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Serica
Taxonomy
Serica was named by MacLeay (1819). It is extant. Its type is Scarabaeus brunnus. It is the type genus of Sericidae, Sericina.
It was assigned to Scarabaeidae by Wickham (1912), Miller et al. (1981); to Sericinae by Krell (2000); to Sericina by Bouchard et al. (2011); and to Sericini by Allsopp and Schoolmeesters (2024).
It was assigned to Scarabaeidae by Wickham (1912), Miller et al. (1981); to Sericinae by Krell (2000); to Sericina by Bouchard et al. (2011); and to Sericini by Allsopp and Schoolmeesters (2024).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1819 | Serica MacLeay |
| 1912 | Serica Wickham p. 23 |
| 1946 | Serica kanakoffi Pierce p. 132 fig. 1,2 |
| 1981 | Serica Miller et al. p. 627 |
| 2000 | Serica Krell p. 886 |
| 2011 | Serica Bouchard et al. |
| 2024 | Serica Allsopp and Schoolmeesters p. 146 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Serica MacLeay 1819
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†Serica antediluviana Wickham 1912
Serica brunnea Linnaeus 1758
†Serica cockerelli Wickham 1914
†Serica minutula Heer 1862
Invalid names: Serica kanakoffi Pierce 1946 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Holocene or 37.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian | Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) | S. sp. (124088) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | S. antediluviana (106381 106384) S. cockerelli (113749) | |
| Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | S. minutula (117252) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | S. brunnea (168268) | |
| Rancholabrean | USA (California) | S. kanakoffi (152006) | |
| Holocene | Tanzania | S. sp. (129861) |