Hyposerica rosettae

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Hyposerica rosettae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Hyposerica
Species:
H. rosettae
Binomial name
Hyposerica rosettae
Frey, 1975

Hyposerica rosettae is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Madagascar. [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6 mm. They have a very dark reddish-brown, egg-shaped body. The upper surface is dull and tomentose, while the clypeus and frons are shiny. The upper and lower surfaces have a few, extremely scattered, erect hairs, but are otherwise glabrous. The sides of the pronotum and elytra are sparsely fringed with pale cilia. The antennae are brown. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Hyposerica rosettae 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 5, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Frey, G. (1975). "Neue madegassische Sericinen und Coprinen vom Zentralafrikanischen Museum in Tervuren bei Brüssel" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey. 26: 297–306. Retrieved January 5, 2026.