Serica stygia

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Serica stygia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Serica
Species:
S. stygia
Binomial name
Serica stygia
Dawson, 1933

Serica stygia is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in the United States (California). [2] [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 9.5 mm. The colour is brown (dark bay to chestnut) with a fairly strong rainbow sheen or iridescence. [3]

Life history

Adults have been recorded feeding on Arctostaphylos glandulosa , Adenostoma fasciculatum and the flowers of Malosoma laurina . [4]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) stygia 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.
  3. 1 2 Dawson, R. W. (1933). "New species of Serica (Scarabaeidae), VII" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 41: 435–440. Retrieved December 22, 2025.
  4. ↑ McPeak, Ron H.; Oberbauer, Thomas A. (2004). "New Host Plant Associations for Adult Serica and Diplotaxis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from California" (PDF). The Coleopterists Bulletin. 58 (1): 139–142. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
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