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<paragraph id="BA438E0DFFBEFF84FF6E705B2FB9DF87" blockId="40.[151,1437,654,2013]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Pronotum wide, widest at base, lateral margins weakly evenly convex and convergent to distinctly produced and sharp anterior angles, posterior angles strongly rounded.Anterior margin of pronotum convex, with fine and complete marginal line; basal marginal line absent; surface finely and densely punctate, with minute setae in punctures, anterior and lateral anterior margins sparsely setose. Hypomeron indistinctly carinate, carina not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, finely and densely punctate, on midline impunctate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA438E0DFFBEFF84FF6E70972E6EDEAF" blockId="40.[151,1437,654,2013]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Elytra short oval, widest at middle, striae distinctly impressed, finely and densely punctate, intervals convex, with fine and sparse punctures concentrated along striae, with very minute setae in punctures, odd lateral intervals with a few short setae; with two incomplete bands of spots on elytra, one anterior with spots on interval 2, 4, and 6, and one posterior behind the middle on intervals 2 to 6; epipleural edge robust, ending at slightly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose; apical border chitinous, without a fringe of short microtrichomes (visible at ca 100x magnification).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA438E0DFFBEFF84FF6E71AF2D0ADDF7" blockId="40.[151,1437,654,2013]" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Ventral surface dull, finely and densely punctate, metasternum sparsely covered with fine, short, or very minute setae; metacoxa glabrous, with numerous long, yellow, and robust setae laterally. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.91. Abdominal sternites finely punctate, with a transverse row of coarse punctures, each bearing a robust seta. Pygidium moderately convex and dull, with mixed finer and larger punctures, without smooth midline, with minute setae in punctures and numerous short setae along apical margin.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BA438E0DFFBEFF85FF6E72C72874DB97" blockId="40.[151,1437,654,2013]" lastBlockId="41.[151,1436,151,645]" lastPageId="41" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="40" pageNumber="41">Legs moderately wide; femora finely and sparsely punctate, with two longitudinal rows of longer setae. Metafemur moderately shiny, anterior margin acute, without submarginal serrated line; anterior row of seta-bearing punctures present; ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half, smooth, dorsal posterior margin also smooth, with a few short setae basally. Metatibia moderately long and narrow, widest at middle, ratio width/length: 1/3.2; dorsal margin longitudinally convex, with two groups of spines, basal group at first third, apical one at three quarter of metatibial length, basally almost glabrous; lateral face strongly longitudinally convex, finely and sparsely punctate, partly with minute setae in punctures; ventral margin carinate and finely serrate, with three robust equidistant setae; medial face smooth, apex interiorly near tarsal articulation sharply truncate. Tarsomeres with fine, sparse setae ventrally, neither laterally nor dorsally carinate, dorsally smooth; metatarsomeres glabrous, with a strongly serrated ridge ventrally and a parallel subventral smooth carina immediately beside it; first metatarsomere as long as following two tarsomeres combined, almost twice as long as dorsal tibial spur. Protibia short, bidentate; anterior claws symmetrical, basal tooth of both claws bluntly truncate at apex.</paragraph>
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Aedeagus:
<figureCitation id="22C79288FFBFFF85FEED75672DBBDA73" box="[324,460,259,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 14" captionStartId="96.[151,250,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[180,1406,189,1867]" captionTargetId="figure-17@96.[167,1420,181,1885]" captionTargetPageId="96" captionText="FIGURE 14. AD: Microserica multipunctata Ahrens, Lukic &amp; Liu, new species (holotype); EH: Mic. hieroglyphica Ahrens, Lukic &amp; Liu, new species (holotype); IL: Mic. vinden Ahrens, Lukic &amp; Liu, new species (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 (not to scale). Scale: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7639776" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7639776/files/figure.png" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Fig. 14AC</figureCitation>
. Habitus:
<figureCitation id="22C79288FFBFFF85FD9475672ED3DA73" box="[573,676,259,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 14" captionStartId="96.[151,250,1909,1933]" captionTargetBox="[180,1406,189,1867]" captionTargetId="figure-17@96.[167,1420,181,1885]" captionTargetPageId="96" captionText="FIGURE 14. AD: Microserica multipunctata Ahrens, Lukic &amp; Liu, new species (holotype); EH: Mic. hieroglyphica Ahrens, Lukic &amp; Liu, new species (holotype); IL: Mic. vinden Ahrens, Lukic &amp; Liu, new species (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 (not to scale). Scale: 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7639776" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7639776/files/figure.png" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Fig. 14D</figureCitation>
