Neoserica baryca

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Neoserica baryca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Neoserica
Species:
N. baryca
Binomial name
Neoserica baryca
Brenske, 1902

Neoserica baryca is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Sierra Leone. [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 8 mm. They have an oval, dark brown, dull body, with tiny hairs in the punctures of the surface and white setae. They are very similar to Neoserica bibosa , but the clypeus is broad, very densely and very coarsely wrinkled-punctate. The frons is broader and the sides of the pronotum are more strongly rounded anteriorly. The elytra are densely punctured in the striae, but rows of punctures are hardly discernible, the somewhat convex intervals on the middle are less punctured. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Neoserica) baryca 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 February 6, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Brenske, E. (1901). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. V." (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 46 (4): 431–462. Retrieved February 6, 2026.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .