Comaserica luridosparsa

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Comaserica luridosparsa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Comaserica
Species:
C. luridosparsa
Binomial name
Comaserica luridosparsa
Moser, 1926

Comaserica luridosparsa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Madagascar. [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.5 mm. They are black-brown and opaque. The head is sparsely punctate, with some setae behind the suture. The antennae are reddish-yellow. The pronotum is subtly punctate and the elytra are slightly sulcate, subtly punctate, very sparsely setose, near the sides with some scales. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Comaserica luridosparsa 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 5, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Moser, J. (1926). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Melolonthiden (Col.) XIV" (PDF). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 87: 198–208. Retrieved February 5, 2026.