Sericania dubiosa

Sericania dubiosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Sericania
Species:
S. dubiosa
Binomial name
Sericania dubiosa
Ahrens, 2004[1]

Sericania dubiosa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Punjab Himalaya.[2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.6 mm. They have a reddish-brown, elongated-oval body. The dorsal surface is shiny (often with an iridescent sheen) and almost completely glabrous, with only a few bristles on the pronotum and elytral margins and some fine, short hairs on the elytra.[3]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin dubiosus (meaning doubtful).[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved October 23, 2025.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. ^ a b Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.