Neoserica lydenburgiana
| Neoserica lydenburgiana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Neoserica |
| Species: | N. lydenburgiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Neoserica lydenburgiana (Brenske, 1902)
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Neoserica lydenburgiana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Mpumalanga).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8 mm. They have an elongate-oval, opaque, uniformly brown body, with a short, hairless clypeus. The elytra are finely but distinctly striate, the deepened striae, in which the punctures are scattered and not seriate, are as broad as the raised interspaces and have solitary bristly hairs. [3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Autoserica) lydenburgiana 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
- ^ a b Péringuey, L. (1904). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 1–293. Retrieved January 7, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.