Serica iricolor

Serica iricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Serica
Species:	S. iricolor
Binomial name
Serica iricolor (Say, 1824)
Synonyms
Melolontha iricolorSay, 1824

Serica iricolor is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in North America, ^{[1] [2] [3]} where it has been recorded from Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hamsphire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Virginia. ^{[4] [5]}

Description

They have a dark colour and are iridescent. There are dense, erect, rusty, hairs on the pronotum. ^[5]

References

1. "Serica iricolor Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Serica iricolor". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Serica iricolor species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) iricolor 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.
5. Dawson, R. W. (1932). "New species of Serica (Scarabaeidae). VI" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 40: 529–562. Retrieved December 22, 2025.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-30914-2.