Hyposerica costata
| Hyposerica costata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Hyposerica |
| Species: | H. costata
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyposerica costata Moser, 1911
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Hyposerica costata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Madagascar.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8 mm. They are chestnut brown and shiny. The head is sparsely punctured, except for the smooth vertex. The punctures are coarse and have individual erect setae. The pronotum is sparsely punctured. The sides and the upper surface with individual long hairs. The elytra have two rows of strong punctures in the striae. The spaces between the striae are smooth and strongly raised. The lateral margins are weakly ciliate.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hyposerica costata 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 January 27, 2026.
- ^ a b Moser, J. (1911). "Neue Serica-Arten von Madagascar und Borneo (Col.)" (PDF). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 513–529. Retrieved January 27, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.