Neoserica iringensis
| Neoserica iringensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Neoserica |
| Species: | N. iringensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Neoserica iringensis (Moser, 1916)
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Neoserica iringensis 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 are brown and only thinly tomentose and therefore silky-shimmering. The frons is quite densely punctate. The punctures are rather strong due to the tomentose covering. The antennae are yellowish-brown. The pronotum has moderately dense, irregular punctation and these punctures are minutely setate. The lateral margins have erect setae. The elytra have rows of punctures, with the intervals only very slightly convex, somewhat darkened, and sparsely punctate. The punctures are covered with extremely fine and short, and occasionally also with somewhat more pronounced setae.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Autoserica) iringensis 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 28, 2026.
- ^ a b Moser, J. (1916). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Melolonthiden. (Col.) V." Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 129–188. Retrieved January 28, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.