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
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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
Maladera songi
Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2021
Material examined.
2♁♁,
1♀
(
CZMZ
), “
CHINA
:
Hainan
,
Ledong
,
Jianfengling
,
Mingfenggu
,
984 m
,
29.IV– 5.VI.2022
, at light,
Kai-Wen Chan
leg.”; 1♁ (
CZMZ
), “
CHINA
:
Hainan
,
Wuzhishan
,
18.906121 N
,
109.678437 E
,
709 m
,
2021.IV.10–11
,
light trap
, Xun Li &
Bao-Xiang Zhan
leg.”
.
Remarks.
A previously unknown female was collected together with
two males
in Jianfengling. It differs from the male by the head with coarser punctures, antennal club 1.1 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined, and pygidium with shiny central area.