Oxyserica pruinosa
| Oxyserica pruinosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Oxyserica |
| Species: | O. pruinosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxyserica pruinosa (Hope, 1831)
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Oxyserica pruinosa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Himalaya, from east of the Sutlej river to eastern Nepal.[2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5.8-6.6 mm. They have a black, short, oval body. The elytra are sometimes translucent reddish brown.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved October 31, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Ahrens, Dirk (1998). "Revision der Sericinae des Himalaya-gebietes. Neue arten der Microserica marginata gruppe". Entomologische Abhandlungen Staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden. 58 (2): 29–51. Retrieved November 7, 2025.