Sericania gilgitensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Indus-Himalaya.
Description Adults reach a length of about 7.1 mm. They have a black, elongated-oval body. The elytra are dark reddish-brown, and slightly shiny and almost completely glabrous dorsally, with a few cilia on the pronotum and elytral margins and numerous hairs on the forehead.Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.
Etymology The species is named for its occurrence in the Gilgit region.
References