Microserica quadrimaculata

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Microserica quadrimaculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Microserica
Species:
M. quadrimaculata
Binomial name
Microserica quadrimaculata
(Brenske, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Serica quadrimaculataBrenske, 1894

Microserica quadrimaculata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found on Borneo. [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.5 mm. The underside is yellowish-brown and faintly iridescent. The head is dark, the frons greenish and the thorax yellow with a narrow, arched transverse stripe in front of the scutellum. The elytra are black with four yellow spots. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Microserica quadrimaculata 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 February 4, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Brenske, E. (1894). "Die Melolonthiden der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region im Königlichen naturhistorischen Museum zu Brüssel. Beschreibung neuer Arten und Bemerkungen zu bekannten". Mémoires de La Société Entomologique de Belgique. 2: 3–87. Retrieved February 4, 2026.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .