Serica brunnea
| Serica brunnea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Serica |
| Species: | S. brunnea
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| Binomial name | |
| Serica brunnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Serica brunnea, the brown chafer, is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China (Xinjiang), Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7–10 mm. They are yellowish-brown. The upper surface of the pronotum is finely punctate, with small lateral cilia. The elytra have densely and irregularly punctured striae, with narrow, raised, less punctured intervals.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) brunnea 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 9, 2026.
- ^ a b Baraud, J. (1965). "Révision des Euserica, Neomaladera, Serica et Maladera des pays européens et circumméditerranéens (Col. Scarabaeidae)". Annales de La Société Entomologique de France (N.S.). 1 (1): 71–116. Retrieved February 9, 2026.