Type species designations of Afrotropical Ablaberini and Sericini genera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Author Ahrens, Dirk text Zootaxa 2007 1496 53 62 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.177047 fc8b54c3-a6ee-4ffb-80dd-1b8cd0ca50b4 1175-5326 177047 Hyboserica Péringuey, 1904 Hyboserica Péringuey, 1904 : 27 ; Machatschke 1959 : 744 . , 1901.

Type species (here designated): Triodonta	caffra Fåhraeus, 1857 .
Originally included nominal species:	Triodonta caffra Fåhraeus,	1857	and	Serica	globuliformis
	Brenske

Material examined ( Hyboserica caffra [Fåhraeus, 1857]): 1 ɗ “ Natal , D’urban / Calloserica caffra Fhs. / Triodonta caffra Fhs. comp. cum type / SAM-Col A035/35” ( SAMC ). Remarks. I have examined the type of Serica globulifornis Brenske, 1901 , which is a member of the Maladera lugubris group ( Ahrens 2004 ) and truly a representative of the Indian fauna. The type locality " Cap b. spec.[ South Africa ]" (specimen labeled: "Cap b. spec. Coll. Chevr. / Coll. Brenske / Serica globuliformis Typ. Brsk. " [ZMHB]) is erroneous perhaps due to mislabeling. Thus H. caffra is chosen as the type of the genus.