Leoserica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Sericini
Genus: Leoserica
Species: L. capensis – L. hotovyi – L. jamesi – L. knysnana

Name

Leoserica Fabrizi, Eberle & Ahrens, 2019: 978

• Type species: Leoserica knysnana Fabrizi, Eberle & Ahrens, 2019, fixed by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Fabrizi, S., Eberle, J. & Ahrens, D. 2019. Unexpected diversity of Hyboserica chafers in South African forest remnants: cladistic analysis, new species and the new genus Leoserica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 186(4): 950–982. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly095 . Reference page.  [original description: p. 978]