Leoserica capensis

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: Leoserica capensis

Name

Leoserica capensis (Brenske, 1902)

Synonymy

• Serica capensis Brenske, 1902 [basionym]
  • Leoserica capensis — Fabrizi, Eberle, & Ahrens, 2019

References

Primary references

• Brenske, E. 1902. Die Serica-Arten der Erde. VII. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 47: 1–70. [original description]
• 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.  [comb. nov.]