. Female unknown.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="F2E6DD86FFBFFF85FF6E75422CB8D953" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="BA438E0DFFBFFF85FF6E75422CB8D953" blockId="41.[151,1436,151,645]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
<emphasis id="8888521FFFBFFF85FF6E75422D35DA2E" bold="true" box="[199,322,294,320]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="7DFCF58EFFBFFF85FEE675432F43DA2F" authority="Ahrens, Lukic" authorityName="Ahrens, Lukic" box="[335,820,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Microserica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="multipunctata">
<emphasis id="8888521FFFBFFF85FEE675432EF6DA2F" box="[335,641,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Microserica multipunctata</emphasis>
Ahrens, Lukic
</taxonomicName>
&amp; Liu,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="93BBEF64FFBFFF85FC0875432858DA2F" box="[929,1071,295,321]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
is in external appearance and morphology of aedeagus similar to
<taxonomicName id="7DFCF58EFFBFFF85FD85752F2F11DA0B" authority="(Arrow, 1946)" baseAuthorityName="Arrow" baseAuthorityYear="1946" box="[556,870,331,357]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Aserica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="avicula">
<emphasis id="8888521FFFBFFF85FD85752F2ECFDA0B" box="[556,696,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Mic. avicula</emphasis>
(Arrow, 1946)
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="7DFCF58EFFBFFF85FCDB752F2930DA0B" authority="Ahrens, Lukic" authorityName="Ahrens, Lukic" box="[882,1351,331,357]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Microserica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="multipunctata">
<emphasis id="8888521FFFBFFF85FCDB752F28E9DA0B" box="[882,1182,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Microserica multipunctata</emphasis>
Ahrens, Lukic
</taxonomicName>
&amp; Liu,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="93BBEF64FFBFFF85FF3E750B2D57DAE7" box="[151,288,367,393]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
differs by slightly longer antennal club, the continuous posterior band of spot on the elytra and the shape of the aedeagus: the dorsal phallobasal apophysis is dorsoventrally flatted beside being also curved; the right paramere is more narrowed towards aped (lateral view); the left paramere is strongly sickle-like curved (dorsal view). From
<taxonomicName id="7DFCF58EFFBFFF85FE9975BF2F7ADA9B" authority="Ahrens, Lukic" authorityName="Ahrens, Lukic" box="[304,781,475,501]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Microserica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caiyangheana">
<emphasis id="8888521FFFBFFF85FE9975BF2E28DA9B" box="[304,607,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Microserica caiyangheana</emphasis>
Ahrens, Lukic
</taxonomicName>
&amp; Liu,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="93BBEF64FFBFFF85FCD975BF2F89DA9B" box="[880,1022,475,501]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<taxonomicName id="7DFCF58EFFBFFF85FBA575BF2CAFD977" authority="Ahrens, Lukic" authorityName="Ahrens, Lukic" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Microserica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="multipunctata">
<emphasis id="8888521FFFBFFF85FBA575BF294DDA9B" box="[1036,1338,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Microserica multipunctata</emphasis>
Ahrens, Lukic
</taxonomicName>
&amp; Liu,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="93BBEF64FFBFFF85FE9A759B2DCDD977" box="[307,442,511,537]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
differs by the presence of a dorsal apical phallobasal apophysis and the shorter antennal club.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="F2E6DD86FFBFFF85FF6E7623297ED9EB" pageId="41" pageNumber="42" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="BA438E0DFFBFFF85FF6E7623297ED9EB" blockId="41.[151,1436,151,645]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">
<emphasis id="8888521FFFBFFF85FF6E76232D39D90F" bold="true" box="[199,334,583,609]" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">Etymology.</emphasis>
The species name is derived from the combined Latin words, “
<emphasis id="8888521FFFBFFF85FB897623282DD90F" box="[1056,1114,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">multi</emphasis>
” (multiple) and “
<emphasis id="8888521FFFBFFF85FA8A762329E7D90E" box="[1315,1424,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="41" pageNumber="42">punctatus</emphasis>
” (with punctures), with reference to the multiple dots on elytra (adjective in nominative singular case).
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