Neoserica obesa
| Neoserica obesa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Neoserica |
| Species: | N. obesa
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| Binomial name | |
| Neoserica obesa (Péringuey, 1892)
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Neoserica obesa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Namibia and South Africa (Northern Cape).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 10 mm. They are chestnut-red, with only a slight fleshy tinge and a very faint metallic sheen. The clypeus is very roughly, although not deeply punctured. The scutellum is very closely punctulate. The elytra are sub-costulate in the anterior part only, punctato-striate, the interstices are plainly and somewhat closely punctured, and there are on each side six rows of somewhat remote, very small whitish hairs. The club of the antennae is flavescent.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Neoserica) obesa 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.