Serica khasiana

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Serica khasiana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Serica
Species:
S. khasiana
Binomial name
Serica khasiana
(Moser, 1918) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ophthalmoserica khasianaMoser, 1918
  • Trichoserica khasiana

Serica khasiana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [2] [3] It is found in the western Himalaya, east towards central Nepal. [2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 8.7-10.5 mm. They have a dark chestnut brown, elongate-oval body, with the legs, margins of the pronotum and ventral surface somewhat lighter. The antennae are yellowish-brown. The upper surface is mostly dull and has a few erect white hairs. [4]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. 1 2 Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved November 3, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) khasiana 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 November 3, 2025.
  4. Ahrens, D. (1999). "Revision der Gattung Serica (s.str.) des Himalaya-Gebiets (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae)". Fragmenta Entomologica. 31 (2): 205–332. Retrieved December 8, 2025.