| Neoserica monticola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Neoserica |
| Species: | N. monticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Neoserica monticola (Moser, 1915) | |
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Neoserica monticola is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Malaysia (Sabah). [2] [3]
Adults reach a length of about 8.5 mm. They are black and dull, with a faint silky sheen above, and blackish-brown below. The head is densely covered with large punctures and sparsely setate. The antennae are yellowish-brown. The pronotum has dense punctation and the elytra are shallowly furrowed and irregularly punctate in the furrows, while the intervals are almost unpunctate. [3]