A taxonomic review on the species of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004, of China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini) Author Liu, Wan-Gang Author Fabrizi, Silvia Author Bai, Ming Author Yang, Xing-Ke Author Ahrens, Dirk text ZooKeys 2014 448 83 121 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.448.8429 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.448.8429 1313-2970-448-83 9B49C0CA19E74EB6B64A5324E96EFC6B Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Tetraserica daqingshanica sp. n. Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ [China] "Mt. Daqingshan, Longzhou, Guangxi, 24.IV.1963, 600-700m, leg. Shi Yongshan" (IZAS). Paratype: 1 ♂ [China] "Mt. Daqingshan, Longzhou, Guangxi, 13.IV.1963, 360m, leg. Wang Shuyong" (ZFMK). Description. Body length: 9.2 mm, length of elytra: 7 mm, width: 5.5 mm. Surface of labroclypeus and disc of frons glabrous. Smooth area anterior to eye twice as wide as long. Antennal club 1.1 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Eyes small; ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.53. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.63. Metafemur dull, anterior margin acute, without submarginal serrated line; anterior row of setae-bearing punctures absent; posterior margin with a blunt tooth. Metatibia short and wide, ratio width/length: 1/3.1; basal group of dorsal spines of metatibia at first third of metatibial length. Aedeagus. Fig. 1 A-C . Habitus: Fig. 1D. Figure 1. A-D Tetraserica daqingshanica sp. n. (holotype) E-H Tetraserica sculptilis Ahrens sp. n. (holotype) I-L Tetraserica wangtongensis sp. n. (holotype). A, E, I aedeagus, left side lateral view C, G, K aedeagus, right side lateral view B, F, J parameres, dorsal view D, H, L habitus (not to scale). Scale: 0.5 mm. Female unknown. Variation. Body length: 9.2 mm, length of elytra: 7.0-7.3 mm, width: 5.5-5.9 mm. Diagnosis. The new species differs from all other so far known Tetraserica species by the blunt tooth at the posterior margin of the metafemur. Etymology. The new species is named after the type locality, Mt. Daqingshan.