Sericini

Sericini
Serica brunnea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Sericinae
Tribe: Sericini
Kirby, 1837

Sericini is a tribe of scarab beetles that belongs to the subfamily Sericinae.

Members of this tribe can be identified using their mouthparts, specifically their three-jointed labium and asymmetric maxillae.

Taxonomy

Genera

There are over 3000 described species in Sericini. The following genera are recognised in the tribe Sericini:

Fossil species

  • †Cretoserica Nikolajev, 1998
    • †Cretoserica latitibialis Nikolajev, 1998
  • †Lithanomala Nikolajev, 1992
    • †Lithanomala crassa (Ponomarenko, 1990)
    • †Lithanomala oblonga (Ponomarenko, 1990)
    • †Lithanomala sibirica (Ponomarenko, 1990)
  • †Mioserica Zhang, 1989
    • †Mioserica margelis Zhang, 1989

Former genera

References

  1. 1 2 Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.
  2. 1 2 "Sericini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Sericini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Frings, Jujinga; Lago, Paul; Ahrens, Dirk (23 November 2019). 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. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  5. ↑ "Search". COL. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  • 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.