Aulacoserica guineensis

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Aulacoserica guineensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Aulacoserica
Species:
A. guineensis
Binomial name
Aulacoserica guineensis
Frey, 1968

Aulacoserica guineensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Guinea. [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.5-7 mm. The upper and lower surfaces are light reddish-brown. The upper surface is densely and coarsely punctate. The frons is also densely and coarsely punctate, while the vertex is finely and densely punctate and the pronotum and elytra are densely and moderately punctate, the latter with punctate striae. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Aulacoserica guineensis 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Frey, G. (1968). "Neue Sericiden aus Afrika und Madagascar mit Bestimmungstabelle der westafrikanischen Aulacoserica-Arten (Col. Melolonth.)" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey. 19: 199–228. Retrieved January 15, 2026.