Serica brunna Linnaeus 1758

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Alternative combinations: Melolontha brunnea, Scarabaeus brunneus, Scarabaeus brunnus, Serica brunnea

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Serica according to F. T. Krell 1996

See also De Geer 1774, Fabricius 1775, Goeze 1777, Green et al. 2006, Linnaeus 1758, Linnaeus 1761, Linnaeus 1767, Müller 1776 and Strøm 1768

Sister taxa: Serica antediluviana, Serica cockerelli, Serica kanakoffi, Serica minutula

Distribution: found only at Sample 6, Nightingale Estate pit, Hackney (Quaternary of the United Kingdom)

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