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Sericini

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

Genera

The following genera are recognised in the tribe Sericini:

Fossil species

  • †Cretoserica <small>Nikolajev, 1998</small>
  • †Cretoserica latitibialis <small>Nikolajev, 1998</small>
  • †Lithanomala <small>Nikolajev, 1992</small>
  • †Lithanomala crassa <small>(Ponomarenko, 1990)</small>
  • †Lithanomala oblonga <small>(Ponomarenko, 1990)</small>
  • †Lithanomala sibirica <small>(Ponomarenko, 1990)</small>
  • †Mioserica <small>Zhang, 1989</small>
  • †Mioserica margelis <small>Zhang, 1989</small>

Selected former genera

References

  • Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys, vol. 88, 1–972.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida .
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.