A monograph on the genus Tetraserica from the Indochinese region (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)
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Fabrizi, Silvia
Author
Dalstein, Vivian
Author
Ahrens, Dirk
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.837.32057
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.837.32057
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Tetraserica konchurangensis
sp. n.
Figures 15, 48
Type
material examined.
Holotype: ♂ "C-Vietnam Gia Lai Province, Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve, surroundings HQ, about 900 m 14°28, 450'N, 108°32, 401'E/ leg. L. Bartolozzi, S. Bambi, A. Badinelli, V. Sbordoni- at light 8-12.V.2016 (n° Mag. 3078)/ 238
Sericini
Asia spec." (VNMN). Paratypes: 5 ♂♂ "C-Vietnam Gia Lai Province, Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve, surroundings HQ, about 900 m 14°28, 450'N, 108°32, 401'E/ leg. L. Bartolozzi, S. Bambi, A. Badinelli, V. Sbordoni- at light 8-12.V.2016 (n° Mag. 3078) (MZUF, ZFMK), 1 ♂ "S-Vietnam, 14.10N 108.30E 40 Km NW of An Khe Buon Luoi, 620-750 m 28.3-12.4.1995
Pacholatko
&
Dembicky
leg./ (coll.
Pacholatko)"
(CPPB)
Description.
Length of body: 9.8 mm; length of elytra: 7.5 mm; maximum width: 6.1 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: 0.66. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.78. Metatibia short and wide, ratio width/length: 1/3.18; basal group of dorsal spines of metatibia at first third of metatibial length.
Aedeagus: Fig. 15
A-C
. Habitus: Fig. 15D.
Figure 15.
A-D
Tetraserica konchurangensis
sp. n. (holotype)
E-H
T. angkorwatensis
sp. n. (holotype)
I-L
T. koi
sp. n. (holotype) A, E, I aedeagus, left side lateral view C, G, K aedeagus, right side lateral view B, F, J parameres, dorsal view D, H, L habitus. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. Habitus not to scale.
Female unknown.
Variation
.
Length of body: 8.6-9.8 mm; length of elytra: 6.5-7.5 mm; maximum width: 5.5-6.1 mm.
Diagnosis.
Tetraserica konchurangensis
sp. n. is very similar to
T. shangsiensis
Liu et al., 2014,
T. namnaoensis
sp. n., and
T. smetsi
sp. n. in shape of the aedeagus.
Tetraserica konchurangensis
sp. n. differs from all three by the left paramere lacking a tiny tooth before the apex.
Etymology.
The new species is named with reference to its occurrence in the Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve (adjective in the nominative singular).