Neoserica nitidirostris

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Neoserica nitidirostris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Neoserica
Species:
N. nitidirostris
Binomial name
Neoserica nitidirostris
(Linell, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Serica nitidirostrisLinell, 1896

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 8 mm. They are broadly oval, convex, light ferruginous. The antennae re testaceous. The thorax is uniformly convex and surrounded with a narrow black margin and with a small round black spot on each side of the disk. The sides are fimbriate with long red hairs. The elytra are fimbriate at the sides, gradually widened from the base, broadly rounded at the apex, distinctly punctate-striate. The suture is narrowly black. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Neoserica) nitidirostris 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. 1 2 Brenske, E. (1901). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. V." (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 46 (4): 431–462. Retrieved February 6, 2026.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .