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Sericinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

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

It was reranked as the tribe Sericini by Statz (1952), Bouchard et al. (2011); it was reranked as the subfamily Sericinae by Krell (2000), Nikolajev (2007), Allsopp and Schoolmeesters (2024).

It was assigned to Cetoniidae by Nikolajev (2007); to Melolonthinae by Statz (1952), Bouchard et al. (2011); and to Scarabaeidae by Krell (2000), Allsopp and Schoolmeesters (2024).

Subtaxa
Sericini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Sericini Statz p. 9
2000Sericinae Krell p. 886
2007Sericinae Nikolajev p. 185
2011Sericini Bouchard et al.
2024Sericinae Allsopp and Schoolmeesters p. 140

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
RankNameAuthor
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilySericinae()
subfamilySericinae()

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.

Subfm. Sericinae Kirby 1837
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Tr. Sericini Kirby 1837
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G. †Cretoserica Nikolajev 1998
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†Cretoserica latitibialis Nikolajev 1998
G. †Lithanomala Nikolajev 1992
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†Lithanomala crassa Ponomarenko 1990
†Lithanomala oblonga Ponomarenko 1990
†Lithanomala sibirica Ponomarenko 1990
G. Maladera Mulsant 1871
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†Maladera spinitibialis Statz 1952
G. †Mioserica Zhang 1989
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†Mioserica margelis Zhang 1989
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]
G. Triodontella Reitter 1919
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Invalid names: Triodonta Mulsant 1842 [replaced]
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 125.77000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 121.4 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Russian Federation (Chita) Proteroscarabaeus crassus, Proteroscarabaeus oblongus, Proteroscarabaeus sibiricus (151642)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Russian Federation (Buryatia) Cretoserica latitibialis (106103)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Serica sp. (124088)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Serica antediluviana (106381 106384) Serica cockerelli (113749)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Maladera spinitibialis (122010)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Shandong) Mioserica margelis (128551)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Serica minutula (117252)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Serica brunnea (168268) Triodonta sp. (168270)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (California) Serica kanakoffi (152006)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Serica sp. (129861)