New species of the tribe Sericini Kirby, 1837 from China, with further updates on their taxonomy and distribution (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae) Author Zhao, Ming-Zhi 0000-0002-3158-6177 College of Plant Protection, South China Agricultural University, 483 Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510642, P. R. China zhaomzhai @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3158 - 6177 Author Ahrens, Dirk Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig, Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany text Zootaxa 2023 2023-11-01 5361 2 181 220 https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5361.2.3/52178 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.3 1175-5326 10150449 B960FE5C-095B-455B-9639-52ACE8CEFD22 Amiserica lii Ahrens, 2003 ( Figs 1E–F , 2C ) Material examined. 1♁, 7♀♀ ( CZMZ , SCAU ), “ CHINA : Hunan , Chenzhou , Guidong , Bamianshan Village , 2021. V.11–15 , 25°58′44″N / 113°42′46″E ~ 1000 m , Ming-Zhi Zhao & Xin-Yang Jia, light trap ”; 1♁ ( SYSU , En-046909), “Kwangtung, S. China , Yung-kai to Lin-ping, Lien-p’ing District. April 13, 1940 , J. L. Gressitt and F. K. To ”; 1♁ ( SYSU , En-046903), “Kwangtung, S. China , Kau-lin San, 700– 900 M. , Lien-p’ing Distri. April 24, 1940 , J. L. Gressitt and F. K. To ” . Remarks. Previously recorded from northern Vietnam and northeastern Laos ( Ahrens 2003 ; Ahrens & Pacholátko 2005 ; Ahrens et al. 2021 ), it is newly reported from Guangdong and Hunan Provinces, in southeastern China .