Thrymoserica

Thrymoserica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Sericinae
Tribe:	Sericini
Genus:	Thrymoserica ; Brenske, 1900
Species:	T. fabulosa
Binomial name
	Thrymoserica fabulosa; Brenske, 1901

Last updated February 19, 2026

Thrymoserica is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.^[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Thrymoserica fabulosa, which is found in Tanzania.^[2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 11 mm. They are dull, brown and opalescent, with shiny legs. The head, middle of the pronotum and spots on the sides of the elytra are greenish. The frons is densely tomentose. The pronotum is short, broad, scarcely projecting anteriorly in the middle, also the anterior angles less strongly projecting, the sides strongly rounded anteriorly, straight from the middle onwards, the very finely rounded posterior angles slightly projecting, the surface widely punctate with a narrow, smooth midline and a few lateral unpunctate spots. The scutellum is large and elongated, with a black spot on either side. The elytra have a dense row of punctures in the striae and the intervals are distinctly convex and unpunctate, with fine setae widely spaced along the lateral margins.^[3]

References

↑ BioLib
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Thrymoserica fabulosa 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
↑ Brenske, E. (1901). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. V." (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 46 (2–3): 187–234. Retrieved February 5, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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[1] BioLib

[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Thrymoserica fabulosa 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved December 17, 2025.

[:2-3] Brenske, E. (1901). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. V." (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 46 (2–3): 187–234. Retrieved February 5, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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