Serica anhua

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Serica anhua
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Serica
Species:
S. anhua
Binomial name
Serica anhua
Ahrens, Zhao, Pham & Liu, 2024

Serica anhua is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in China (Hunan). [2] [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.8 mm. They have a dark brown, oval and strongly convex body. The head, pronotum and some spots on the elytra have a greenish shine. The elytra have darker spots and the antennae are yellow. The dorsal surface is weakly shiny or iridescent, with dense, short, white setae. [3]

Etymology

The species name refers to its occurrence in Anhua County. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) anhua 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 December 5, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Ahrens, D.; Zhao, M-Z.; Pham, P.V.; Liu, W-G. (2024). "Taxonomic updates on Pachyserica Brenske, 1898 and Serica MacLeay, 1819 reveal 38 new species and new challenges of Sericini systematics regarding DNA barcodes and genus-level diagnostic key characters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae)". Zootaxa. 5491 (1): 1–89. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
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