Microserica feae

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Microserica feae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Microserica
Species:
M. feae
Binomial name
Microserica feae
(Brenske, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Neoserica feaeBrenske, 1899

Microserica feae is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Myanmar. [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4.8–5.4 mm. They have a moderately broad, oval, moderately convex body. The coloration is very variable. They are black, with the elytra yellow brown, and the suture interval and sides dark. The elytra sometimes has a dark transverse spot or the pronotum and elytra are uniformly yellowish-brown. The surface is dull and glabrous, except for the legs and the anterior labroclypeus. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Microserica feae 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 December 29, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Ahrens, D. (2002). "Revision der Arten der Microserica viridicollis Arrow 1913 – Gruppe (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Sericini)" (PDF). Linzer Biologische Beiträge. 34 (1): 383–412. Retrieved December 29, 2025.