Microserica minuscula

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

Microserica minuscula 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 4-4.5 mm. The head is green and widely punctate, and the frons and the posterior part of the clypeus are dull. The antennae are yellowish-brown. The pronotum is similarly shaped to that of related species (such as Microserica nigrolineata ), but the sides appear somewhat more strongly curved upwards before the middle. The colouration of the pronotum is green, while the posterior part has a more or less reddish sheen. The elytra are punctate in the blackish striae, while the weakly convex, yellowish-brown intervals are almost unpunctate. The suture, the lateral margins, and the posterior margin are also blackish. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Microserica minuscula 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 31, 2026.
3. Moser, J. (1915). "Neue Serica Arten (Col.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 337–393. Retrieved January 31, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .