Serica aspera

Serica aspera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Serica
Species:	S. aspera
Binomial name
Serica aspera Dawson, 1922

Serica aspera is a species of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. ^{[1] [2]} It is found in North America ^[2] (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas). ^{[3] [4]}

Description

Adults are similar to Serica parallela , but are slightly smaller and the antennal clubs are distinctly longer. ^[4]

References

1. "Serica aspera Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
2. "Serica aspera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
3. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) aspera 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 23 December 2025.
4. Dawson, R. W. (1921). "New species of Serica (Scarabaeidae). V." (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 30: 154–168. Retrieved 23 December 2025.

• Evans, Arthur V. (2003). "A checklist of the New World chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)".

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN   978-0-8493-0954-0.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.