Serica jindrai
| Serica jindrai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Serica |
| Species: | S. jindrai
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| Binomial name | |
| Serica jindrai Ahrens, 2007
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Serica jindrai is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8.5–8.8 mm. They have a dark reddish-brown, elongate-oval body, partly shimmering dark green or simply glossy. The antennae and legs are yellowish-brown. The surface is entirely dull, except for the shiny labroclypeus. The upper surface has dense, fine, almost evenly distributed white scale-like hairs as well as individual, erect, long, white scale-like setae. The elytra have a dark preapical spot.[3]
Etymology
The species is named after its collector, Zd. Jindra.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) jindrai 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 19, 2025.
- ^ a b c Ahrens, D. (2007). "Revision der Serica nigroguttata Brenske, 1897 – Gruppe (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)" (PDF). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 77: 5–37. Retrieved December 19, 2025.