Nipponoserica sulciventris Ahrens, 2004

Liu, Wan-Gang, Fabrizi, Silvia, Yang, Xingke, Bai, Ming & Ahrens, Dirk, 2017, New species of Nipponoserica and Paraserica from China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini), ZooKeys 721, pp. 65-91 : 65

Nipponoserica sulciventris Ahrens, 2004 Figure 4

Nipponoserica sulciventris Ahrens, 2004b: 9.

Additional material examined.

2 ex. "China, W Hubei prov., Dashennogjia Nat. Res., Muyu, E slope, 2000 m, 12-15 Jun 1997, Bolm lgt." (CPPB), 2 ex. "China, N Sichuan, 5.-6.VI. Micang Shan, 1300-1400m, Daba, 32°40'N 106°55'E Jaroslav Turna leg., 2007" (ZFMK), 6 ex. "China, W Hubei, 21.-24.VI. Dashennongjia mts. 31.5N 110.3E, 2500-3000m Jaroslav Turna leg. 2001" (CPPB), 1 ♂ "Gansu, 7.IX.1980s" (HBUM).

Distribution.

The species was known so far from Hubei, Shaanxi and Sichuan provinces of China ( Ahrens and Bezdek 2016). It is now recorded for the first time also from Gansu province (China).

New taxa