Hyposerica disjuncta

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

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7 mm. They are brown underneath and dark metallic with a greenish sheen above. The clypeus is broad, slightly margined, with a weak elevation, densely, slightly wrinkled-punctate, with setae behind the anterior margin and before the suture. The frons is sparsely finely punctate. The pronotum is slightly projecting anteriorly, slightly margined laterally anteriorly, straight posteriorly, the corners sharply angled. The elytra are finely, almost dull-punctate, with smooth, narrow longitudinal lines and a slight transverse ridge before the apex. The pygidium is slightly punctate. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hyposerica disjuncta 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 .