Lamproserica beccarii

Lamproserica beccarii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Lamproserica
Species:	L. beccarii
Binomial name
Lamproserica beccarii Brenske, 1902

Lamproserica beccarii is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in Ethiopia. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5–6 mm. They have an elongated, yellow, glossy body, without an opalescent sheen. The frons is finely and densely punctate, with the vertex smooth. The short pronotum is distinctly projecting forward in the middle at the front, the sides almost straight, very slightly margined in the anterior half. The marginal setae are weak, the posterior angles are sharply angular, very finely punctate with a smooth center. On the elytra, the striae consist of a row of punctures. The intervals are slightly raised and uniformly very finely punctate with scattered, very short setae. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Lamproserica beccarii 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 6, 2026.
3. Brenske, E. (1901). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. V." (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 46 (4): 431–462. Retrieved February 6, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .