Neoserica tessellata
Species of beetle
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Neoserica tessellata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in South Africa (Mpumalanga) and Zimbabwe.[2][3]
| Neoserica tessellata | |
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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. tessellata |
| Binomial name | |
| Neoserica tessellata (Péringuey, 1904) | |
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Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.5–9 mm. They are light chestnut, slightly metallic, either lightly infuscate on the head and the central part of the prothorax and with equi-distant fuscous patches forming a tessellation on the plainly convex costae of the elytra, or so much suffused with a fuscous tinge that the tessellation is quite obliterated. The surface has a very short, squamiform hair on each puncture. The antennae are rufescent.[3]
