Oxyserica steelei

Oxyserica steelei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Oxyserica
Species:	O. steelei
Binomial name
	Oxyserica steelei; (Ahrens, 2004)
Synonyms
	Microserica steelei Ahrens, 2004;

Oxyserica steelei is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in south-eastern Tibet and in the Mishmi Hills.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5-5.7 mm. They have a black, elongate-oval body, with reddish-brown legs and yellowish-brown elytra. The dorsal surface is mostly dull and glabrous except for some setae on the head, elytra, and pronotum.

Etymology

The species is named after its collector, M. Steele.

References

↑ BioLib
↑ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved October 31, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
1 2 Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.

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[1] BioLib

[:0-2] Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved October 31, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[:1-3] 1 2 Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.