Microserica lugens

Microserica lugens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Microserica
Species:	M. lugens
Binomial name
Microserica lugens Moser, 1915

Microserica lugens 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 dull, black above and blackish-brown below. The head is rather sparsely punctured. The antennae are yellowish-brown, with a darker club. The pronotum is moderately densely covered with punctures, which, like the punctures of the elytra, have minute setae. The anterior margin and the lateral margins also have a few setae. The elytra are punctate in the striae, while the weakly convex intervals are unpunctate. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Microserica lugens 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. Moser, J. (1915). "Weitere neue Serica-Arten (Col.)". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 76: 144–202. Retrieved January 27, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .