Microserica quinquefoliata

Microserica quinquefoliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Microserica
Species:
M. quinquefoliata
Binomial name
Microserica quinquefoliata
Moser, 1915

Microserica quinquefoliata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Indonesia (Sumatra).[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4 mm. The colouration is highly variable. Usually, the head and pronotum are green, the elytra yellowish-brown with black suture and blackish-brown margins. The pygidium is black or red and the underside partly dark green, partly dark brown. On the elytra, the black colouration can extend further, and some specimens even have an entirely black elytra. The frons is finely punctate with a row of setae behind the suture. The pronotum is moderately densely punctured and the punctures, like those on the elytra, have tiny setae. The elytra have rows of punctures and the almost unpunctate spaces between them are only slightly convex.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Microserica quinquefoliata 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.
  3. ^ a b Moser, J. (1915). "Weitere neue Serica-Arten (Col.)". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 76: 144–202. Retrieved January 27, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.