Neoserica plasoni
| Neoserica plasoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Neoserica |
| Species: | N. plasoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Neoserica plasoni Brenske, 1899
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Neoserica plasoni is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Indonesia (Java).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 11 mm. They have a strikingly broad, black, dull body, without a silky sheen and not opalescent, only the tibiae are shiny. The head is narrow and the frons is densely covered with long setae. The pronotum is narrow anteriorly, the anterior angles not as strongly projecting, strongly rounded laterally with right-angled posterior angles, densely setate anteriorly and laterally. The elytra are narrowly punctate in the rows, with broad interstices.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Neoserica) plasoni 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 11, 2026.
- ^ a b Brenske, E. (1899). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. III" (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 44: 161–272. Retrieved February 11, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.