Sericania gilgitensis

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Sericania gilgitensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Sericania
Species:
S. gilgitensis
Binomial name
Sericania gilgitensis
Ahrens, 2004 [1]

Sericania gilgitensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Indus-Himalaya. [2]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.1 mm. They have a black, elongated-oval body. The elytra are dark reddish-brown, and slightly shiny and almost completely glabrous dorsally, with a few cilia on the pronotum and elytral margins and numerous hairs on the forehead. [3]

Etymology

The species is named for its occurrence in the Gilgit region. [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 23, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.
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