Microserica quadripustulata

Microserica quadripustulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Microserica
Species:	M. quadripustulata
Binomial name
Microserica quadripustulata Moser, 1915
Synonyms
Microserica flavopictaArrow, 1947

Microserica quadripustulata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in Malaysia. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6 mm. The upper surface is black and the underside is blackish-brown. The head and pronotum have a slight greenish sheen. Each elytron has a yellowish-brown spot before the middle, from which a streak extends towards the shoulder, and a rounded spot before the posterior margin. The frons has a row of setae behind the suture. The pronotum has a moderately dense, minutely setate punctation and the lateral margins are setate. The elytra are punctate in the striae and the weakly convex intervals are almost devoid of punctures. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Microserica quadripustulata 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 29, 2026.
3. Moser, J. (1915). "Neue Serica Arten (Col.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 337–393. Retrieved January 29, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .