Amiserica lii Ahrens, 2003

Zhao, Ming-Zhi & Ahrens, Dirk, 2023, New species of the tribe Sericini Kirby, 1837 from China, with further updates on their taxonomy and distribution (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae), Zootaxa 5361 (2), pp. 181-220 : 214

Amiserica lii Ahrens, 2003

( Figs 1E–F , 2C )

Material examined. 1♂, 7♀♀ ( CZMZ, SCAU), “ CHINA: Hunan, Chenzhou, Guidong, Bamianshan Village , 2021. V.11–15, 25°58′44″N / 113°42′46″E ~ 1000 m, Ming-Zhi Zhao & Xin-Yang Jia, light trap ”; 1♂ ( SYSU, En-046909), “Kwangtung, S. China, Yung-kai to Lin-ping, Lien-p’ing District. April 13, 1940, J. L. Gressitt and F. K. To ”; 1♂ ( SYSU, En-046903), “Kwangtung, S. China, Kau-lin San, 700– 900 M., Lien-p’ing Distri. April 24, 1940, J. L. Gressitt and F. K. To ” .

Remarks. Previously recorded from northern Vietnam and northeastern Laos ( Ahrens 2003; Ahrens & Pacholátko 2005; Ahrens et al. 2021), it is newly reported from Guangdong and Hunan Provinces, in southeastern China.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Habitus in dorsal view. A, Gastroserica (s. str.) mayunshui Zhao & Ahrens, new species, holotype; B, G. (s. str.) yunnanensis Liu, Ahrens, Bai & Yang, 2011, male (Guangdong); C, Pachyserica albopunctata Zhao & Ahrens, new species, holotype; D, P. albopunctata, female paratype; E, Amiserica lii Ahrens, 2003, female (Hunan); F, A. lii, male (Hunan). Scale bar = 5 mm.

FIGURE 2. Aedeagus. A, Gastroserica (s. str.) mayunshui Zhao &Ahrens, new species, holotype; B, G. (s. str.) yunnanensis Liu, Ahrens, Bai & Yang, 2011 (Guangdong); C, Amiserica lii Ahrens, 2003 (Hunan); D, M. aureola (Murayama, 1938) (Hunan); E, P. albopunctata Zhao & Ahrens, new species, holotype. a, aedeagus in left lateral view; b, parameres in dorsal view; c, aedeagus in right lateral view; d, aedeagus in dorsal view. Scale bar = 1 mm.