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<emphasis id="73F44247360BD1078CE593D3FEF6F872" box="[151,261,1933,1956]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Trioserica</emphasis>
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(
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species
<taxonomicName id="8680E5D6360BD1078E2E93D3FC38F872" authority="Moser, 1922" authorityName="Moser" authorityYear="1922" box="[604,971,1933,1956]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Trioserica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lepichaeta">
<emphasis id="73F44247360BD1078E2E93D3FCCCF872" box="[604,831,1933,1956]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Trioserica lepichaeta</emphasis>
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by subsequent designation [Ahrens 2002]).
<emphasis id="73F44247360BD1078CE593F3FEFBF812" box="[151,264,1965,1988]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Sinoserica</emphasis>
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: 40
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,
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(
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species
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<emphasis id="73F44247360BD1078FC093F3FB48F812" box="[946,1211,1965,1988]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Sinoserica maculipennis</emphasis>
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by original designation)
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<emphasis id="73F44247360AD1068CE591F9FEBCFA69" bold="true" box="[151,335,1447,1471]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">FIGURES 112.</emphasis>
Figs. 13:
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<emphasis id="73F44247360AD1068DBA91F6FD53FA69" box="[456,672,1448,1471]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Maladera lignicolor</emphasis>
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(holotype of
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<emphasis id="73F44247360AD1068FC391F6FB97FA69" box="[945,1124,1448,1471]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Serica tenebrosa</emphasis>
Frey
</taxonomicName>
: Kuatun [China]); Figs. 45:
<taxonomicName id="8680E5D6360AD1068CBE9194FE21FA37" authority="Fairmaire" authorityName="Fairmaire" box="[204,466,1482,1505]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Maladera" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="verticalis">
<emphasis id="73F44247360AD1068CBE9194FEA1FA37" box="[204,338,1482,1505]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">M. verticalis</emphasis>
(Fairmaire)
</taxonomicName>
(lectotype: &quot;Pekin&quot;[China]); Figs. 68:
<taxonomicName id="8680E5D6360AD1068F099194FB16FA37" authority="Moser" authorityName="Moser" box="[891,1253,1482,1505]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Eumaladera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="opaciventris">
<emphasis id="73F44247360AD1068F099194FB7AFA37" box="[891,1161,1482,1505]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eumaladera opaciventris</emphasis>
(Moser)
</taxonomicName>
(syntype: &quot;Seoul Korea /
<taxonomicName id="8680E5D6360AD1068C8191B3FE06F9D2" box="[243,501,1517,1540]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Autoserica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="opaciventris">
<emphasis id="73F44247360AD1068C8191B3FE06F9D2" box="[243,501,1517,1540]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Autoserica opaciventris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Type ♂ Mos.&quot;); Figs. 912:
<taxonomicName id="8680E5D6360AD1068F4891B3FB67F9D5" authority="Moser" authorityName="Moser" box="[826,1172,1516,1540]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Eumaladera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="subrugata">
<emphasis id="73F44247360AD1068F4891B3FBC7F9D2" box="[826,1076,1517,1540]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eumaladera subrugata</emphasis>
(Moser)
</taxonomicName>
(syntype: &quot;Peking Exp. Stötzner /
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<emphasis id="73F44247360AD1068D76924EFE19F9F1" box="[260,490,1552,1575]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Autoserica subrugata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Type Mos.&quot;). Figs. 1, 6, 9: aedeagus, left side lateral view; Figs. 3, 8, 12: aedeagus, right side lateral view; Figs. 2, 4, 7, 10: parameres, dorsal view; Figs. 5, 11: parameres, ventral view. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.
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material examined.
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<typeStatus id="9E3B20F7360AD1068DA19223FDB3F941" box="[467,576,1661,1687]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
(
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<emphasis id="73F44247360AD1068E229223FC9CF940" box="[592,879,1661,1686]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Sinoserica maculipennis</emphasis>
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): ɗ &quot;Baoshan Yunnan /
<collectingCountry id="3997DEC5360AD10688FB9223FB3CF941" box="[1161,1231,1661,1687]" name="China" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">China</collectingCountry>
Yunnan Baoshan C.
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alt.
<date id="353EB895360AD1068D2C92FBFE1EF969" box="[350,493,1701,1727]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" value="1998-07-10">10.VII.1998</date>
A. Gorodinski /
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. Miyake 199&quot; (
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).
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<emphasis id="73F44247360AD1068CB492AAFEB3F8D8" bold="true" box="[198,320,1780,1806]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Remarks.</emphasis>
The taxon described by
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as
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<emphasis id="73F44247360AD1068FC192ABFB22F8D8" box="[947,1233,1781,1806]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Sinoserica maculipennis</emphasis>
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is very similar to
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<emphasis id="73F44247360AD1068CE59343FE9AF8E0" box="[151,361,1821,1846]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Trioserica rugosa</emphasis>
(
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)
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and
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<emphasis id="73F44247360AD1068E1E9343FD2EF8E0" box="[620,733,1821,1846]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">T. tarsata</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, differing only in the larger body size, the hypomeron only weakly margined at base, and the shape of the parameres. It shares with both species as well as with the
<typeStatus id="9E3B20F7360AD1068D6E9333FEBDF851" box="[284,334,1901,1927]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">type</typeStatus>
species of
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<emphasis id="73F44247360AD1068DA39333FDB9F850" box="[465,586,1901,1926]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Trioserica</emphasis>
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(
<taxonomicName id="8680E5D6360AD1068E289333FC1CF851" authority="Moser, 1922" authorityName="Moser" authorityYear="1922" box="[602,1007,1901,1927]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Trioserica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lepichaeta">
<emphasis id="73F44247360AD1068E289333FCA7F850" box="[602,852,1901,1926]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Trioserica lepichaeta</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="2511E3A4360AD1068F299333FC1CF851" author="Moser" box="[859,1007,1901,1927]" pageId="7" pageNumber="48" refString="Moser, J. (1922) Neue Serica - Arten aus der orientalischen Region (Col.). Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 83, 101 - 112." type="journal article" year="1922">Moser, 1922</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
) the slightly tridentate anterior tibia, the light color of body surface with more or less large dark spots, and especially, the general morphology of the genitalia. Characteristics of the latter are the shortened right paramere, which is inserted at the apex of the phallobase, and the dorsolaterally inserted left paramere, which is much longer than the right. Since
<emphasis id="73F442473605D1098CE5949EFEE0FF0F" box="[151,275,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Sinoserica</emphasis>
have all the diagnostic characters of
<taxonomicName id="8680E5D63605D1098EA9949EFCA7FF0F" box="[731,852,192,217]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Trioserica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="73F442473605D1098EA9949EFCA7FF0F" box="[731,852,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Trioserica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, it is regarded as a junior synonym of the latter resulting in the new combination:
<taxonomicName id="8680E5D63605D1098E5A94B6FBB3FED4" authority="Miyake &amp; Yamaya" authorityName="Miyake &amp; Yamaya" box="[552,1088,232,258]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Trioserica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maculipennis">
<emphasis id="73F442473605D1098E5A94B6FCB6FED7" box="[552,837,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Trioserica maculipennis</emphasis>
(Miyake &amp; Yamaya)
</taxonomicName>
.
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