Serica angustatotibialis

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Serica angustatotibialis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Serica
Species:
S. angustatotibialis
Binomial name
Serica angustatotibialis
Ahrens, 1999 [1]

Serica angustatotibialis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in India (Sikkim) and the southern face of the Himalaya in southern Tibet between Sikkim and Bhutan. [2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 9.5-9.8 mm. They have a chestnut brown, elongate body. The upper surface is mostly dull and there are single, erect hairs on the forehead, pronotum and elytra. [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 30, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. Ahrens, D. (1999). "Revision der Gattung Serica (s.str.) des Himalaya-Gebiets (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae)". Fragmenta Entomologica. 31 (2): 205–332. Retrieved December 8, 2025.