Etiserica

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Etiserica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Sericinae
Tribe: Sericini
Genus: Etiserica
Péringuey, 1904
Species:
E. simplex
Binomial name
Etiserica simplex
Péringuey, 1904

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7 mm. They are testaceous, with the elytra testaceous-yellow, and without any sheen. The scutellum is long and punctulate. The elytra are elongate, not much convex, somewhat deeply striate, and the striae are punctulate. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Etiserica simplex 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.