Microserica lampungensis

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Microserica lampungensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Microserica
Species:
M. lampungensis
Binomial name
Microserica lampungensis
Ahrens, 2003

Microserica lampungensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Indonesia (Sumatra). [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.8-6.4 mm. They have a dark or reddish brown, oval body, partly with a greenish lustre. The sides of the pronotum and elytra are yellow and each elytron has two large yellowish transversal bands or dots. The antennae are brown. The dorsal surface (except for the shiny labroclypeus and tibia) is dull and glabrous. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Microserica lampungensis 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. (2003). "New species of the genus Microserica Brenske, 1894 from Sumatra and Malay Peninsula, with notes on synonymy (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)". Annali Del Museo Civico Di Storia Naturale “Giacomo Doria”. 95: 35–63. Retrieved December 29, 2025.