A taxonomic revision of Neoserica (sensu lato): the species groups N. lubrica, N. obscura, and N. silvestris (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

By

Liu, Wan-Gang
Fabrizi, Silvia
Bai, Ming
Ahrens, Dirk

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

635

Pages

123-160

Subjects

Beetles , chafers , China , Neoserica , new records , new species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.635.9915

 

Abstract

The species of the Neoserica lubrica Brenske, 1898, N. obscura (Blanchard, 1850) and N. silvestris Brenske, 1902 species groups are revised. The study resulted in the following new synonymies and combinations: Neoserica obscura (Blanchard, 1850) = Microserica roeri Frey, 1972, syn. n., = Maladera chinensis (Arrow, 1946), syn. n.; Neoserica hainana (Brenske, 1898), comb. n., and Neoserica minor (Arrow, 1946), comb. n. The known species are redescribed. The following nine new species are described from China: N. allobscura Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n., N. dongjiafenensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n., N. fugongensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n., N. mantillerii Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n., N. menglunensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n., N. pseudosilvestris Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n., N. sakoliana Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n., N. shuyongi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n., and N. tahianensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, sp. n. A key to the Sericini genera with multilamellate antenna, species groups of Neoserica of mainland Asia, and species of the species groups examined here are provided. Maps of the species distribution are provided, habitus and male genitalia are illustrated.