Microserica flaveola

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Microserica flaveola
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Microserica
Species:
M. flaveola
Binomial name
Microserica flaveola
Moser, 1911

Microserica flaveola is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Malaysia (Sabah). [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4.5 mm. They are golden-yellow, with a brown underside and a greenish-shimmering frons. The frons is also finely punctate. The pronotum does not show any punctation, due to the tomentum covering. There are a few brown setae on the anterior margin and lateral margins. The elytra have double rows of punctures, with the spaces between them only very weakly convex and unpunctate, with the exception of the first row next to the suture, which has only a few punctures. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Microserica flaveola 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Moser, J. (1911). "Neue Serica-Arten von Madagascar und Borneo (Col.)" (PDF). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 513–529. Retrieved January 27, 2026.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .