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. Body oval, dorsal surface reddish brown, with frons, a median spot on pronotum, sutural and lateral intervals of elytra, and ventral surface dark brown, antenna yellowish with dark club, dorsal surface except head dull and sparsely robustly setose.
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Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent, anteriorly strongly convergent to strongly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct blunt angle, margins weakly reflexed, anterior margin very shallowly sinuate medially; surface feebly convex medially and moderately shiny, finely and very densely punctate, distance between punctures less than their diameter, with a few coarse punctures behind anterior margin each bearing a long, erect seta; frontoclypeal suture feebly incised and medially weakly curved; smooth area in front of eye approximately as wide as long; ocular canthus short and moderately broad, finely and sparsely punctate, without terminal seta. Frons shiny, only posteriorly dull, with fine, moderately dense punctures, glabrous except two short setae beside eyes. Eyes small, ratio of diameter: interocular width 0.52. Antenna yellow, with 10 antennomeres; club dark brown, with five antennomeres, club a little longer than the remaining antennomeres combined.
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Aedeagus shown in
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(G–I) and female genitalia in
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<figureCitation id="130B69CADB1A6F69FC24FF6D58C30EEE" box="[908,1003,231,255]" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="15.[212,280,1455,1477]" captionTargetBox="[265,1120,173,1422]" captionTargetId="figure-125@15.[264,1121,169,1422]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figure 8. (A–F) Habitus of the species (not to scale). (G–K) Female genitalia (scale bars G,H, 0.5 mm; I–K, 0.25 mm), dorsal overview (G, H), sclerotized portion of ductus bursae, dorsal view. (A) Gynaecoserica nahangensis sp. nov. (4 mm; holotype), (B) G. singhikensis Ahrens (6.7 mm; paratype: Sikkim: Rangeli River), (C) G. tumba Ahrens (5.4 mm; holotype), (D) G. variipennis variipennis (Moser) (6.5 mm; Sikkim, Pemayangtse), (E) G. obliqua sp. nov. (5.3 mm; holotype), (F) G. vogleri sp. nov. (6.1 mm; holotype), (G, J) G. cymosa (Brenske) (Meghalaya; 9 km NW of Jowai), (H, I) G. lobiceps sp. nov. (paratype: West Garo Hills, Nokrek N.P.), (K) G. keithi sp. nov. (paratype: Meghalaya; 9 km NW of Jowai)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5216605" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5216605/files/figure.png" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553">Figure 8</figureCitation>
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(K).
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<emphasis id="B944A95DDB1A6F69FF7CFEA55A160F56" box="[212,318,303,327]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553">Variation</emphasis>
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Length
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, length of elytra
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, width
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. Coloration varies from uniformly reddish brown to dark brown, without any darker portions on elytra or pronotum. Female: antennal club with three antennomeres, distinctly shorter than the remaining antennomeres combined.
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<emphasis id="B944A95DDB1A6F69FF7CFE755A690C06" box="[212,321,511,535]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C300ECCDB1A6F69FF7CFDAD5AE80C2E" authority="Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2009" authorityName="Ahrens & Fabrizi" authorityYear="2009" box="[212,448,551,575]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Gynaecoserica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="keithi" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B944A95DDB1A6F69FF7CFDAD5AE80C2E" box="[212,448,551,575]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553">Gynaecoserica keithi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is very similar to
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<emphasis id="B944A95DDB1A6F69FD47FDAD584F0C2E" box="[751,871,551,575]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553">G. cymosa</emphasis>
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(Brenske)
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<emphasis id="B944A95DDB1A6F69FBBEFDAD5FBB0C2E" box="[1046,1171,551,575]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553">G. lobiceps</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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It may be differentiated from both by the shape of the male genitalia only: the fused parameres are narrowed apically, and the lateral apophysis of phallobase is at least twice as wide as long (lateral view) but still convex at apex. Females of the syntopically occurring
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<taxonomicName id="4C300ECCDB1A6F69FDA1FD2D59570CAE" baseAuthorityName="Brenske" baseAuthorityYear="1896" box="[521,639,679,703]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Gynaecoserica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cymosa">
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<emphasis id="B944A95DDB1A6F69FDA1FD2D59570CAE" box="[521,639,679,703]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553">G. cymosa</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4C300ECCDB1A6F69FD11FD2D581E0CAE" authorityName="Ahrens & Fabrizi" authorityYear="2009" box="[697,822,679,703]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Gynaecoserica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lobiceps">
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<emphasis id="B944A95DDB1A6F69FD11FD2D581E0CAE" box="[697,822,679,703]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553">G. lobiceps</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from the new species by the shape of the sclerotized structure of the ductus bursae (
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<figureCitation id="130B69CADB1A6F69FF73FD6D5A660CEE" box="[219,334,743,767]" captionStart="Figure 8" captionStartId="15.[212,280,1455,1477]" captionTargetBox="[265,1120,173,1422]" captionTargetId="figure-125@15.[264,1121,169,1422]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="Figure 8. (A–F) Habitus of the species (not to scale). (G–K) Female genitalia (scale bars G,H, 0.5 mm; I–K, 0.25 mm), dorsal overview (G, H), sclerotized portion of ductus bursae, dorsal view. (A) Gynaecoserica nahangensis sp. nov. (4 mm; holotype), (B) G. singhikensis Ahrens (6.7 mm; paratype: Sikkim: Rangeli River), (C) G. tumba Ahrens (5.4 mm; holotype), (D) G. variipennis variipennis (Moser) (6.5 mm; Sikkim, Pemayangtse), (E) G. obliqua sp. nov. (5.3 mm; holotype), (F) G. vogleri sp. nov. (6.1 mm; holotype), (G, J) G. cymosa (Brenske) (Meghalaya; 9 km NW of Jowai), (H, I) G. lobiceps sp. nov. (paratype: West Garo Hills, Nokrek N.P.), (K) G. keithi sp. nov. (paratype: Meghalaya; 9 km NW of Jowai)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5216605" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5216605/files/figure.png" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553">Figure 8K</figureCitation>
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), which in
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<taxonomicName id="4C300ECCDB1A6F69FE60FD6D590B0CEE" authorityName="Ahrens & Fabrizi" authorityYear="2009" box="[456,547,743,767]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Gynaecoserica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="keithi">
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<emphasis id="B944A95DDB1A6F69FE60FD6D590B0CEE" box="[456,547,743,767]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553">G. keithi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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is medially fused and distinctly narrowed apically but in the two other taxa is medially separate and not narrowed towards the bursae.
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B944A95DDB1A6F69FF7CFCD75A650D64" box="[212,333,861,885]" italics="true" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553">Etymology</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B8F754FDB1A6F69FF7CFC0F5F280DCC" blockId="49.[212,1171,901,989]" pageId="49" pageNumber="1553">The new species is named after my dear colleague and friend Denis Keith, Chartres, recognized specialist on Melolonthinae. I am grateful to him for making the interesting sericine beetle material from his collection available to me for study.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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