Amiserica krausei

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Amiserica krausei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Amiserica
Species:
A. krausei
Binomial name
Amiserica krausei
Ahrens, 2004 [1]

Amiserica krausei is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Kumaon Himalaya and in western and western-central Nepal. [2]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.8-6.3 mm. They have a dark brown, elongate-oval body. The elytra are yellow-brown with dark speckles. The surface is dull except for the shining head. The upper surface is mostly hairy, except for some unpunctured patch-like glabrous areas. [3]

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Rüdiger Krause, who supported the research of the author. [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. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. 1 2 Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.