Neoserica fullonica

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

Neoserica fullonica is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 10 mm. They are dark reddish-brown and very dull. The ribs of the raised, striped elytra are interrupted by lower-lying, bulky scale-like ridges. The pronotum is only slightly widened posteriorly, very widely punctate, extremely fine and weakly scale-like with barer patches. The scutellum is somewhat more densely and distinctly scaled. The ribs of the elytra are distinctly raised, dark, and interrupted by depressions. In these, the fine, hair-like scales stand out in a bulky manner, so that no white scale patches form. Besides these, there are also scattered fine scales and a few stronger ones on the sides. The narrower lateral margin is densely setate. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Autoserica) fullonica 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 .