Sericania nepalensis

Sericania nepalensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Sericania
Species:
S. nepalensis
Binomial name
Sericania nepalensis
(Frey, 1965)[1]
Synonyms
  • Autoserica nepalensis Frey, 1965

Sericania nepalensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in central Nepal.[2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.2-6.7 mm. They have a yellow-brown slender, elongate-oval body. The dorsal surface is shiny and dorsally almost completely glabrous, only the pronotum and elytral margins with a few bristles.[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. ^ Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.