Serica brunnea

Serica brunnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Serica
Species:
S. brunnea
Binomial name
Serica brunnea
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Scarabaeus brunneus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Serica brunnea berardii Luigioni, 1929
  • Serica brunnea heymesi Hubenthal, 1915
  • Melolontha erythrocephala Petagna, 1786
  • Scarabaeus fulvescens Geoffroy, 1785
  • Scarabaeus fulvus Degeer, 1774

Serica brunnea, the brown chafer, is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China (Xinjiang), Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.