Serica exhausta

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Serica exhausta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Serica
Species:
S. exhausta
Binomial name
Serica exhausta
Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2011 [1]

Serica exhausta is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Bhutan. [2]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.6–9 mm. They have an dark brown, oblong body. The antennae are yellowish, and the legs, labroclypeus, elytra and lateral margins of the pronotum are reddish brown, the elytra with indistinct irregular dark spots. The dorsal surface is dull, the frons and pronotum with moderately dense, erect setae. [3]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin exhaustus (meaning tired). [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. 1 2 Ahrens, D.; Fabrizi, S. (2011). "New species of Sericini from the Himalaya and adjacent mountains (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 60 (2): 139–164. Retrieved November 17, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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