Somatoserica

Somatoserica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Sericinae
Tribe: Sericini
Genus: Somatoserica
Brenske, 1899
Species:
S. sikorae
Binomial name
Somatoserica sikorae
Brenske, 1899

Somatoserica is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Somatoserica sikorae, which is found in Madagascar.[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 9 mm. They have an egg-shaped, cherry-brown, opalescent body, with the head somewhat darker. The clypeus is highly margined anteriorly and densely wrinkled-punctate. The frons is densely punctate, but not very finely. The pronotum is scarcely projecting anteriorly in the middle, the lateral margin, which runs obliquely backwards, forms a large arc at the hind angles, which merges into fine distinct lines at the posterior margin. The surface is densely and finely punctate and the lateral margin is strongly setose. The scutellum is large and narrowly heart-shaped. The elytra are densely punctate with a weakly raised suture and four narrow, smooth ribs extending to the apex. The lateral margin has distinct setate punctures.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Somatoserica sikorae 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 February 13, 2026.
  3. ^ a b Brenske, E. (1899). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. III" (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 44: 161–272. Retrieved February 13, 2026. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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