Serica scutellaris

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Serica scutellaris
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Serica
Species:
S. scutellaris
Binomial name
Serica scutellaris
Arrow, 1946

Serica scutellaris is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Myanmar. [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.3–8.4 mm. They have a brown, oval-elongate body. The antennae, legs and elytra are yellowish brown, the latter with numerous small, irregular dark spots. The dorsal surface is shiny and the head is sparsely setose. The dorsal face of the pronotum and elytra is almost glabrous. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) scutellaris 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 17, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Ahrens, D.; Fabrizi, S. (2011). "New species of Sericini from the Himalaya and adjacent mountains (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 60 (2): 139–164. Retrieved November 17, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.