Sericini is a tribe of scarab beetles in the family

Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change in recent years. Several sub ...

. There are at least 100 described species in Sericini. Members of this tribe can be identified using their

mouthparts Mouthparts may refer to: * The parts of a mouth ** Arthropod mouthparts *** Insect mouthparts {{disambig ...

, specifically their three-jointed labium and asymmetric maxillae.

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Maladera ''Maladera'' is a genus in the beetle family Scarabaeidae, containing species such as '' Maladera insanabilis'' and '' Maladera castanea''. There are at least 480 described species in ''Maladera''. See also * List of Maladera species Refer ...

'' Mulsant & Rey, 1871 * ''

Nipponoserica ''Nipponoserica'' is a genus of May beetles and junebugs in the family Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 30,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The clas ...

'' Nomura, 1973 * ''

Serica Serica (, grc, Σηρικά) was one of the easternmost countries of Asia known to the Ancient Greek and Roman geographers. It is generally taken as referring to North China during its Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties, as it was reached via the ...

'' MacLeay, 1819

References

* Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ''ZooKeys, vol. 88'', 1–972.

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