Brown Chafer

Serica brunnea

Serica brunnea is medium sized (8-10mm) European scarab beetle in the subfamily Melolonthinae, tribe Sericini.

The Melolonthinae are sometimes classified as full family Melolonthidae.
Brown Chafer sleeping on leaf Spotted in Heesch, the Netherlands. Brown Chafer,Heesch,Macro,Serica brunnea

Naming

Originally listed as Scarabaeus brunnus by Linnaeus in 1758 some authors prefer Serica brunna to be the correct current name, but certainly Serica brunnea is more widely used.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyMelolonthidae
GenusSerica
SpeciesSerica brunnea
Photographed in
Netherlands