List of Serica species

Last updated November 10, 2025

This is a list of all species of May beetles and junebugs within the genus Serica , which is in the family Scarabaeidae.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Subgenus Serica

Serica abdita Dawson, 1921
Serica acicula Dawson, 1932
Serica acontia Dawson, 1933
Serica adspersa Frey, 1972
Serica adungana Ahrens, 1999
Serica adversa Dawson, 1967
Serica aemula Dawson, 1947
Serica alabama Dawson, 1967
Serica albisetis Ahrens, 2005
Serica alleni Saylor, 1939
Serica almorae Ahrens, 1999
Serica ammomenisco Hardy, 1987
Serica angustatotibialis Ahrens, 1999
Serica anomala Arrow, 1946
Serica anthracina LeConte, 1856
Serica apatela Dawson, 1922
Serica arborea Ahrens, 1999
Serica arkansana Dawson, 1947
Serica aspera Dawson, 1922
Serica asperula Fairmaire, 1898
Serica assequens Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2009
Serica assingi Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica atracapilla (Kirby, 1837)
Serica atratula LeConte, 1856
Serica aviceps Dawson, 1967
Serica baiyungshanica Ahrens, 2005
Serica barri Dawson, 1967
Serica basantapurensis Sreedevi, Speer, Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2018
Serica basumtsoensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica becvari Ahrens, 2005
Serica behluddinensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica benesi Ahrens, 2005
Serica bhaktai Ahrens, 1999
Serica bicornis Ahrens, 2005
Serica bidentata Ahrens, 1999
Serica bidigitata Ahrens, 2000
Serica blatchleyi Dawson, 1932
Serica bolm Ahrens, 2005
Serica bomi Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica boops Waterhouse, 1875
Serica brevitarsis Nomura, 1972
Serica bruneri Dawson, 1967
Serica brunnea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Serica caliginosa Dawson, 1932
Serica campestris Dawson, 1919
Serica carbonaria Fairmaire, 1898
Serica carolina Dawson, 1920
Serica catalina Dawson, 1947
Serica chaetosoma Dawson, 1932
Serica chasilakhae Ahrens, 1999
Serica chautarana Ahrens, 2005
Serica chicoensis Saylor, 1939
Serica chinhillensis Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2011
Serica christophreuteri Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica chuttana Ahrens, 1999
Serica clypealis Fairmaire, 1899
Serica coalinga Dawson, 1952
Serica concinna Dawson, 1947
Serica contorta Dawson, 1947
Serica craighead Saylor, 1939
Serica cribripennis Fairmaire, 1898
Serica cruzi Saylor, 1939
Serica cuona Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica curtipennis Fairmaire, 1901
Serica curvata LeConte, 1856
Serica cuyamaca Saylor, 1939
Serica cyclonotus (Thomson, 1858)
Serica daliangshanica Ahrens, 2005
Serica daliensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica dathei Ahrens, 2005
Serica davidkrali Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2011
Serica degenensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica delicata Dawson, 1922
Serica deserticola Dawson, 1952
Serica deuvei Ahrens, 2005
Serica diablo Dawson, 1967
Serica doiinthanonensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica dolens Ahrens, 2005
Serica duplex Sharp, 1876
Serica eberlei Sreedevi, Ranasinghe, Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2019
Serica eberti (Frey, 1965)
Serica echigoana (Nakane & Baba, 1960)
Serica egregia Dawson, 1921
Serica elmontea Saylor, 1939
Serica elongatula Horn, 1870
Serica elusa Dawson, 1919
Serica emeishanica Ahrens, 2005
Serica ensenada Saylor, 1948
Serica evidens Blatchley, 1919
Serica excisa (Frey, 1972)
Serica exhausta Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2011
Serica falcata Dawson, 1933
Serica falcifera Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2009
Serica falli Dawson, 1932
Serica fansipan Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica fashengi Liu & Ahrens, 2014
Serica feisintsiensis Ahrens, 2007
Serica feresegregata Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2016
Serica filitarsata Ahrens, 1999
Serica fimbriata LeConte, 1856
Serica floridana Dawson, 1967
Serica foobowana Sawada, 1937
Serica formosana Moser, 1915
Serica frolovi Ahrens, 2021
Serica frosti Dawson, 1967
Serica fulvopubens (Reitter, 1896)
Serica furcata Ahrens, 2005
Serica fusa Brenske, 1898
Serica fusciceps Fairmaire, 1897
Serica fusifemorata Nomura, 1974
Serica georgiana Leng, 1911
Serica gonggashanica Ahrens, 2005
Serica gongtonggouensis Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica gracilicornis Arrow, 1946
Serica gracilipes Moser, 1915
Serica grahami Ahrens, 2005
Serica granulosa (Blanchard, 1850)
Serica guangxiensis Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica guidoi Ahrens, 1999
Serica gwangjuensis Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica hamifera (Walker, 1859)
Serica heishuiensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica heteracantha Dawson, 1967
Serica heydeni (Reitter, 1896)
Serica hirsuta Kim & Kim, 2003
Serica hirtella Ahrens, 2005
Serica hongyii Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica horrida Ahrens, 2007
Serica howdeni Dawson, 1967
Serica humboldti Gordon, 1975
Serica imitans Chapin, 1931
Serica inaequalis Ahrens, 2007
Serica incognita Ahrens, 1999
Serica incurvata (Nomura, 1971)
Serica inexspectata (Kontkanen, 1956)
Serica intermixta Blatchley, 1910
Serica iricolor (Say, 1824)
Serica jaegeri Ahrens, 1999
Serica jiangda Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica jindrai Ahrens, 2007
Serica jiulaoci Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica kalabi Ahrens, 2005
Serica kanakoffi Pierce, 1946
Serica kangdingensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica karafutoensis Niijima & Kinoshita, 1923
Serica khajiaris Mittal, 1988
Serica khasiana (Moser, 1918)
Serica kingdoni Ahrens, 1999
Serica kitulgalana Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2014
Serica klapperichi (Frey, 1972)
Serica kumaonensis Ahrens, 1999
Serica lagoi Ahrens, 2007
Serica laguna Saylor, 1935
Serica lalashana Kobayashi, 1983
Serica lama Ahrens, 1999
Serica langeri Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2011
Serica latesquamata Ahrens, 2007
Serica leigongshanica Ahrens, 2005
Serica lepidula Ahrens, 2005
Serica ligulata Dawson, 1932
Serica lijiangensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica litangensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica liyitengi Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica lodingi Dawson, 1952
Serica longula Frey, 1972
Serica loxia Dawson, 1920
Serica lupina Arrow, 1945
Serica lurida Brenske, 1898
Serica lushui Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica maculosa Moser, 1915
Serica mahakaliensis Sreedevi, Speer, Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2018
Serica mckenziei Saylor, 1935
Serica meiguensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica mianningensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica micans (Fabricius, 1801)
Serica minshanica Ahrens, 2005
Serica mixta LeConte, 1856
Serica montreuili Ahrens, 2005
Serica moupinensis (Fairmaire, 1889)
Serica muliensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica mureensis Ahrens, 1999
Serica mystaca Dawson, 1922
Serica nagana Brenske, 1899
Serica nana Brenske, 1898
Serica nanjiangana Ahrens, 2005
Serica narya Ahrens, 1999
Serica nebulosa Ahrens, 1999
Serica nepalensis (Frey, 1969)
Serica nigricans Brenske, 1894
Serica nigroguttata Brenske, 1897
Serica nigroguttulata Von Dalle Torre, 1912
Serica nigromaculosa Fairmaire, 1891
Serica nigrovariata Lewis, 1895
Serica niijima (Kontkanen, 1956)
Serica nipponica (Nomura, 1959)
Serica nitididorsis (Nomura, 1971)
Serica ochrosoma Dawson, 1919
Serica olivacea Brenske, 1896
Serica oliver Saylor, 1939
Serica opaciclypealis Ahrens, 1999
Serica opacithorax Nomura, 1974
Serica opposita Dawson, 1921
Serica ovata (Nomura, 1974)
Serica palaea Ahrens, 2004
Serica pallipes Fairmaire, 1900
Serica panchaseana Ahrens, 2004
Serica panda Dawson, 1952
Serica panwarensis Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2011
Serica parallela Casey, 1884
Serica parasquamosa Ahrens, 2007
Serica parvula (Blanchard, 1850)
Serica pavonia Dawson, 1932
Serica peleca Dawson, 1952
Serica pelelaensis Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2011
Serica perigonia Dawson, 1920
Serica pigrans Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2009
Serica pilifera Horn, 1894
Serica pilumna Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2009
Serica planifrons (Nomura, 1972)
Serica plutenkoi Ahrens, 2005
Serica polita (Gebler, 1832)
Serica pommeranzi Ahrens, 1999
Serica porcula Casey, 1884
Serica prava Dawson, 1933
Serica proclivis Ahrens, 1999
Serica prunipennis Saylor, 1936
Serica psammobuna Hardy, 1987
Serica puetzi Ahrens, 2005
Serica pullata Dawson, 1967
Serica pulvinosa Frey, 1972
Serica pusilla Dawson, 1922
Serica qinlingshanica Ahrens, 2005
Serica qizhihaoi Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica ramosa Ahrens, 1999
Serica ratcliffei Ahrens, 2005
Serica rectidens Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2009
Serica regia Brenske, 1894
Serica repanda Dawson, 1933
Serica rhypha Dawson, 1952
Serica ribbei Ahrens, 1999
Serica rosinae Pic, 1904
Serica rossi Saylor, 1948
Serica rubricollis (Blanchard, 1850)
Serica rufoguttata Fairmaire, 1901
Serica sandiegensis Saylor, 1939
Serica satrapa Dawson, 1947
Serica scaphia Dawson, 1952
Serica schoenmanni Ahrens, 2005
Serica sculptilis Dawson, 1922
Serica scutellaris Arrow, 1946
Serica segregata Arrow, 1946
Serica semicincta (Walker, 1859)
Serica semicribrosa Fairmaire, 1886
Serica senta Dawson, 1933
Serica septemfoliata (Frey, 1972)
Serica septentrionalis Murayama, 1935
Serica serensia Saylor, 1948
Serica sericea (Illiger, 1802)
Serica sericeoides Dawson, 1967
Serica serotina LeConte, 1856
Serica setiensis Rana, Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2017
Serica shaanxiensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica sherpa (Sabatinelli & Migliaccio, 1982)
Serica shokhini Ahrens, 2005
Serica silviae Ahrens, 2009
Serica sinuaticeps Moser, 1915
Serica solita Dawson, 1922
Serica solivaga Brenske, 1898
Serica sparsa Arrow, 1946
Serica sphaerica Burmeister, 1855
Serica spicula Dawson, 1921
Serica sponsa Dawson, 1919
Serica squamosa Ahrens, 2007
Serica sticta Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2009
Serica stygia Dawson, 1933
Serica subglobosa Nonfried, 1892
Serica subnisa Dawson, 1947
Serica subpilosa Ahrens, 2007
Serica sudhausi Ahrens, 2005
Serica taibashanica Ahrens, 2005
Serica takagii Sawada, 1937
Serica tantula Dawson, 1922
Serica tashigaonensis Sreedevi, Ranasinghe, Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2019
Serica tayanpingensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica texana LeConte, 1856
Serica therathumensis Sreedevi, Speer, Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2018
Serica thibetana Brenske, 1897
Serica tokejii (Nomura, 1959)
Serica tomiensis Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2009
Serica tongluana Ahrens, 1999
Serica trapezicollis Ahrens, 2005
Serica trichofemorata (Nomura, 1959)
Serica tristis LeConte, 1850
Serica trociformis Burmeister, 1844
Serica tropdeana Ahrens, 1999
Serica tryznai Ahrens, 2007
Serica tukucheana Ahrens, 1999
Serica umbrosa Fairmaire, 1868
Serica unicolor Nonfried, 1894
Serica variolosa Motschulsky, 1863
Serica velutina Arrow, 1946
Serica ventura Dawson, 1932
Serica vespertina (Gyllenhal, 1817)
Serica watson Saylor, 1939
Serica weiperti Ahrens, 2004
Serica werneri Ahrens, 2007
Serica wrasei Ahrens, 2007
Serica wrzecionkoi Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2009
Serica xichangensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica xizang Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica yaogiensis Ahrens, 2005
Serica yoshidai (Nomura, 1959)
Serica yulongshanica Ahrens, 2005
Serica zerchei Ahrens, 2005
Serica zhamu Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica zianii Sreedevi, Speer, Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2018

