Xenoserica

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: Xenoserica
Species (10): X. brachyptera – X. erectosetosa – X. karnaliensis – X. koshiana – X. matthiasi – X. pindarensis – X. selaensis – X. sindhensis – X. somathangana – X. yadongensis
Name

Xenoserica Ahrens, 2005: 273

Type species: Nipponoserica sindhensis Ahrens, 2000 by original designation.

References
Primary references

Ahrens, D. 2005. A preliminary cladistic analysis of Nipponoserica, with implications on phylogenetic relationships among sericine chafers (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Systematics and biodiversity 3: 265–279. DOI: 10.1017/S1477200005001751 [original description: p. 273]

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 Xenoserica species: p. 24]

Links

Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on March 1, 2017]