Serica

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Serica f

A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain junebugs and May beetles.

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Coleoptera - order; Polyphaga - suborder; Scarabaeiformia - infraorder; Scarabaeoidea - superfamily; Scarabaeidae - family; Melolonthinae - subfamily; Sericini - tribe

Serica

(historical) One of the easternmost countries of Asia known to the Ancient Greek and Roman geographers, thought to have been North China.

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From Ancient Greek Σηρικά (Sēriká), from Σῆρες (Sêres), plural of Σήρ (Sḗr, “silkworm”), likely ultimately from Literary Chinese 絲 (si, “silk”).

Sērica f sg (genitive Sēricae); first declension

First-declension noun, singular only.