A monograph on the genus Tetraserica from the Indochinese region (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)
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Fabrizi, Silvia
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Dalstein, Vivian
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Ahrens, Dirk
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Tetraserica trilobiforceps
sp. n.
Figures 4, 51
Type material examined.
Holotype: ♂ "Laos,
21°09'N
,
101°19'E
, Louangnamtha pr. Namtha-MuangSing 5-31.v.1997. 900-1200 m, Vit
Kuban
leg/ coll.
Pacholatko
/ 232
Sericini
Asia spec." (CPPB). Paratypes: 1 ♂ "Laos,
21°09'N
,
101°19'E
, Louangnamtha pr. Namtha-MuangSing 5-31.v.1997. 900-1200 m, Vit
Kuban
leg/ coll.
Pacholatko
/ 232
Sericini
Asia spec." (CPPB), 1 ♂ "LAOS north, 5-11.v.1997, 20 km NW Louang Namtha, N21°09.2 E 101°18.7, alt. 900
+/-
100 m, M.
Strba
& R. Hergovits leg./ coll. P.
Pacholatko
/ 186
Sericini
Asia spec." (ZFMK).
Description.
Length of body: 8.3 mm; length of elytra: 5.8 mm; maximum width: 4.5 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. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.64. Metatibia moderately long and wide, ratio width/length: 1/3.31; basal group of dorsal spines of metatibia at first third of metatibial length.
Aedeagus: Fig. 4
A-C
. Habitus: 4D.
Figure 4.
A-D
Tetraserica trilobiforceps
sp. n. (holotype)
E-H
T. phukradungensis
sp. n. (holotype)
I-M
T. cucphongensis
sp. n. (holotype) A, E, I aedeagus, left side lateral view C, G, L aedeagus, right side lateral view B, F, J parameres, dorsal view K parameres, ventral view D, H, M habitus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. Habitus not to scale.
Female unknown.
Variation.
Length of body: 8.3-8.9 mm; length of elytra: 5.8-6.2 mm; maximum width: 4.5-5.2 mm.
Diagnosis.
Tetraserica trilobiforceps
sp. n. differs from all other
Tetraserica
species by the left paramere having a dorsal lobe distant from base.
Etymology.
The species name (noun in apposition) is derived from the combined Latin words tri- (three times), lobatus (lobed), and forceps, with reference to the shape of the left paramere.