Sericini

Tribe of beetles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sericini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are over 3000 described species in Sericini.[1][2][3] Members of this tribe can be identified using their mouthparts, specifically their three-jointed labium and asymmetric maxillae.[4]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Suborder:Polyphaga
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Sericini
Serica brunnea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Sericinae
Tribe: Sericini
Kirby, 1837
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Genera

The following genera are recognised in the tribe Sericini:[5]

Fossil species

  • Cretoserica Nikolajev, 1998
    • Cretoserica latitibialis Nikolajev, 1998
  • Lithanomala Nikolajev, 1992
    • Lithanomala crassa (Ponomarenko, 1990)
    • Lithanomala oblonga (Ponomarenko, 1990)
    • Lithanomala sibirica (Ponomarenko, 1990)
  • Mioserica Zhang, 1989
    • Mioserica margelis Zhang, 1989

Selected former genera

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