Tetraserica kontumensis, Fabrizi, Silvia, Dalstein, Vivian & Ahrens, Dirk, 2019

Fabrizi, Silvia, Dalstein, Vivian & Ahrens, Dirk, 2019, A monograph on the genus Tetraserica from the Indochinese region (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini), ZooKeys 837, pp. 1-155 : 101

Tetraserica kontumensis sp. n. Figures 44, 48

Type material examined.

Holotype: ♂ "X-DA4692 labcode VD085, VIETNAM, Kon Tum Prov. W border of Ngoc Linh Nat. Park, 20 km N Dak Glei (900 m) (at light), 5°14'26.04"N, 107°44'11.61"E, 30.V.2014, legit L Bartolozzi, G Chelazzi, A Bandinelli, S Bambi, F Fabiano (n° Magazz. 2978) Tetraserica spVI_V46" (VNMN).

Description.

Length of body: 10 mm; length of elytra: 7.4 mm; maximum width: 6.1 mm. Surface of labroclypeus and disc of frons glabrous. Smooth area anterior to eye twice as wide as long. Eyes small, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.52. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.7. Posterior margin of metafemur with sharp hook. Metatibia short and wide, ratio width/length: 1/3.17; basal group of dorsal spines of metatibia at first third of metatibial length.

Aedeagus: Fig. 44 E–G. Habitus: Fig. 44H.

Female unknown.

Diagnosis.

Tetraserica kontumensis sp. n. differs from all other Tetraserica species by having a short and wide left paramere, split into a dorsal hook and a basal filiform branch which is also turned dorsally.

Etymology.

The new species is named with reference to its occurrence in the Kon Tum province (adjective in the nominative singular).

Remarks.

The correct GPS coordinates of the type locality are 15°14'26.04"N, 107°44'11.61"E.