Lepidoserica maculifera

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Lepidoserica maculifera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Lepidoserica
Species:
L. maculifera
Binomial name
Lepidoserica maculifera
(Brenske, 1894) [1]
Synonyms
  • Serica maculiferaBrenske, 1894

Lepidoserica maculifera is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in India (Meghalaya). [2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 8.3-8.7 mm. They have a dark brown, elongate-oval body. The antennae, legs and underside are yellowish with some dark brown parts. The upperside is dull, the head and pronotum with a greenish sheen, the upperside is also somewhat hairy, with some isolated white scales. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved October 23, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.