A taxonomic review on the species of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004, of China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)
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Liu, Wan-Gang
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Fabrizi, Silvia
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Bai, Ming
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Yang, Xing-Ke
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Ahrens, Dirk
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.448.8429
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.448.8429
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Scarabaeidae
Tetraserica linaoshanica
sp. n.
Type material examined.
Holotype: ♂ [China] "Mts. Linaoshan, Langping, Tianlin, Guangxi, 28.V.2002, 1400m, leg. Jiang Guofang" (IZAS).
Description.
Body length: 8.8 mm, length of elytra: 6.6 mm, width: 5.2 mm. Surface of labroclypeus and disc of frons glabrous. Smooth area anterior to eye twice as wide as long. Eyes moderately large; ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.63. Antennal club as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Ratio of length
of
metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.5. Metafemur dull, anterior margin acute, without submarginal serrated line; anterior row of setae-bearing punctures absent; posterior margin straight. Metatibia moderately long and wide, ratio width/length: 1/3.69; basal group of dorsal spines of metatibia at first third of metatibial length.
Aedeagus. Fig. 9
E-G
. Habitus: Fig. 9H.
Female unknown.
Diagnosis.
Tetraserica linaoshanica
sp. n. differs from all
Tetraserica
species with a brush of robust trichome-like spines at the base of the right paramere by the left paramere possessing a small lateral basal tooth.
Etymology.
The new species is named after its type locality, Mt. Linaoshan.