Maladera songi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2021

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 : 218

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5361.2.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B960FE5C-095B-455B-9639-52ACE8CEFD22

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10168825

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EF6024-B46E-CE70-10FD-30A0FDA3FE66

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Plazi

scientific name

Maladera songi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2021
status

 

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Material examined. 2♂♂, 1♀ ( CZMZ), “ CHINA: Hainan, Ledong, Jianfengling, Mingfenggu   GoogleMaps , 984 m, 29.IV– 5.VI.2022, at light, Kai-Wen Chan leg.” ; 1♂ ( CZMZ), “ CHINA: Hainan, Wuzhishan , 18.906121 N, 109.678437 E, 709 m, 2021.IV.10–11, light trap, Xun Li & Bao-Xiang Zhan leg.” GoogleMaps .

Remarks. A previously unknown female was collected together with two males in Jianfengling. It differs from the male by the head with coarser punctures, antennal club 1.1 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined, and pygidium with shiny central area.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Tribe

Sericini

Genus

Maladera

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