Neoserica sladeni

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Neoserica sladeni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Neoserica
Species:
N. sladeni
Binomial name
Neoserica sladeni
Ahrens, 2004 [1]

Neoserica sladeni is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Mishmi Hills (Assam). [2]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 9.3 mm. They have a dark reddish-brown, elongate-oval body. The upper surface is dull (except for the legs and the forehead), and almost completely glabrous, with only some setae on the pronotum and along the elytral margins. [3]

Etymology

The species is named for its collector, Percy Sladen. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved October 23, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. 1 2 Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.
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