Tamnoserica laevigata
| Tamnoserica laevigata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Tamnoserica |
| Species: | T. laevigata
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| Binomial name | |
| Tamnoserica laevigata (Blanchard, 1850)
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Tamnoserica laevigata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Madagascar.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 4 mm. They have a rounded-oval, very glossy body. They are metallic blackish-green above, and brownish below, with some dull spots on the sides. The frons is finely and widely punctate with a smooth longitudinal line in the middle. The pronotum is relatively large and rounded, with the anterior angles pointed, the posterior angles broadly rounded, and the surface very finely, almost sparsely punctate. The scutellum is small and narrow. The elytra are punctate-striate, the striations consisting of a row of coarse punctures.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Tamnoserica laevigata 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 10, 2026.
- ^ a b Brenske, E. (1900). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. IV". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 45: 39–96. Retrieved February 10, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.