Ovoserica

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Ovoserica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Sericinae
Tribe: Sericini
Genus: Ovoserica
Frey, 1968
Species:
O. testaceipennis
Binomial name
Ovoserica testaceipennis
Frey, 1968

Ovoserica is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Ovoserica testaceipennis, which is found in Madagascar. [2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7 mm. The head and pronotum are dark brown, with the head weakly glossy and the pronotum dull. The clypeus is covered with yellow setae, while the frons and vertex are glabrous. The pronotum is fringed with long, pale setae. Elsewhere, the body is covered with thin, erect setae, somewhat scattered but fairly evenly. The elytra are glabrous on the disc, but covered with pale, erect, spiny setae at the margin. The elytral margin is fringed with broad, scale-like setae. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Ovoserica testaceipennis 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 15, 2026.
  3. ↑ Frey, G. (1968). "Neue Sericiden aus Afrika und Madagascar mit Bestimmungstabelle der westafrikanischen Aulacoserica-Arten (Col. Melolonth.)" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey. 19: 199–228. Retrieved January 15, 2026.
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