Serica mystaca

Serica mystaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Serica
Species:	S. mystaca
Binomial name
Serica mystaca Dawson, 1922

Serica mystaca is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in the United States (Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin). ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Adults closely resemble Serica parallela , but are slightly larger, more robust, darker in colour and often more distinctly iridescent. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) mystaca 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 23, 2025.
3. Dawson, R. W. (1921). "New species of Serica (Scarabaeidae). V." (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 30: 154–168. Retrieved December 23, 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.