Sericesthis Boisduval, 1835

Allsopp, Peter G. & Schoolmeesters, Paul, 2024, All genera of the world: Subfamilies Prototroginae, Cretoscarabaeinae, Dynamopodinae, Electrorubesopsinae, Phaenomeridinae, Orphninae, Allidiostomatinae, Aclopinae, Lichniinae, Melolonthinae, Oncerinae, Podolasiinae, Sericinae, Sericoidinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), Megataxa 12 (1), pp. 104-175 : 152

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[52 species].

Type species Sericesthis geminata Boisduval, 1835 View in CoL , by subsequent designation of Blackburn (1898).

Anodontonyx Sharp, 1890 View in CoL .

Type species Anodontonyx vigilans Sharp, 1890 View in CoL , by subsequent designation of Britton (1987a).

Synonymy by Britton (1987a).

References

Blackburn, T. (1898) Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 22, 18-64.

Boisduval, J. B. A. D. de (1835) Voyage de decouvertes de l' Astrolabe execute par ordre du Roi, pendant les annees 1826 - 1827 - 1828 - 1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Ocean Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. Deuxieme Partie. Coleopteres et autres ordres. J. Tastu, Paris, France, vii + 716 pp.

Britton, E. B. (1987 a) A revision of the Australian chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 5. Tribes Scitalini and Comophorinini. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 1, 685-799. https://doi.org/10.1071/IT9870685

Sharp, D. (1890) A new genus and two new species of Australian lamellicorns. Insect Life, U. S. Department of Agriculture (Entomology), 2, 302-303.