Neoserica kannegieteri

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Neoserica kannegieteri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Neoserica
Species:
N. kannegieteri
Binomial name
Neoserica kannegieteri
Moser, 1915

Neoserica kannegieteri is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Indonesia (Sumatra). [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 9 mm. They are dull and black or blackish-brown above, and light brown below. The frons is covered with a few setae and is mostly dull, but narrowly shiny behind the clypeus suture. The antennae are yellowish-brown. The pronotum has a moderately dense punctation and the lateral margins are setate. The elytra are irregularly punctate in the striae, while the shallowly convex intervals are almost unpunctate. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Neoserica) kannegieteri 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 January 29, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Moser, J. (1915). "Neue Serica Arten (Col.)". Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 337–393. Retrieved January 29, 2026.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .