Serica tashigaonensis
| Serica tashigaonensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Serica |
| Species: | S. tashigaonensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Serica tashigaonensis Sreedevi, Ranasinghe, Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2019
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Serica tashigaonensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Nepal.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 9.4 mm. They have a dark brown, oblong body, with yellowish antennae and legs. The ventral parts and punctures on the elytra are reddish brown. The dorsal surface is dull. The frons, pronotum and elytra have sparse, adpressed white setae.[3]
Etymology
The species name refers to the type locality close to Tashigaon.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Serica (Serica) tashigaonensis 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 November 19, 2025.
- ^ a b c Sreedevi, K.; Ranasinghe, S.; Fabrizi, S.; Ahrens, D. (2019). "New species and records of Sericini from the Indian subcontinent (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) II". European Journal of Taxonomy. 567: 1–26. Retrieved November 19, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.