Neoserica (s. l.) ponderosa (Arrow, 1946) Arrow, 1946

Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wan-Gang, Fabrizi, Silvia, Bai, Ming & Yang, Xing-Ke, 2014, A taxonomic review of the Neoserica (sensu lato) abnormis group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini), ZooKeys 439, pp. 27-82 : 47-48

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Scarabaeidae

Neoserica (s. l.) ponderosa (Arrow, 1946) comb. n. Fig. 8

Serica ponderosa Arrow, 1946: 11; Ahrens and Sabatinelli 1996: 209, 239; Ahrens 2012: 315.

Type material examined.

Syntypes: 1 ♂ "N. E. Burma R. Malaise B. M. 1945-71/ N. E. Burma Kambaiti 7000 ft. 22/4/1934 R. Malaise/ Co-Type/ Serica ponderosa co-type Arrow" (BMNH), 1 ♂ "N. E. Burma R. Malaise B. M. 1945-71/ N. E. Burma Kambaiti 7000 ft. 22/6/1934 R. Malaise/ Co-Type/ Serica ponderosa co-type Arrow" (BMNH), 1 ♂ "N.E. Burma Kambaiti, 2000 m 29/5. 1934 Malaise/ Typus/ Serica ponderosa n.sp. Arrow/ 3136 E91/Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Stockholm Loan no 559/94" (NHRS), 1 ♂ "N.E. Burma Kambaiti, 7000 ft. 4-8/6. 1934 R. Malaise/ Serica ponderosa co-type Arrow/ ponderosa Arrow/ 3137 E91/Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet Stockholm Loan no 560/94" (NHRS).

Remarks.

The aedeagus of a syntype of Neoserica ponderosa was illustrated by Ahrens and Sabatinelli (1996) [p. 239]. This species is known so far only from the type locality.