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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles (Scarabaeoidea) » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Sericini

Tribe Sericini

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June Bug - Serica Unknown reddish beetle - Serica Rainbow-ridged black beetle Scarab - Serica Scarab-2 - Serica Serica georgiana - male 2018-08-15 Small red scarab - Maladera formosae small green
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Scarab, Stag and Bess Beetles)
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Melolonthinae (May Beetles and Junebugs)
Tribe Sericini
Identification
Larvae have characteristic tan or blackish tiny spots or granules on the coxae, near the coxae, sometimes the prothoracic shield, and usually on various moutparts. Hairs on raster may form an upside down "U" in ventral view, with the arms of U in the direction of the anus.
Contributed by Cotinis on 21 January, 2006 - 7:13am
Additional contributions by Arturo Santos
Last updated 9 November, 2022 - 12:06pm

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