{{short description|Species of beetle}}
{{short description|Species of beetle}}
{{speciesbox
{{speciesbox
|image = Serica_trociformis.jpg
|genus = Serica
|genus = Serica
|species = trociformis
|species = trociformis
|authority = Burmeister, 1844
|authority = Burmeister, 1844
| synonyms =
*”Melolontha aphodiina” <small>Billberg, 1820</small>
}}
}}
””’Serica trociformis””’ is a species of May beetle or June bug in the family [[Scarabaeidae]].<ref name=bugref>{{cite web|title=””Serica trociformis” Species Information|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/162317|website=BugGuide.net|accessdate=2018-02-09}}</ref><ref name=itis>{{cite web|title=””Serica trociformis” Report|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=927795|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|accessdate=2018-02-09}}</ref><ref name=eol>{{cite web|title=””Serica trociformis” Overview|url=http://eol.org/pages/21822314/overview|website=Encyclopedia of Life|accessdate=2018-02-09}}</ref> It is found in North America.<ref name=itis />
””’Serica trociformis””’ is a species of May beetle or June bug in the family [[Scarabaeidae]].<ref name=bugref>{{cite web|title=””Serica trociformis” Species Information|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/162317|website=BugGuide.net|accessdate=2018-02-09}}</ref><ref name=itis>{{cite web|title=””Serica trociformis” Report|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=927795|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|accessdate=2018-02-09}}</ref><ref name=eol>{{cite web|title=””Serica trociformis” Overview|url=http://eol.org/pages/21822314/overview|website=Encyclopedia of Life|accessdate=2018-02-09}}</ref> It is found in North America<ref name=itis />
==Description==
Adults reach a length of about 5-6 mm. They have an ovate, convex, nearly smooth and feebly shining body. The head, thorax and under surface are black or piceous, while the [[elytra]] are reddish-brown, the sides margined with piceous.<ref name=”:2″>{{cite journal|last1=Blatchley|first1=W. S.|date= 1910|title= An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana, with bibliography and descriptions of new species|url=https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.56580|journal= Bulletin Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources. Indianapolis|volume= 1|issue=|publisher= |pages= 1-1386|doi= |access-date= December 24, 2025}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
Species of beetle
Serica trociformis is a species of May beetle or June bug in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3] It is found in North America[2] (Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina).[4][5]
Adults reach a length of about 5-6 mm. They have an ovate, convex, nearly smooth and feebly shining body. The head, thorax and under surface are black or piceous, while the elytra are reddish-brown, the sides margined with piceous.[5]
- ^ “Serica trociformis Species Information”. BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ a b “Serica trociformis Report”. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ “Serica trociformis Overview”. Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). “Serica (Serica) trociformis at Catalogue of Life”. World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
- ^ a b Blatchley, W. S. (1910). “An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana, with bibliography and descriptions of new species”. Bulletin Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources. Indianapolis. 1: 1–1386. Retrieved December 24, 2025.
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
