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Sand Mountain Serican Scarab
Serica psammobunus
Serica psammobuna is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the United States (Nevada).
From the article Serica psammobuna on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8-8.5 mm. The colour ranges from black to dark brown. The head, thorax, elytra, abdomen and legs are black. The clypeus is shining, while the front and vertex are pruinose. Both the front and clypeus have a few scattered erect hairs. There are also scattered, pale, short, erect hairs on the elytra.
In human culture
The species name is derived from Greek psammo (meaning sand) and bounos (meaning hill) and refers to the localities of collection of the type material (Sand Mountain and Blow Sand Mountain).
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 230832.