Tetraserica constanti, Fabrizi, Silvia, Dalstein, Vivian & Ahrens, Dirk, 2019
|
publication ID |
https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.837.32057 |
|
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:4A188229-3580-4DB7-B122-9F131F6A0AC8 |
|
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5A39A989-5418-424B-8599-0464458530C1 |
|
taxon LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:act:5A39A989-5418-424B-8599-0464458530C1 |
|
treatment provided by |
|
|
scientific name |
Tetraserica constanti |
| status |
sp. n. |
Tetraserica constanti sp. n. Figures 20, 48
Type material examined.
Holotype: ♂ "Coll. I. R. Sc. N. B. Cambodia - 8 km north of Sre Noi (road to Along Vaeng)/ Light trap 29.V.2003 Leg. J. Constant & K. Smets/ 926 Sericini Asia spec." (ISNB). Paratype: 1 ♂ "Coll. I. R. Sc. N. B. Cambodia (Siem Road prov) Kbal Spean, Light Trap 28 V 2005 Leg Var & Grootaert" (ZFMK).
Description.
Length of body: 9.8 mm; length of elytra: 7.5 mm; maximum width: 6.5 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. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.79. Metatibia short and wide, ratio width/length: 1/2.57; basal group of dorsal spines of metatibia at first third of metatibial length.
Aedeagus: Fig. 20 E–G. Habitus: Fig. 20H.
Female unknown.
Variation.
Length of body: 9.8-10.2 mm; length of elytra: 7.3-7.5 mm; maximum width: 6.2-6.5 mm.
Diagnosis.
Tetraserica constanti sp. n. is very similar to T. vari sp. n. in the shape of aedeagus but differs by the distinctly shorter median phallobasal lamina and parameres.
Etymology.
The new species is named after one of its collectors, J Constant (noun in genitive singular).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.