Tetraserica wandingensis, 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 : 100-101

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.448.8429

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9B49C0CA-19E7-4EB6-B64A-5324E96EFC6B

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D422148E-C6DA-4584-8F5E-07FD832F4CE3

taxon LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:act:D422148E-C6DA-4584-8F5E-07FD832F4CE3

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scientific name

Tetraserica wandingensis
status

sp. n.

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Scarabaeidae

Tetraserica wandingensis View in CoL sp. n.

Type material examined.

Holotype: ♂ [China] "Yunnan, Wanding, 2011-IV-29, N: 24.086, E: 98.072, 900m/ LW-1247" (ZFMK). Paratype: 1 ♂ [China] "Yunnan, Wanding, 2011-IV-29, N: 24.086, E: 98.072, 900m/ LW-1247bis" (IZAS).

Description.

Body length: 9.3 mm, length of elytra: 6.9 mm, width: 5.4 mm. Surface of labroclypeus and disc of frons glabrous. Smooth area anterior to eye twice as wide as long. Eyes large; ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.72. Antennal club 1.5 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.56. Metafemur dull, anterior margin acute, without submarginal serrated line; anterior row of setae-bearing punctures absent; posterior margin with a large sharp hook. Metatibia short and wide, ratio width/length: 1/3.13; basal group of dorsal spines of metatibia at first third of metatibial length.

Aedeagus. Fig. 7 A–C. Habitus: Fig. 7D.

Female unknown.

Variation.

Body length: 8.8-9.3 mm, length of elytra: 6.9-7.1 mm, width: 5.4-5.6 mm.

Diagnosis.

Tetraserica wandingensis sp. n. differs from Tetraserica liangheensis by the larger eyes (ratio diameter/interocular distance: 0.72 vs. 0.59) and dorsal lobe of the right paramere being very small and bent basally.

Etymology.

The new species is named after the type locality, Wanding.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Tetraserica