Selaserica lucidicollis

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Selaserica lucidicollis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Selaserica
Species:
S. lucidicollis
Binomial name
Selaserica lucidicollis
Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2014 [1]

Selaserica lucidicollis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Sri Lanka. [2]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 12.7-13.4 mm. They have a dark reddish brown, oblong body, with yellowish brown antennae. The dorsal surface is dull, while the head and pronotum are shiny and nearly glabrous. [2]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin lucidus (meaning shiny) and collum (meaning neck) and refers to the shiny surface of the pronotum. [2]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. 1 2 3 Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2014). "A Monograph of the Sericini of Sri Lanka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 61: 1–129. Retrieved October 23, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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