Neoserica suturata

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Neoserica suturata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Neoserica
Species:
N. suturata
Binomial name
Neoserica suturata
(Brenske, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Serica suturataBrenske, 1894

Neoserica suturata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found on Borneo. [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.75 mm. The forehead is smooth, with extensive punctures only laterally. The thorax is unevenly punctured, not very densely, and rather finely. the lateral margin has individual setae. The elytra are deeply striated with a pronounced, smooth suture and very deep stripes alongside it. The spaces between are sparsely ruffled. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Neoserica (Neoserica) suturata 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 4, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Brenske, E. (1894). "Die Melolonthiden der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region im Königlichen naturhistorischen Museum zu Brüssel. Beschreibung neuer Arten und Bemerkungen zu bekannten". Mémoires de La Société Entomologique de Belgique. 2: 3–87. Retrieved February 4, 2026.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .