Moronoserica crenatostriata

Moronoserica crenatostriata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Moronoserica
Species:	M. crenatostriata
Binomial name
Moronoserica crenatostriata (Ahrens, 2004)
Synonyms
Microserica crenatostriataAhrens, 2004

Moronoserica crenatostriata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in India (Meghalaya). ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.6–7.1 mm. They have a reddish dark brown, oval body. The frons has a greenish lustre and the elytra are yellowish with the odd intervals dark. The dorsal surface is moderately shiny (but the labroclypeus is strongly shiny) and almost evenly and moderately densely covered with short to minute white setae, the elytra also with sparse, moderately long and fine, erect setae interspersed. ^[3]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin crenatus (meaning notched) and striatus (meaning striate). ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Moronoserica crenatostriata 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved December 29, 2025.
3. Ahrens, D.; Liu, W.; Lukic, D.; Bai, M. (2023). "A taxonomic review of Microserica Brenske, 1894 from continental Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)". Zootaxa. 5241 (1): 1–115. Retrieved December 29, 2025.
4. Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved October 30, 2025.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.