Sericania nepalensis

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Sericania nepalensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Sericania
Species:
S. nepalensis
Binomial name
Sericania nepalensis
(Frey, 1965) [1]
Synonyms
  • Autoserica nepalensisFrey, 1965

Sericania nepalensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in central Nepal. [2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.2-6.7 mm. They have a yellow-brown slender, elongate-oval body. The dorsal surface is shiny and dorsally almost completely glabrous, only the pronotum and elytral margins with a few bristles. [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. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.