Neoserica fraterna
| Neoserica fraterna | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Neoserica |
| Species: | N. fraterna
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| Binomial name | |
| Neoserica fraterna Brenske, 1902
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Neoserica fraterna is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Malawi.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8.5 mm. They have a rounded-oval, brown (but black above) body. They are strongly tomentose and opalescent. The pronotum is only slightly rounded at the sides. The scutellum is broad and pointed. The elytra are punctate-striate with widely spaced punctate intervals, which are flat and not very distinct, so that the elytra appear almost uniformly punctate. At the base are fine whitish scale-like hairs, next to the intervals with scattered white setae. There are very minute hairs in the punctations.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Neoserica) fraterna 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 6, 2026.
- ^ a b Brenske, E. (1901). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. V." (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 46 (4): 431–462. Retrieved February 6, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.