Neoserica annectens

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Neoserica annectens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Neoserica
Species:
N. annectens
Binomial name
Neoserica annectens
(Péringuey, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Autoserica annectensPéringuey, 1904

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.25-6.50 mm. They are fuscous or dark chestnut-brown, with a faint greenish-bronze tinge on the frontal part of the head, and on the discoidal part of the prothorax, it has no sericeous sheen, the under side is lighter chestnut-brown than the upper, and so are the legs, the antennal club is flavous in males, while it is reddish-brown in females. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Autoserica) annectens 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 January 7, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Péringuey, L. (1904). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 1–293. Retrieved January 5, 2026.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .