Sericania mimica

Sericania mimica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Sericania
Species:	S. mimica
Binomial name
Sericania mimica Lewis, 1895
Synonyms
Sericania matsuyamanaSawada, 1938 Sericania quinquefoliataSawada, 1938 Sericania takaoanaSawada, 1938 Sericania kompiraMiyake & Sano, 1996

Sericania mimica is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in Taiwan and Japan. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 9-11 mm. They have an elongate, pitchy red, shining body. The head is roughly and densely punctate, with the clypeus reddish brown and the outer edge more or less raised. The head is dark brown between the eyes. The thorax is punctate, with the points larger and less closely set than those of the head. The scutellum punctate, somewhat elongate, obtuse behind and the elytra have eight or nine shallow furrows occupied with confluent punctures, the interspaces feebly convex and smooth. The pygidium is irregularly, not densely punctured. ^[3]

Subspecies

• Sericania mimica mimica (Japan, Taiwan)
• Sericania mimica kompiraMiyake & Sano, 1996 (Japan)

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Sericania mimica 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved February 16, 2026.
3. Brenske, E. (1897). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde" (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 42: 345–438. Retrieved February 16, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .