Hyposerica fenerivensis

Hyposerica fenerivensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Hyposerica
Species:	H. fenerivensis
Binomial name
Hyposerica fenerivensis Moser, 1915

Hyposerica fenerivensis 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 blackish-brown and dull, with a faint greenish-ore sheen on the upper surface. The shiny legs are brown. The frons is shiny and coppery-green and rather sparsely and irregularly punctate, with occasional setae. The antennae are yellowish-brown. The punctation of the pronotum is moderately dense and the lateral margins are setate. The elytra have irregular rows of punctures and each elytron has five unpunctured longitudinal striations bordered by regular rows of punctures. Individual punctures have distinct pale setae. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hyposerica fenerivensis 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 January 27, 2026.
3. Moser, J. (1915). "Weitere neue Serica-Arten (Col.)". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 76: 144–202. Retrieved January 27, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .