Sericania mara

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

Sericania mara is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the mountains surrounding the Kathmandu valley in central Nepal.[2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.3-7.1 mm. They have a yellow-brown slender, elongate-oval body. Both the ventral and dorsal surfaces are shiny, almost completely glabrous dorsally, with only the head, pronotum, and elytral margins with some hairs.[3]

Etymology

The species is named for the Buddhist demon Mara.[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.
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