Oxyserica myagdiana

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Oxyserica myagdiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Oxyserica
Species:
O. myagdiana
Binomial name
Oxyserica myagdiana
(Ahrens, 1998)
Synonyms
  • Microserica myagdianaAhrens, 1998 [1]

Oxyserica myagdiana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in western-central Nepal. [2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3.8-4 mm. They have a yellowish-brown, elongate-oval body. The underside is dark brown and the head, antennae and the disc of the pronotum are dark. The dorsal surface is glabrous, except for the cilia along the margins. [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 31, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. Ahrens, Dirk (1998). "Revision der Sericinae des Himalaya-gebietes. Neue arten der Microserica marginata gruppe". Entomologische Abhandlungen Staatlichen Museum für Tierkunde, Dresden. 58 (2): 29–51. Retrieved November 7, 2025.