A new species of the genus Serangium Blackburn (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) from China, with description of the immature stages Author Huang, Chu-Yang 0000-0001-5943-7088 College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China Author Zeng, Li-Ling https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9858-0638 College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China Author Fan, Wu-wei Engineering Research Center of Biological Control, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China Author Lin, Ping Engineering Research Center of Biological Control, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China Author Dong, Qi-Jin Engineering Research Center of Biological Control, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China Author Su, Yu-Long Engineering Research Center of Biological Control, Ministry of Education, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China Author Wang, Xing-Min College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China text ZooKeys 2024 2024-08-23 1210 197 206 journal article 301686 10.3897/zookeys.1210.129040 b809a33b-55f6-4ddd-bddf-83c8ed06f758 DA3F199E-FF14-4D13-A779-87CAB9A98B9D Serangium Blackburn, 1889 Serangium Blackburn, 1889: 187 , 209. Type species, monotypy: Serangium mysticum Blackburn, 1889 . Serangium : Sicard 1909: 150 , 151; Chapin 1940: 268 ; Miyatake 1961: 50 ; Sasaji 1971: 52 ; Pang and Mao 1979: 27 ; Miyatake 1994: 238 ; Ślipiński and Burckhardt 2006: 39 ; Ślipiński 2007: 53 ; Wang et al. 2011: 33 . Semichnoodes Weise, 1892: 15 . Type species, monotypy: Semichnoodes kunowi Weise, 1892 . Synonymized by Weise 1908: 13 . Catana Chapin, 1940: 266 . Type species, original designation, Catana clauseni Chapin, 1940 . Synonymized by Ślipiński and Burckhardt 2006: 39 Diagnosis. Body minute, length ranging 1.0– 2.5 mm , hemispherical, with head resting closely against prosternal anterior margin at rest; dorsum glossy, bearing sparse, long, thin setae. Mandible small, triangular, with single apical tooth and reduced mola (Fig. 2 g ); maxillary palps geniculate, palpomeres 2 and 3 closely fitting along stipes, and terminal maxillary palpomere conical or barrel-shaped, always longer than wide (Fig. 2 e ). Antenna composed of nine antennomeres, antennomere 1 club-shaped and antennomere 3 moderately to strongly elongate (Fig. 2 h ). Serangium xinpingensis sp. nov. ac habitus photos: a dorsal view b lateral view c front view d prothorax, ventral view e maxilla, ventral view f labium, ventral view g mandible, dorsal view h antenna, dorsal view i posterior leg, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm ( a – d, i ); 0.1 mm ( e, h ); 0.05 mm ( f, g ). Pronotum short, strongly transverse (Fig. 2 d ). Scutellum large, triangular. Prosternum strongly protruding medially, forming a broad lobe partly covering mouthparts; prosternal process subtruncate apically, broad. Femora, particularly profemora, broad and flat, closely fitting into depressions on ventral surface and shielding tibiae and tarsi. Elytra smooth, strongly convex, without visible punctures; epipleura extending completely to apex with well-defined cavities accommodating tips of meso- and metafemora (Fig. 2 a – c ). Abdomen with ventrites 1 and 5 notably longer than ventrites 2–4 together (Fig. 3 a ). Postcoxal line on abdominal ventrite 1 complete, extending to metanepisternum, without associated pits or pores (Fig. 3 a ). Genitalia of adults of Serangium xinpingensis sp. nov. a abdomen, ventral view bd male genitalia: b penis, lateral view c tegmen, ventral view d tegmen, lateral view ef female ovipositor: e spermatheca f coxites, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.2 mm.