Taxonomic Revision of Serica MacLeay, 1819 (sensu Lato) from China and Adjacent Areas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), with Updates on Nipponoserica Nomura, 1972
Taxonomic Revision of Serica MacLeay, 1819 (sensu Lato) from China and Adjacent Areas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), with Updates on Nipponoserica Nomura, 1972

Author: Dirk Ahrens

Publisher:

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781776885961

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"Abstract: In this paper we revised the species of Serica McLeay, 1819 (sensu lato) occurring in China an adjacent areas, and provide an update on the genus Nipponoserica Nomura, 1972. The revision resulted in one new combination: Serica adspersa (Frey, 1972), new combination. Thirty-nine new species are described: Nipponoserica daqiao Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, Serica allolongipes Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. allotengchongana Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. baishuitaiensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. baoshan Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. daqiaoana Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. dissimillima Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. emaw Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. gaoligong Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. guangnanensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. hailuogou Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. huangbaiyuanensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. huangjing Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. jani Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. jaroslavi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. jiankouensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. jirii Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. kuankuoshuiensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. limbourgi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. longipes longipes Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. longwang Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. mengsongana Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. nanhua Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. pangwa Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. paralongipes Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. paralupina Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. pseudogracilipes Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. shengtangshan Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. shiduensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. smetanai Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. taishun Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. tengchongana Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. tianmushan Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. tianpingshanensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. yini Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. yuheba Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. zhenba Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species, S. ziqingi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, new species. A key to species groups and species within groups is given, habitus and male genitalia of the revised species are illustrated. The distribution of the species revised herein is shown on maps. New distributional data are given for sixteen species. Keywords: Beetles, chafers, Serica, China, Myanmar, Vietnam, keys, new species, new records, new combination"--Page 4.

A Taxonomic Review of Microserica Brenske, 1894 from Continental Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)
A Taxonomic Review of Microserica Brenske, 1894 from Continental Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)

Author: Dirk Ahrens

Publisher:

Published: 2023

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781776886920

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"Abstract: The current paper gives an overview of the species of continental Asia so far assigned to the genus Microserica Brenske, 1894. Moronoserica Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new genus, and Gastroserica (Helioserica Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new subgenus), and 33 new species are described: Gastroserica bannok Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, G. fumaria Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, G. ivoi Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, G. loei Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, G. lucidomarginalis Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, G. phukradung Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, G. piceocoerulea Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, G. rubropicea Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, G. simaoensis Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, G. yuebaensis Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Microserica allovarians Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mic. banlaoana Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mic. caiyangheana Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mic. chaiyaphum Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mic. cucphuong Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mic. ferestictica Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mic. hieroglyphica Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mic. multipunctata Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mic. namnao Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mic. neosimplex Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mic. parasimplex Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mic. paravicula Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mic. planiforceps Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mic. viengvai Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mic. vinden Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mic. vipinglangensis Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Moronoserica banmethout Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mor. renong Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mor. squamulatoides Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mor. songbae Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Mor. thungyai Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, Oxyserica bifascipennis Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species, O. serena Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species. The revision results in 39 new combinations: Gastroserica bisignata (Nomura, 1974) new combination, G. cognata (Frey, 1972) new combination, G. dohertyi (Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2009) new combination, G. hiulca (Brenske, 1897) new combination, G. lucens (Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2009) new combination, G. nitidipyga (Nomura, 1974) new combination, G. quateorum (Frey, 1972) new combination, G. roingensis (Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2016) new combination, G. varians (Moser, 1915) new combination, Microserica avicula (Arrow, 1946) new combination, Mic. costisquamosa (Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2019) new combination, Mic. septemfoliata (Frey, 1972) new combination, Moronoserica banvaneue (Bohacz & Ahrens, 2020) new combination, Mor. crenatostriata (Ahrens, 2004) new combination, Mor. geberbauer (Ahrens, 2004) new combination, Mor. ginae (Bohacz & Ahrens, 2020) new combination, Mor. helferi (Bohacz & Ahrens, 2020) new combination, Mor. lineata (Moser, 1915) new combination, Mor. squamulata (Moser, 1915) new combination, Mor. tenasserimensis (Bohacz & Ahrens, 2020) new combination, Mor. ventrosa (Bohacz & Ahrens, 2020) new combination, Oxyserica arunensis (Ahrens, 1998) new combination, O. bhutanensis (Frey, 1975) new combination, O. cechovskyi (Ahrens, 1999) new combination, O. diversicornis (Moser, 1915) new combination, O. elegans (Frey, 1975) new combination, O. gandakiensis (Ahrens, 1998) new combination, O. hispidula (Frey, 1975) new combination, O. interrogator (Arrow, 1946) new combination, O. marginata (Brenske, 1896) new combination, O. martensi (Ahrens, 1998) new combination, O. myagdiana (Ahrens, 1998) new combination, O. nigropicta (Fairmaire, 1891) new combination, O. pedongensis (Ahrens, 1998) new combination, O. pruinosa (Hope, 1831) new combination, O. schawalleri (Ahrens, 1998) new combination, O. schulzei (Ahrens, 1998) new combination, O. steelei (Ahrens, 2004) new combination, O. truncata (Brenske, 1898) new combination. Lectotypes were designated of Microserica hiulca Brenske, 1897 and Serica nigropicta Fairmaire, 1891. A checklist and key to genera, species groups, and species is given, the diagnostic characters of the newly revised taxa and their distribution is illustrated. Keywords: Chafers, revision, keys, new species, new combinations, southeast Asia"--Page 5.

African Biodiversity
African Biodiversity

Author: Bernhard A. Huber

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9780387243153

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This book highlights African biodiversity at all levels ranging from molecules to ecosystems. Major topics are biogeography, speciation processes, phylogenetic patterns and systematics, diversity decline and conservation, and applied biodiversity informatics. The 42 contributions are mostly on insects and vertebrates, but include botanical papers as well as more general chapters on biodiversity informatics.

Dermestidae (Coleoptera)
Dermestidae (Coleoptera)

Author: Jiří Háva

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-03-10

Total Pages: 445

ISBN-13: 9004286616

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The World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera) contains the list of subfamilies, tribes and subtribes, list of genera and subgenera, systematic catalogue of all known taxons including new nomenclatorial acts, new distributional records, list of type depositions, infrasubspecific names, bibliography and alphabetical index of names of genera, subgenera and their synonyms. It contains all the taxa described until February 28, 2014.