Serica jaegeri

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Serica jaegeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Serica
Species:
S. jaegeri
Binomial name
Serica jaegeri
Ahrens, 1999 [1]

Serica jaegeri is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in central Nepal. [2]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.3-9.2 mm. They have a dark brown, elongate-oval body. The legs, margins of the pronotum and ventral surface are reddish-brown and the antennae are yellowish-brown. The upper surface is mostly dull. [3]

Etymology

The species is named after a colleague of the author, Olaf Jager. [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. (1999). "Revision der Gattung Serica (s.str.) des Himalaya-Gebiets (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae)". Fragmenta Entomologica. 31 (2): 205–332. Retrieved December 8, 2025.
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