| Sericoda ceylonica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Genus: | Sericoda |
| Species: | S. ceylonica |
| Binomial name | |
| Sericoda ceylonica (Motschulsky, 1859) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sericoda ceylonica is a species of black coloured ground beetle from Platyninae subfamily. It was described by Victor Motschulsky in 1859 and is found in Japan, Philippines, and Sri Lanka. [1]
Harpalinae is a huge subfamily of ground beetles that contains 20,000 species or ~6,400 spp. in 24 tribes worldwide, according to others. A rarely used common name for the subfamily is the harp beetles. The Harpalinae contain the most apomorphic ground beetles, displaying a wide range of forms and behaviors. Some are, rare among ground beetles, omnivores or even herbivores.
Victor Ivanovich Motschulsky was a Russian entomologist mainly interested in beetles.
Latridiidae is a family of tiny, little-known beetles commonly called minute brown scavenger beetles or fungus beetle. The number of described species currently stands at around 1050 in 29 genera but the number of species is undoubtedly much higher than this and increases each time a new estimate is made.
Sericoda is a genus of harpaline ground beetles. They are native to the Holarctic. Their habit resembles some members of the related genus Agonum, but they are generally smaller. The origin of Sericoda is apparently North America, with the Central American genus Elliptoleus the closest living relative.
Melyridae are a family of beetles of the superfamily Cleroidea.
Chilo is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. Some of these moths are called borers.
Lebiinae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae.
Allocota is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Licininae is a subfamily of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following genera:
Derostichus is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Platyninae is a subfamily of ground beetles. Occasionally it was treated as a tribe Platynini of subfamily Harpalinae, particularly when this was circumscribed loosely.
Trechinae is a subfamily in the ground beetle family, Carabidae.
Hydrovatus is a genus of water beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:
Neohydrocoptus is a genus of beetles in the family Noteridae, containing the following species:
Platynini is a tribe of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are at least 260 described species in Platynini.
Aphodiini is a tribe of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 50 genera and over 1600 described species in Aphodiini.
Ptilodactylidae is a family of toe winged beetles in the order Coleoptera. There are about 6 genera and 15 described species of North American Ptilodactylidae.
Artematopodidae is a family of soft-bodied plant beetles in the order Coleoptera. Adults are short-lived, and larvae are associated with mosses.
Pagria is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from Africa, Asia and Australia.
Graphelmis ceylonica is a species of riffle beetle found in Sri Lanka.
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