Comaserica foveicollis
| Comaserica foveicollis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Comaserica |
| Species: | C. foveicollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Comaserica foveicollis Brenske, 1900
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Comaserica foveicollis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Madagascar.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 4.5 mm. They are colourful with mottled elytra and a silky sheen. The frons is finely punctate. The somewhat broadened pronotum is slightly projecting anteriorly and the sides and posterior margin are finely margined up to the middle, where a fine ring of hairs is located. The scutellum has white hairs on the sides. The elytra are dark-spotted, the striae very indistinct and blurred, with scattered, very indistinct setate punctures. The legs are reddish-brown.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Comaserica foveicollis 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 February 10, 2026.
- ^ a b Brenske, E. (1900). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. IV". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 45: 39–96. Retrieved February 10, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.