Comaserica trimaculata

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Comaserica trimaculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Comaserica
Species:
C. trimaculata
Binomial name
Comaserica trimaculata
Frey, 1975

Comaserica trimaculata 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 mm. They have a strongly convex, egg-shaped body. The upper and lower surfaces are light reddish-brown, dull and tomentose. The head, a rounded spot on the disc in the apical half of each elytron, and a long, rectangular spot extending across the suture at the elytral apex, are black. The legs are black and shiny and the antennae are light brown. The sides of the elytra and part of the pronotum have light brown cilia. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Comaserica trimaculata 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 5, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Frey, G. (1975). "Neue madegassische Sericinen und Coprinen vom Zentralafrikanischen Museum in Tervuren bei Brüssel" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey. 26: 297–306. Retrieved January 5, 2026.