Microsericaria quadrinotata

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Microsericaria quadrinotata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Microsericaria
Species:
M. quadrinotata
Binomial name
Microsericaria quadrinotata
(Moser, 1915) [1]
Synonyms
  • Microserica quadrinotataMoser, 1915
  • Microserica arrowiFrey, 1972
  • Microsericaria arrowi

Microsericaria quadrinotata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in southern India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu). [2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5-5.5 mm. The upper and lower surfaces are blackish, dull (with only the clypeus shiny) and tomentose. The underside sometimes has an opalescent sheen. The legs are brown and shiny. There are four large, irregular, but always symmetrical yellow spots on the elytra. In some specimens, the elytra are yellow with two elongate black spots. The pronotum and elytra are fringed with light brown hairs. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved October 28, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. ↑ Frey, G. (1974). "Neue Sericinae (Col. Melolonthidae)" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey. 25: 354–357. Retrieved January 14, 2026. Description of Microsericaria arrowi
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