypeus is smooth with scattered, dull punctation, the middle of the anterior margin projecting. The pronotum has projecting anterior and weakly rounded posterior angles, without hairs, but with dark markings on both sides of the middle. The scutellum is long and sparsely punctate. The elytra have nine distinct striae, the furrows of which are densely punctate, the intervals with scattered dark spots.[4]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved October 23, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.
- ^ Brenske, E. (1899). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. II. Monographisch bearbeitet". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 43: 205–404. Retrieved February 16, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.