Neoserica bibosa

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

Neoserica bibosa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in Angola, Gabon, Ghana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo and Togo. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 8-8.5 mm. They have a dull, egg-shaped, slightly opalescent body which is brown underneath and dark above, with a greenish sheen and brownish translucent side margins. The frons is flat, with a delicate row of setae on the vertex. The pronotum is scarcely projecting forward in the middle at the front, the sides are almost straight, slightly curved before the hind angles, with distinct marginal setae. The scutellum is large and pointed. The elytra are punctate in rows, the intervals scarcely convex, almost uniformly punctate, with minute hairs and more distinct white setae. ^[3]

References

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