Subgenus TaiwanosericaNomura, 1974

Serica anmashana (Kobayashi, 1993)
Serica bihluhensis (Kobayashi, 2000)
Serica chengtuensis Ahrens, 2009
Serica chunlinlii (Ahrens, 2002)
Serica elongata (Nomura, 1974)
Serica gracilipes (Nomura, 1974)
Serica kubotai (Kobayashi, 1983)
Serica liboyani Zhao & Ahrens, 2023
Serica lishana (Nomura, 1974)
Serica monticola (Kobayashi, 2000)
Serica niitakana (Sawada, 1939)
Serica nitidipes (Nomura, 1974)
Serica pubisterna (Nomura, 1974)
Serica shinanshana (Kobayashi, 1988)
Serica sigipinensis Ahrens, 2009
Serica simillima (Kobayashi, 1983)
Serica sinuosa (Kobayashi, 2000)
Serica suturalis (Nomura, 1974)
Serica suzukii (Kobayashi, 1983)
Serica taiyal (Kobayashi, 2000)
Serica variegata (Nomura, 1974)
Serica wenchuanensis Ahrens, 2009
Serica yangzaichuni Zhao & Ahrens, 2023
Serica yexiaohani Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica yui (Kobayashi, 1993)

Unplaced

Serica allolongipes Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica allonanhua Liu, Ahrens, Li & Su, 2023
Serica allotengchongana Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica anhua Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica babaoshanensis Zhao & Ahrens, 2023
Serica baishuitaiensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica baoshan Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica breviantennalis Liu, Ahrens, Li & Su, 2023
Serica caiyiyiae Zhao & Ahrens, 2023
Serica callosericoides Zhao & Ahrens, 2023
Serica camura Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica daqiaoana Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica dissimillima Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica emaw Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica fengensis Liu, Ahrens, Li & Su, 2023
Serica fengxue Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica gaoligong Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica guangnanensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica hailuogou Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica huangbaiyuanensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica huangjing Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica jani Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica jaroslavi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica jiankouensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica jicaiyanae Zhao & Ahrens, 2023
Serica jirii Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica kuankuoshuiensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica limbourgi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica longidentata Zhao & Ahrens, 2023
Serica longipes Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica longwang Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica mengsongana Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica mhiae Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica nanhua Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica pangwa Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica paracallosericoides Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica paralongipes Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica paralupina Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica pseudogracilipes Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica shengtangshan Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica shiduensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica smetanai Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica subansiriensis Gupta, Bhunia, Ahrens & Chandra, 2025
Serica taishun Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica taythien Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica tengchongana Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica tianmushan Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica tianpingshanensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica wuyishan Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica yini Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica yuechengling Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024
Serica yuheba Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica zhangyaonani Zhao & Ahrens, 2023
Serica zhenba Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022
Serica ziqingi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2022

Fossil species

†Serica antediluvianaWickham, 1912
†Serica cockerelliWickham, 1914
†Serica minutulaHeer, 1862

References

↑ "Serica Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
↑ "Serica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
↑ "Serica Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
↑ BioLib

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[bugref-1] "Serica Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-08.

[itis-2] "Serica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-08.

[eol-3] "Serica Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-08.

[4] BioLib

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]