Serica gracilipes

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Serica gracilipes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Serica
Species:
S. gracilipes
Binomial name
Serica gracilipes
Moser, 1915

Serica gracilipes is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in India (Tamil Nadu). [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7 mm. They are dull, with the upper surface dark brown, while the underside is light brown and the frons is blackish. The head is weakly punctate and the antennae are reddish-yellow. The pronotum has weak punctation, and the punctures, like those of the elytra, show tiny setae. The elytra are irregularly punctate in rows within the striae, with the interstices almost devoid of punctures. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) gracilipes 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved January 26, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Moser, J. (1915). "Weitere neue Serica-Arten (Col.)". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 76: 144–202. Retrieved January 26, 2026.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .