Maladera liwenzhui, Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2021

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 : 229

Maladera liwenzhui group

Key to species of the Maladera liwenzhui group (³³):

1 Dorsomedian apical emargination of phallobase narrow and deep................................................ 2

1’ Dorsomedian apical emargination of phallobase wide and moderately deep........................................ 3

2 Parameres straight in dorsal view. Dosal lobe of right paramere without a ventral tooth............................................................................................ Maladera bikouensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu , sp. n.

2’ Parameres s-shaped in dorsal view. Dosal lobe of right paramere with a large median ventral tooth................................................................................... Maladera liwenzhui Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu , sp. n.

3 Parameres with narrow basal lobes directed distally................. Maladera wupingensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu , sp. n.

3’ Parameres without basal lobes............................. Maladera shiwandashanensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu , sp. n.