Manoserica

Manoserica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Sericinae
Tribe:	Sericini
Genus:	Manoserica Moser, 1924
Species:	M. disparicornis
Binomial name
Manoserica disparicornis (Quedenfeldt, 1888)
Synonyms
Serica disparicornisQuedenfeldt, 1888

Manoserica is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Manoserica disparicornis, which is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^[2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.5 mm. They have an elongate body, without pubescence or scales, and more glossy underneath than above. They are uniformly reddish-yellow. The frons has fine punctation. The pronotum is fairly densely and finely, evenly punctate, only slightly narrowed anteriorly, parallel-sided posteriorly, scarcely indented, with right-angled corners. The scutellum is large, oblong-triangular, the apex slightly rounded, the mandibles weakly upturned, finely punctate on the inside. The elytra are weakly furrowed, finely punctate both in the furrows and on the weakly convex intervals. The underside and legs are widely punctate. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Manoserica disparicornis 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 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 .