Serica eberlei
| Serica eberlei | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Serica |
| Species: | S. eberlei
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| Binomial name | |
| Serica eberlei Sreedevi, Ranasinghe, Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2019
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Serica eberlei is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in China (Xizang) and India (Arunachal Pradesh).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8.8 mm. They have a dark brown, oblong body, with yellowish antennae and legs. Wide parts on the elytra and pronotal lateral margins are reddish brown. The dorsal surface is dull. The frons, pronotum and elytra have sparse, erect setae.[3]
Etymology
The species is dedicated to Dr. Jonas Eberle.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) eberlei 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 November 19, 2025.
- ^ a b c Sreedevi, K.; Ranasinghe, S.; Fabrizi, S.; Ahrens, D. (2019). "New species and records of Sericini from the Indian subcontinent (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) II". European Journal of Taxonomy. 567: 1–26. Retrieved November 19, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.