Neoserica moffartsi
| Neoserica moffartsi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Neoserica |
| Species: | N. moffartsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Neoserica moffartsi Brenske, 1900
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Neoserica moffartsi 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 7 mm. They are dull brown, almost velvety, and the scale-like hairs on the elytra are very indistinct, absent, or present only on the sides. The frons is broad and the eyes are large. The pronotum is not projecting forward in the middle at the anterior margin and the sides are very slightly rounded, only slightly wider posteriorly. The weakly opalescent elytra are coarsely punctate in the striae and the intervals are narrow.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Neoserica) moffartsi 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. (1902). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. (Schluss)" (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 47: 1–82. Retrieved February 6, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.