Sericini

Sericini
Serica brunnea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Melolonthinae
Tribe: Sericini
Kirby, 1837

Sericini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 100 described species in Sericini.[1][2] Members of this tribe can be identified using their mouthparts, specifically their three-jointed labium and asymmetric maxillae.[3]

  1. ^ "Sericini Tribe Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Sericini Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ^ Frings, Jujinga; Lago, Paul; Ahrens, Dirk (23 November 2019). Bradler, Sven (ed.). "Morphology of mouthparts poorly resolves the phylogeny of Sericini chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger: 53–65. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2019.11.008. Retrieved 23 March 2021.