Hyposerica definitiva

Hyposerica definitiva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Hyposerica
Species:	H. definitiva
Binomial name
Hyposerica definitiva Brenske, 1899

Hyposerica definitiva is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in Madagascar. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 8 mm. They are dark brownish-red, strongly tomentose and vividly opalescent. The clypeus is broad, densely wrinkled and punctate, without elevation, with two setae before the suture, which is strongly curved backward. The frons is very broad and finely punctate, with two finer setae at the suture. The pronotum is only slightly rounded at the sides, the posterior angles very broadly rounded, the anterior angles project forward at an angle, so that the anterior margin appears almost angularly emarginate. The scutellum is finely punctate, slightly raised in the unpunctate center. The elytra are without a raised suture, with very faint striae, finely punctate, slightly wrinkled, with very faint setae at the margin, and very few white setae on the surface. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hyposerica definitiva 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 13, 2026.
3. Brenske, E. (1899). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. III" (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 44: 161–272. Retrieved February 13, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .