Neoserica squamifera

Neoserica squamifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Neoserica
Species:
N. squamifera
Binomial name
Neoserica squamifera
Brenske, 1899

Neoserica squamifera 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 5.5 mm. They are dull, velvety, light reddish-brown underneath, darker above, with tiny white hairs in the punctures, and rows of small white scale-like hairs on the elytra. The clypeus is finely punctured, of equal width, with a setate puncture in the rounded corners, and slightly raised in the middle. The pronotum is slightly projecting anteriorly in the middle, scarcely rounded at the sides, and the posterior corners are slightly rounded. The scutellum is broadly smooth in the middle. The elytra are finely, irregularly punctured in the striae, with fairly distinct, tiny white hairs, and rows of white scale-like hairs on the smooth, narrow, rib-like, somewhat darker intervals. The pygidium is broadly rounded.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Neoserica) squamifera 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 17, 2026.
  3. ^ a b Brenske, E. (1899). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. II. Monographisch bearbeitet". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 43: 205–404. Retrieved February 17, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.