Maladera sinica ( Hope, 1845 )

Fabrizi, Silvia, Liu, Wan-Gang, Bai, Ming, Yang, Xing-Ke & Ahrens, Dirk, 2021, A monograph of the genus Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871 of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), Zootaxa 4922 (1), pp. 1-400 : 311-312

Key to species of the Maladera sinica ( Hope, 1845) group occurring in China (³³):

1 Basal third of metatibia with a serrate line beside dorsal margin.................... Maladera kreyenbergi ( Moser, 1918)

1’ Base metatibia without a serrate line beside dorsal margin, or, if present, very short................................. 2 2 Base of metatibia without a serrate line beside dorsal margin. Left paramere without blunt lateral extension.............. 3

2’ Base metatibia with a serrate line beside dorsal margin in basal quarter. Left paramere with a blunt lateral extension....... 4

3 Filiform distal process of basal lobe of right paramere hooked at apex..................... Maladera sinica ( Hope, 1845)

3’ Filiform distal process of basal lobe of right paramere straight at apex............. Maladera opacifrons ( Fairmaire, 1891)

4 Filiform distal process of basal lobe of right paramere weakly curved, with base of distal process covered by the basal lobe............................................................ Maladera danfengensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu , sp. n.

4’ Filiform distal process of basal lobe of right paramere strongly curved with base of distal process not covered by the basal lobe.................................................................. Maladera nigrobrunnea ( Moser, 1926)