Comaserica basilewskyi
| Comaserica basilewskyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Comaserica |
| Species: | C. basilewskyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Comaserica basilewskyi Frey, 1975
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Comaserica basilewskyi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Madagascar.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7–8 mm. They have an elongate, egg-shaped body. The upper and lower surfaces are dark bronze. The upper surface is shiny and the head is glabrous, while the pronotum and elytra are very sparsely fringed with whitish hairs. The elytra also has a few scattered, whitish, erect setae.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Comaserica basilewskyi 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 January 5, 2026.
- ^ a b Frey, G. (1975). "Neue madegassische Sericinen und Coprinen vom Zentralafrikanischen Museum in Tervuren bei Brüssel" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey. 26: 297–306. Retrieved January 5, 2026.