Neoserica farsilis

Neoserica farsilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Neoserica
Species:	N. farsilis
Binomial name
Neoserica farsilis (Brenske, 1901)
Synonyms
Lepiserica farsilisBrenske, 1901 Autoserica farsilis

Neoserica farsilis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in Tanzania. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 10.5 mm. They are robustly built, and have a brownish-red colour with a greenish-dark sheen. They are dull and opalescent. The pronotum is only slightly rounded at the sides, not projected anteriorly, with distinct setae behind the anterior margin, the same being weak at the lateral margin. The scutellum is large, pointed, covered with the same hairs as the base of the elytra. The elytra are punctate in rows. The spaces between the setae are of unequal width. The first one next to the seam is wide, the second narrow, and so on, alternating. All are sparsely dotted, the narrow ones are somewhat more convex and black-spotted. The setae are very distinct. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Autoserica) farsilis 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 (2–3): 187–234. Retrieved February 6, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .