A taxonomic review on the species of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004, of China (Coleoptera,Scarabaeidae, Sericini) |
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| Authors: | Wan-Gang Liu Silvia Fabrizi Ming Bai Xing-Ke Yang Dirk Ahrens |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Box 92, No. 1, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, P.R. China ;2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road, Shijingshan, Beijing, 100039, P.R. China ;3.Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany |
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| Abstract: | A review on the Chinese species of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004, is presented. The lectotype of Tetrasericatonkinensis (Moser, 1908), comb. n. is designated. Twenty-nine new Tetraserica species are described from China and adjacent regions: Tetrasericaanhuaensissp. n., Tetrasericachangjiangensissp. n., Tetrasericachangshouensissp. n., Tetrasericadamaidiensissp. n., Tetrasericadaqingshanicasp. n., Tetrasericafikacekisp. n., Tetrasericagraciliforcepssp. n., Tetrasericajinghongensissp. n., Tetrasericaleishanicasp. n., Tetrasericaliangheensissp. n., Tetrasericalinaoshanicasp. n., Tetrasericalongipenissp. n., Tetrasericalongzhouensissp. n., Tetrasericamaoershanensissp. n., Tetrasericamengeanasp. n., Tetrasericamenglongensissp. n., Tetrasericapingjiangensissp. n., Tetrasericaruilianasp. n., Tetrasericaruiliensissp. n., Tetrasericasculptilissp. n., Tetrasericashangsiensissp. n., Tetrasericashunbiensissp. n., Tetrasericasigulianshanicasp. n., Tetrasericatianchiensissp. n., Tetrasericawandingensissp. n., Tetrasericawangtongensissp. n., Tetrasericaxichouensissp. n., Tetrasericayaoanicasp. n., Tetrasericayaoquensissp. n. A key to the Chinese Tetraserica species is given, species distribution as well as the habitus and male genitalia of all species are illustrated. |
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| Keywords: | Beetles, chafers, taxon-name" > genus" >Tetraserica, China, new species |
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