Serica aspera
| Serica aspera | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Serica |
| Species: | S. aspera
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| Binomial name | |
| Serica aspera Dawson, 1922
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Serica aspera is a species of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2] It is found in North America[2] (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas).[3][4]
Description
Adults are similar to Serica parallela, but are slightly smaller and the antennal clubs are distinctly longer.[4]
References
- ^ "Serica aspera Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Serica aspera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) aspera 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 23 December 2025.
- ^ a b Dawson, R. W. (1921). "New species of Serica (Scarabaeidae). V." (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 30: 154–168. Retrieved 23 December 2025.
- Evans, Arthur V. (2003). "A checklist of the New World chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)".
Further reading
- Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.