Maladera verticalis (Fairmaire, 1888)

Ahrens, Dirk, 2007, Taxonomic changes and an updated catalogue for the Palaearctic Sericini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), Zootaxa 1504, pp. 1-51 : 5

Maladera verticalis (Fairmaire, 1888)

( Figs. 4–5 )

Serica verticalis Fairmaire, 1888b: 118

Maladera castanea koreana Kim & Kim, 2003b: 90 ; new synonym.

Type material examined. Lectotype (here designated): 1 ɗ "Museum Paris 1906 Coll. Leon Fairmaire / Serica orientalis Motsch. Pekin / Serica verticalis Frm. Pekin / Typus " ( MNHN).

Additional material examined. 1 ɗ "Pekin / ɗ / Ex Musaeo Mniszech / verticalis Fairm. [handwriting Brenske] / E. Brenske 1896 " ( MNHN), 1 ɗ "Ex Musaeo Mniszech / verticalis Fairm. [handwriting Brenske] / E. Brenske 1896 " ( MNHN), 10 specimens " China: Bejing 100 m 9.–10.VII.1998 L. Bieber leg." (CA), 68 specimens "China-Shaanxi; S Taibashan Tsinling Mts.; Houzhenzi vil.; 33°53’N 107°49’E; 15.viii.–15.x. local collector leg.; 1999; 1600 m " (CA), 3 specimens [ɗ] " Mongolia: Cojbalsan simak, Chamardavas ul, 80 km SO von Somon Chalchingol, 600 m Exp. Dr. Z. Kaszab, 1965 / Nr. 399 12.VIII.1965 / M. delicta Brske det. Dr. Endrödi 1966" ( SMTD, CA).

Remarks. The Maladera verticalis of Kim & Kim (2003b, nec Fairmaire) is actually Maladera castanea (Arrow, 1913) . Additionally, the genitalia of Maladera castanea koreana figured by Kim & Kim (2003b) are virtually identical in shape to those of the lectotype of M. verticalis and the former should be treated as a junior synonym of M. verticalis .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 12. Figs. 1 – 3: Maladera lignicolor (Fairmaire) (holotype of Serica tenebrosa Frey: Kuatun [China]); Figs. 4 – 5: M. verticalis (Fairmaire) (lectotype: " Pekin " [China]); Figs. 6 – 8: Eumaladera opaciventris (Moser) (syntype: " Seoul Korea / Autoserica opaciventris Type ♂ Mos. "); Figs. 9 – 12: Eumaladera subrugata (Moser) (syntype: " Peking Exp. Stötzner / Autoserica subrugata Type Mos. "). Figs. 1, 6, 9: aedeagus, left side lateral view; Figs. 3, 8, 12: aedeagus, right side lateral view; Figs. 2, 4, 7, 10: parameres, dorsal view; Figs. 5, 11: parameres, ventral view. Scale bar = 0. 5 mm.