Diaphoroserica

Diaphoroserica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Sericinae
Tribe:	Sericini
Genus:	Diaphoroserica Péringuey, 1904
Species:	D. mashona
Binomial name
Diaphoroserica mashona Péringuey, 1904

Diaphoroserica is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Diaphoroserica mashona, which is found in Zimbabwe. ^[2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6-7 mm. They are rufescent, with a fleshy tinge and a more or less strong opaline sheen. The antennae are testaceous. The clypeus has a plain frontal suture, arcuately emarginate in front but with the margin reflexed and slightly aculeate in the centre, the outer angles are distinct, but not prominent, the surface is deeply punctured, the head less so. The prothorax is slightly narrowed laterally in front, sinuate behind and also along the base, sloping forwards, vaguely punctulate only along the base and sides. The scutellum is long and aciculate and the elytra are elongated, plainly striato-punctate with the intervals sub-tectiform, the punctures of the striae impinge on each side of the sub-tectiform intervals. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Diaphoroserica mashona 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 7, 2026.
3. Péringuey, L. (1904). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 1–293. Retrieved January 7, 2026.