Sericini

Short description: Tribe of beetles

Sericini

Serica brunnea
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Family:  | Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:  | Melolonthinae
Tribe:  | Sericini
Kirby, 1837

Sericini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 100 described species in Sericini.[1][2] Members of this tribe can be identified using their mouthparts, specifically their three-jointed labium and asymmetric maxillae.[3]

## Genera

* Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871
* Nipponoserica Nomura, 1973
* Serica MacLeay, 1819

## References

1. ↑ "Sericini Tribe Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/41313. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
2. ↑ "Sericini Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=926271. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
3. ↑ Frings, Jujinga; Lago, Paul; Ahrens, Dirk (2019-11-23). Bradler, Sven. ed. "Morphology of mouthparts poorly resolves the phylogeny of Sericini chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger: 53–65. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2019.11.008. https://reader.elsevier.com/reader/sd/pii/S0044523119301342?token=A10A1C204BFE8BD64F872D2721244669535B5A03516D9B68D1F84379E27A04088BEDAC59539E04DD0C494F9E1093FB0C. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

* 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 ISBN:978-0-8493-0954-0.
* Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
* Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.

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