Neoserica gallana

Neoserica gallana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Neoserica
Species:	N. gallana
Binomial name
Neoserica gallana (Brenske, 1895)
Synonyms
Serica gallanaBrenske, 1895 Lepiserica gallana Autoserica gallana

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 8.5-9 mm. They are dull yellowish-brown below and dark reddish-brown above, with white scale-like hairs and a spotted elytra. The frons is widely punctate and covered with greyish hairs. The pronotum is short, the anterior margin not projecting in the middle, weakly rounded at the edge, the posterior corners sharply and finely punctate, thinly covered with short scale-like hairs, only a median stripe remaining completely free. The pointed triangular scutellum is densely covered with white scales. The elytra are irregularly punctate, the intervals weakly raised, alternately smooth and punctate on the raised ribs, the smooth areas darker. All punctations have short white hairs and there are somewhat stronger hairs on the ribs. ^[3]

References

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