Sericania swatensis

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

Sericania swatensis 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 7.5-8.6 mm. They have a reddish-brown, dull, elongated-oval body, often with an iridescent sheen dorsally, and almost completely glabrous dorsally, with only a few bristles on the pronotum and elytra and a few fine, short hairs on the elytra. [3]

Etymology

The species name refers to its occurrence in the Swat District. [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.