Microserica mindoroana

Microserica mindoroana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Microserica
Species:
M. mindoroana
Binomial name
Microserica mindoroana
Brenske, 1899

Microserica mindoroana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in the Philippines (Mindoro).[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5-6 mm. They have a rounded oval, dull body. The colouration is highly variable. Most specimens have a dark green iridescent head and a pronotum that is also entirely or partially dark green coloured, with reddish-brown elytra. However, entirely red and entirely dark specimens also occur. The clypeus is densely punctate, distinctly but not highly margined, straight anteriorly, rounded at the corners with a transverse row of setae. The frons and vertex are finely punctate, but very pruinous. The pronotum is also finely punctate, with a tiny hair in each puncture. The posterior corners are not rounded, the anterior margin straight in the middle, the marginal setae short and weak. The elytra are irregularly and rather coarsely punctate in the striae, the intervals almost devoid of punctures.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Microserica mindoroana 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
  3. ^ a b Brenske, E. (1899). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. III" (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 44: 161–272. Retrieved February 12, 2026. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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