Xenoserica

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: Xenoserica
Species (11): X. brachyptera – X. erectosetosa – X. karnaliensis – X. kataevi – X. koshiana – X. matthiasi – X. pindarensis – X. selaensis – X. sindhensis – X. somathangana – X. yadongensis

Name

Xenoserica Ahrens, 2005: 273

• Type species: Nipponoserica sindhensis Ahrens, 2000 by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Ahrens, D. 2005. A preliminary cladistic analysis of Nipponoserica, with implications on phylogenetic relationships among sericine chafers (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Systematics and biodiversity 3: 265–279. DOI: 10.1017/S1477200005001751 [original description: p. 273]

Additional references

• Ahrens, D. & Fabrizi, S. 2016. A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Bonn zoological bulletin 65(1 & 2): 1–355. Full article Reference page.  [Key to Xenoserica species: p. 24]

Links

• Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on March 1, 2017]