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Sericina

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Taxonomy
Sericina was named by Kirby (1837). It is extant. Its type is Serica.

It was assigned to Sericini by Bouchard et al. (2011).

Subtaxa
Serica (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Sericina Kirby
2011Sericina Bouchard et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyMelolonthinae()
tribeSericini()
subtribeSericina
subtribeSericina

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.

Subtr. Sericina Kirby 1837
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G. Serica MacLeay 1819
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†Serica antediluviana Wickham 1912
Serica brunna 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
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 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
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Serica sp. (124088)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Serica antediluviana (106381 106384) Serica cockerelli (113749)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Serica minutula (117252)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Serica brunnea (168268)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Serica kanakoffi (152006)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Serica sp. (129861)