Serica georgiana

Serica georgiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Serica
Species:	S. georgiana
Binomial name
Serica georgiana Leng, 1911
Synonyms
Serica leconteiDawson, 1921

Serica georgiana is a species of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. ^{[1] [2]} It is found in North America, ^[2] where it has been recorded from the United States and Canada. ^{[3] [4]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 9.5 mm. The colour varies from pale to very dark chestnut. The surface is polished and shining. ^[4]

Subspecies

• Serica georgiana georgiana (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Canada)
• Serica georgiana leconteiDawson, 1921 (Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec)

References

1. "Serica georgiana Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
2. "Serica georgiana Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
3. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) georgiana 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 22, 2025.
4. Dawson, R. W. (1920). "New species of Serica (Scarabaeidae). IV" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 29: 160–168. Retrieved December 22, 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.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
• 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.