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Species Serica parallela

Serica parallela Casey - Serica parallela

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

Superfamily Scarabaeoidea

Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)

Subfamily Melolonthinae (May Beetles and Junebugs)

Tribe Sericini

Genus Serica

Species parallela (Serica parallela)

Explanation of Names

Serica parallela Casey, 1884

Size

Length 7.5-8.5 mm (1)

Identification

"Color varying through the shades mahogany red, bay and chestnut, surface velvety and opaque, with only a slight iridescence observable when viewed at an oblique angle in good light." (1)

Det. E. G. Riley, 2014

Range

e. NA (c.TX-FL-NY-IL / ON-QC) - Map (1)(2)(3)(4)

Remarks

Type Locality: New Jersey

Print References

Casey, T.L. 1884. Contributions to the descriptive and systematic coleopterology of North America. Part II. Collins Printing House, Philadelphia. pp. 61-124.

Dawson, R.W. 1932. New species of Serica (Scarabaeidae). V. Journal of the New York entomological Society 30: 154-169. (1)

Internet References

Type Info - Smithsonian

Works Cited

1.	New species of Serica (Scarabaeidae). V. Dawson, R. 1932. Journal of the New York entomological Society 30: 154-169.

2.	A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida. Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.

3.	An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Edward G. Riley & Charles S. Wolfe. 2003. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement. 37 pp.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 23 May, 2009 - 10:09am
Last updated 12 February, 2024 - 10:49pm

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