ZooKeys (Sep 2014)

A taxonomic revision of the Neoserica (sensu lato) pilosula group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

  • Wangang Liu,
  • Silvia Fabrizi,
  • Ming Bai,
  • Xing-Ke Yang,
  • Dirk Ahrens

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.440.8126
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 440, no. 0
pp. 89 – 113

Abstract

Read online

Nine new species of the Neoserica (sensu lato) pilosula Moser, 1915, group are described from China: Neoserica curvipenis sp. n., N. emeishanensis sp. n., N. lincangensis sp. n., N. ludingensis sp. n., N. lushuiana sp. n., N. rangshuiensis sp. n., N. shennongjiaensis sp. n., N. tianeana sp. n., and N. weibaoshanica sp. n. The lectotype of Neoserica pilosula Moser, 1915, is designated. Habitus and male genitalia are illustrated, a key to the species of the group and a map of species distribution are given.