Tetraserica jinghongensis, Liu, Wan-Gang, Fabrizi, Silvia, Bai, Ming, Yang, Xing-Ke & Ahrens, Dirk, 2014

Liu, Wan-Gang, Fabrizi, Silvia, Bai, Ming, Yang, Xing-Ke & Ahrens, Dirk, 2014, A taxonomic review on the species of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004, of China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini), ZooKeys 448, pp. 83-121 : 95-96

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Scarabaeidae

Tetraserica jinghongensis sp. n.

Type material examined.

Holotype: ♂ "China, S-Yunnan Prov. Xishuangbanna 23km NW Jinghong Na Ban village 680m 22°10.04'N, 100°39.52'E, 20.V.2008, leg. A. Weigel, LF" (NME). Paratypes. 1 ♂ [China] "Xiaomengyang, Yunnan, 7.V.1957, 850m, leg. Pu Fuji" (IZAS), 1 ♂ [China] "Yunnan, Nabanhe Nature Reserve, Guomenshan, 2009-VI-16/ LW-1230" (ZFMK).

Description.

Body length: 7.6 mm, length of elytra: 5.8 mm, width: 5 mm. Surface of labroclypeus and disc of frons glabrous. Smooth area anterior to eye twice as wide as long. Eyes moderately large; ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.63. Antenna missing in holotype. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.69. Metafemur dull, anterior margin acute, without submarginal serrated line; anterior row of setae-bearing punctures absent; posterior margin straight, without blunt tooth. Metatibia short and wide, ratio width/length: 1/3.36; basal group of dorsal spines of metatibia at first third of metatibial length.

Aedeagus. Fig. 5 A–C. Habitus: Fig. 5D.

Female unknown.

Variation.

Body length: 6.8-7.6 mm, length of elytra: 5.2-5.8 mm, width: 4.1-5.0 mm.

Diagnosis.

Tetraserica jinghongensis sp. n. differs from all other species with long ventral phallobasal process by the simple left paramere being not separated into lobes, right paramere having no brush of spines and being composed of two lobes: its dorsal lobe is narrow, evenly curved and sharply pointed.

Etymology.

The species name is named after its type locality, Jinghong Na Ban village.