Maladera cardoni (Brenske, 1896)

Fabrizi, Silvia, Liu, Wan-Gang, Bai, Ming, Yang, Xing-Ke & Ahrens, Dirk, 2021, A monograph of the genus Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871 of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), Zootaxa 4922 (1), pp. 1-400 : 90

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Serica cardoni Brenske, 1896: 153 .

Serica tsienluana Brenske, 1897: 394 ; syn by Ahrens 2006b: 414.

Serica nuristanica Petrovitz, 1965: 684 ; syn. by Ahrens 2004b: 271.

Cephaloserica bhutanensis Frey, 1975 a: 229 ; syn. by Ahrens 2004b: 271.

Autoserica carinata Khan & Ghai, 1980: 24 ; syn. by Ahrens 2004b: 271.

Maladera cardoni: Ahrens 2004a: 271, 2006b: 414 .

Remarks. For material examined and redescription, see Ahrens (2004a). The distribution of this species is mainly in northern India and the lower Himalaya ( Ahrens 2004a, 2006); in China, it is known only from Ta-tsien-lu, the type locality of Serica tsienluana Brenske, 1897 . No recent records are known.

Distribution. See map ( Fig. 90 View FIGURE 90 ) and Table 1.

References

Ahrens, D. (2004 b) Revisional notes on Sericini: The taxonomic status of the Neotropical genus Rhynchosymmela Frey, 1974. Beitrage zur Entomologie, 53, 31 - 35.

Ahrens, D. (2004 a) Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation. de-Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.

Ahrens, D. (2006 b) Sericinae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 3. Scarabaeoidea-Scirtoidea-Dascilloidea-Buprestoidea-Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 229 - 248.

Brenske, E. (1897) Die Serica - Arten der Erde. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 42, 345 - 468. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18970420310

Frey, G. (1975) Ergebnisse der Bhutan Expedition 1972 des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel. Col.: Fam. Scarabaeidae subf. Melolonthidae. Entomologica Basiliensia, 1, 223 - 241.

Khan, K. M. & Ghai, S. (1980) Taxonomic Studies on the Genus Autoserica Brenske with Descriptions of three new species from India and Pakistan, Redescription of Autoserica bimaculata (Hope) and three new combinations along with a key to the species. Bulletin of Entomology, 21, 23 - 31.

Petrovitz, R. (1965) Osterreichische entomologische Expeditionen nach Persien und Afghanistan. Beitrage zur Coleopterologie. Teil II. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien, 68, 671 - 694.

Figures

FIGURE 18. A–E: Maladera masumotoi Nomura, 1974 (China: Kiang-Si); F–J: Maladera fusca (Frey, 1972) F–H: China: Fujian: Kuatun; I, J: holotype; K–N: M. cardoni (Brenske, 1896) (India: Almora). A, F, K: aedeagus, left side lateral view; D, H, M: aedeagus, right side lateral view; B, G, I, L: parameres, dorsal view; C: parameres, distal view; E, J, N: habitus. Scale: 0.5 mm. Habitus not to scale.

FIGURE 90. Distribution of the subgenus Omaladera: Maladera anhuiensis sp. n., M. businskyorum sp. n., M. cardoni (Brenske, 1896), M. dahongshanica sp. n., M. diversipes (Moser, 1915).