Mericserica

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Melolonthinae
Tribus: Sericini
Genus: Mericserica
Species: M. oberthuri – M. setosicollis
In synonymy

M. chilkensis
Name

Mericserica Brenske, 1897: 355

Type species: Mericserica oberthuri Brenske, 1898 by monotypy.

References
Primary references

Brenske, E. 1897. Die Serica-Arten der Erde. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 42: 345–468. [original description: p. 355]

Additional references

Ahrens, D. & Fabrizi, S. 2016. A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Bonn zoological bulletin 65(1 & 2): 1–355. Full article Reference page. [Key to the species of Mericserica Brenske, 1897 (written as Meriserica): p. 54]