Sericania babaulti

Sericania babaulti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Sericania
Species:
S. babaulti
Binomial name
Sericania babaulti
Ahrens, 2004[1]

Sericania babaulti is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Indus- and Punjab-Himalaya.[2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 8.3-9.2 mm. They have a reddish-brown, elongated-oval body. The dorsal surface is shiny and almost completely glabrous, with only a few bristles on the pronotum and elytral margins and a few fine, short hairs on the elytra.[3]

Etymology

The species is named for G. Babault, who collected the type specimen.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved October 23, 2025.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. ^ a b Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.