Serica exhausta
| Serica exhausta | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Serica |
| Species: | S. exhausta
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| Binomial name | |
| Serica exhausta Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2011[1]
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Serica exhausta is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Bhutan.[2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.6–9 mm. They have an dark brown, oblong body. The antennae are yellowish, and the legs, labroclypeus, elytra and lateral margins of the pronotum are reddish brown, the elytra with indistinct irregular dark spots. The dorsal surface is dull, the frons and pronotum with moderately dense, erect setae.[3]
Etymology
The species name is derived from Latin exhaustus (meaning tired).[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved October 30, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ a b Ahrens, D.; Fabrizi, S. (2011). "New species of Sericini from the Himalaya and adjacent mountains (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)" (PDF). Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 60 (2): 139–164. Retrieved November 17, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.