Oxyserica pygidialis
| Oxyserica pygidialis | |
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| Oxyserica pygidialis annapurnae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Oxyserica |
| Species: | O. pygidialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxyserica pygidialis Brenske, 1900[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Oxyserica pygidialis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[2] It is found in Nepal, Pakistan, India (Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand) and China (Xizang).[3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 4 mm. They have a short, egg-shaped body. They are dull and opalescent above, while the pygidium and underside are shiny. They are dark in colour, with the head and pronotum greenish, the elytra pale yellow, and the suture, lateral margin and a central patch on the pygidium dark. The legs and antennae are brownish-red.[4]
Subspecies
- Oxyserica pygidialis pygidialis (Nepal, Pakistan, India: Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand)
- Oxyserica pygidialis annapurnae (Ahrens, 1995) (Nepal, China: Xizang)[5]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved November 4, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Oxyserica pygidialis 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.