Serica sphaerica
| Serica sphaerica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Serica |
| Species: | S. sphaerica
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| Binomial name | |
| Serica sphaerica Burmeister, 1855
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Serica sphaerica is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in eastern India.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6.6 mm. They are dull, reddish-yellow, with shiny legs. The clypeus is broad, almost short, slightly emarginate anteriorly, coarsely and densely wrinkled-punctate, the frons behind the suture with a pitted impression on each side, deeply and coarsely punctate. The pronotum is slightly projecting forward in the middle at the anterior margin, rounded at the sides, with rounded hind angles. The scutellum is short. The elytra are punctate in rows within the striae, the intervals are evenly punctate, slightly raised without a punctate-free center.[4]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) sphaerica 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 7, 2025.
- ^ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved November 7, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Brenske, E. (1899). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. II. Monographisch bearbeitet". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 43: 205–404. Retrieved February 16, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.