Tetraserica fikaceki, Liu, Wan-Gang, Fabrizi, Silvia, Bai, Ming, Yang, Xing-Ke & Ahrens, Dirk, 2014
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C23EC86C-5F90-4403-9617-826F307FB92C |
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Tetraserica fikaceki |
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Scarabaeidae
Tetraserica fikaceki View in CoL sp. n.
Type material examined.
Holotype: ♂ "China, Hainan Isl., 4-6.v.2011 Limushan Mts. Frst administr. Centre (at light) 19°10'30"N, 109°44'33"E, 630m, M. Fikáček, V. Kubeček & L. Li leg." (NMPC). Paratypes: 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ [China] "Nankai Mingya, Baisha, Hainan, 25-26.V.2008, 450m, leg. Ba Yibin, Lang Juntong" (HBUM, ZFMK), 1 ♂ [China] "East of Mts. Bawangling, Changjiang, Hainan, 5-7.VI.2008, 750m, leg. Ba Yibin, Lang Juntong" (HBUM).
Description.
Body length: 9.7 mm, length of elytra: 7 mm, width: 6 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: 0.6. Antennal club 1.2 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.8. 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: 1/2.7; basal group of dorsal spines of metatibia at first third of metatibial length. Aedeagus. Fig. 2 E–I. Habitus: Fig. 2J.
Diagnosis.
Tetraserica fikaceki sp. n. is in the external shape and morphology of the male genitalia similar to Tetraserica wangtongensis . It differs by the shape of the parameres: the dorsal lobe of the right paramere (in lateral view) is curved ventrally (while being straight in Tetraserica wangtongensis ) (Fig. 2I), the left paramere is reduced in size (Fig. 2E).
Variation.
Body length: 8.0-9.7 mm, length of elytra: 6.0-7.0 mm, width: 4.8-6 mm. Head of the female paratype is missing.
Etymology.
The new species is named after one of the collectors of the type series, Martin Fikáček (Prague).
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