Serica (beetle)

Serica
Serica brunnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Tribe:	Sericini
Genus:	Serica MacLeay, 1819
Synonyms
Camptorhina Kirby, 1837 Ophthalmosericea Brenske, 1897 Podosericea Breit, 1912 Trichosericea Reitter, 1896 Emphania Blanchard, 1850 Paramaladera Nikolajev, 1979 Stilbolemma Harris, 1827

Serica is a genus from the group of May beetles and junebugs in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 100 described species in Serica. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

See also

• List of Serica species

References

1. "Serica Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
2. "Serica Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
3. "Serica Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0-8493-0212-1.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.