Microserica costisquamosa

Microserica costisquamosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Microserica
Species:	M. costisquamosa
Binomial name
Microserica costisquamosa (Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2019)
Synonyms
Neoserica costisquamosaAhrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2019

Microserica costisquamosa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in China (Guizhou). ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.8 mm. They have a dark reddish brown, oval body. The antennal club is yellowish brown and the frons, disc of the pronotum and centre of the elytral intervals are darker with a greenish shine. The dorsal surface is dull and glabrous, except for a few white large scale-like setae on the odd intervals. The labroclypeus is shiny. ^[3]

Etymology

The name of the species is derived from the combined Latin words, costa (meaning ridge) and squama (meaning scale), with reference to the large scales on odd elytral intervals. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Microserica costisquamosa 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 November 14, 2025.
3. Liu, W.; Fabrizi, S.; Bai, M.; Yang, Xingke; Ahrens, D. (2019). "A taxonomic revision of Chinese Neoserica (sensu lato): final part (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)" (PDF). Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 64: 1–71. Retrieved November 14, 2025.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.