Neoserica flaviventris
Species of beetle
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Neoserica flaviventris is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2][3]
| Neoserica flaviventris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Neoserica |
| Species: | N. flaviventris |
| Binomial name | |
| Neoserica flaviventris (Moser, 1916) | |
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Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.5 mm. They are dull. The frons is black and very sparsely punctate, the punctures with short setae. The antennae are brown. The pronotum is yellowish-brown with a large black center and is quite sparsely covered with minutely bristle-bearing punctures. The elytra are moderately densely punctate in the brown stripes, while the intervals are black, with the punctures only very sparsely distributed. All punctures have tiny setae.[3]