Aulacoserica nimbana

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Aulacoserica nimbana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Aulacoserica
Species:
A. nimbana
Binomial name
Aulacoserica nimbana
Frey, 1970

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 8 mm. The upper and lower surfaces are dark reddish-brown, shiny and glabrous. The clypeus is densely and rugosely punctate, while the pronotum is very densely and rather finely punctate. The elytra have rows of punctures and between these rows they are irregularly, rather densely and moderately finely punctate. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Aulacoserica nimbana 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 14, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Frey, G. (1970). "Neue Sericiden von der Elfenbeinküste und SW Afrika (Col., Melolonth.)" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey. 21: 268–278. Retrieved January 14, 2026.