Serica blatchleyi

Serica blatchleyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Serica
Species:
S. blatchleyi
Binomial name
Serica blatchleyi
Dawson, 1932
Synonyms
  • Serica trociformis blatchleyi Dawson, 1932

Serica blatchleyi is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in North America[2][3][4] (Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia).[5][6]

Description

Adults are very similar to Serica trociformis, but differs from that species by the possession of a median groove on the pronotum, which usually expands into a distinct sub-basal impression.[6]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ "Serica blatchleyi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ "Serica blatchleyi". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  4. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) blatchleyi 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 December 23, 2025.
  5. ^ a b Dawson, R. W. (1932). "New species of Serica (Scarabaeidae). VI" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 40: 529–562. Retrieved December 22, 2025.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.