Serica iricolor

Serica iricolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Serica
Species:
S. iricolor
Binomial name
Serica iricolor
(Say, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Melolontha iricolor Say, 1824

Serica iricolor is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in North America,[1][2][3] where it has been recorded from Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hamsphire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee and Virginia.[4][5]

Description

They have a dark colour and are iridescent. There are dense, erect, rusty, hairs on the pronotum.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Serica iricolor Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Serica iricolor". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) iricolor 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 22, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Dawson, R. W. (1932). "New species of Serica (Scarabaeidae). VI" (PDF). Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 40: 529–562. Retrieved December 22, 2025.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.