Neoserica fucatella

Neoserica fucatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Neoserica
Species:
N. fucatella
Binomial name
Neoserica fucatella
(Brenske, 1901)
Synonyms
  • Lepiserica fucatella Brenske, 1901
  • Autoserica fucatella

Neoserica fucatella is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Tanzania.[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 9 mm. They have an oblong-oval, very dull body. They are brown underneath, darker above, and scarcely opalescent. The pronotum is dark greenish in the middle and the elytra are punctate in rows, the intervals are sparsely and distinctly punctate, without spots or groups of punctures, with a dense but indistinct group of hairs at the base. The white scale-like setae are arranged in rows.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Autoserica) fucatella 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.
  3. ^ a b Brenske, E. (1901). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. V." (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 46 (2–3): 187–234. Retrieved February 6, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.