Neoserica obesa

Neoserica obesa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Neoserica
Species:	N. obesa
Binomial name
Neoserica obesa (Péringuey, 1892)
Synonyms
Serica obesaPéringuey, 1892

Neoserica obesa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in Namibia and South Africa (Northern Cape). ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 10 mm. They are chestnut-red, with only a slight fleshy tinge and a very faint metallic sheen. The clypeus is very roughly, although not deeply punctured. The scutellum is very closely punctulate. The elytra are sub-costulate in the anterior part only, punctato-striate, the interstices are plainly and somewhat closely punctured, and there are on each side six rows of somewhat remote, very small whitish hairs. The club of the antennae is flavescent. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Neoserica) obesa 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
3. Péringuey, L. (1904). "Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 13 (1): 1–293. Retrieved January 7, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .