Serica unicolor

Serica unicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Serica
Species:
S. unicolor
Binomial name
Serica unicolor
Nonfried, 1894
Synonyms
  • Serica sumatrana Nonfried, 1894

Serica unicolor is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Indonesia (Sumatra).[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7-7.5 mm. They are very dark, almost blackish-brown (dark brown underneath), slightly dull and opalescent. The clypeus is broad, poorly margined, slightly raised in the middle of the surface, slightly wrinkled, densely punctate with setae behind the anterior margin. The frons is more finely punctate. The pronotum is distinctly projecting forward in the middle anteriorly, the sides slightly rounded, the posterior angles rounded. It is finely and densely punctate. The elytra show almost no striae and are only very irregularly and indistinctly marked. The very slightly raised intermediate margins have even punctation. The pygidium is shiny and widely punctate.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) unicolor 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 17, 2026.
  3. ^ a b Brenske, E. (1899). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. II. Monographisch bearbeitet". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 43: 205–404. Retrieved February 17, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.