Neoserica allobscura

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Neoserica allobscura
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Neoserica
Species:
N. allobscura
Binomial name
Neoserica allobscura
Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2016

Neoserica allobscura is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in China. [2] [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.9 mm. They have a dark brown, short-oval body. The elytra are black. The dorsal surface (except for the anterior labroclypeus) is dull and the pronotum and elytra are glabrous. [3]

Etymology

The name of the species is derived from the Greek prefix allo- (meaning other) and the Latin adjective obscurus (meaning dark) and refers to the name and the similarity to Neoserica obscura . [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Neoserica) allobscura 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 November 13, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Liu, W.; Fabrizi, S.; Bai, M.; Ahrens, D. (2016). "A taxonomic revision of Neoserica (sensu lato): the species groups N. lubrica, N. obscura, and N. silvestris (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)". ZooKeys. 635. Pensoft: 123–160. Retrieved November 13, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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