Neoserica ciliaticollis

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Neoserica ciliaticollis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Neoserica
Species:
N. ciliaticollis
Binomial name
Neoserica ciliaticollis
(Moser, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Autoserica ciliaticollisMoser, 1917

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 10 mm. They have a brown, dull, oblong body. The frons is dull and finely punctured, and has a few setae beside the eyes. The antennae are yellowish-brown. The pronotum is rather densely and finely punctured and the anterior and lateral margins are covered with brown setae. The elytra have rows of punctures, with the spaces between them rather widely punctured. The alternating spaces have several longer setae, while the lateral margins have strong setae. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Autoserica) ciliaticollis 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 22, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Moser, J. (1917). "Neue afrikanische Melolonthiden (Col.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 3–4: 183–256. Retrieved January 22, 2026.