identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03E087D353729578348310E181E9FDEF.text	03E087D353729578348310E181E9FDEF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gynaecoserica obfuscata Ahrens 2022	<div><p>Gynaecoserica obfuscata Ahrens, new species</p><p>Fig. 1A–D</p><p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “836962 / 836962 Laos Hua Phan prov. Phou Pane Mt. 1480-1510m, 1.- 16.6.2009 V. Kuban Gynaecoserica spn_LA1 / 1157 Sericini Asia spec.” (ZFMK) . Paratypes: 1 ♂ “ LAOS, Houa Phan prov., 20°13'09-19''N, 103°59'54''-104°00'03''E, 1480-1550 m, Phou Pane Mt., 1.-16.vi.2009, Zdeněk Kraus leg. / NHMB Basel, NMPC Prague, Laos 2009, Expedition: M. Brancucci, M. Geiser, Z. Kraus, D. Hauck, V. Kubáň / 1095 Sericini Asia spec.” (NHMB) , 1 ♂ “ LAOS, Houa Phan prov., 20°13'09-19''N, 103°59'54''-104°00'03''E, 1480-1550 m, Phou Pane Mt., 9.-16.vi.2009, D. Hauck leg. / NHMB Basel, NMPC Prague, Laos 2009, Expedition: M. Brancucci, M. Geiser, Z. Kraus, D. Hauck, V. Kubáň / 1095 Sericini Asia spec.” (NHMB) .</p><p>Description of the holotype. Length: 4.6 mm, length of elytra: 3.0 mm, width: 2.5 mm. Body oblong, dorsal surface dark brown, pronotum and scutellum with greenish shine, antenna and legs yellowish, dorsal surface except head dull and almost glabrous, sparsely setose.</p><p>Labroclypeus widest shortly before base, lateral margins convex, anterior angles strongly convex, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct blunt angle; margins weakly reflexed; anterior margin shallowly sinuate medially; surface weakly elevated medially and weakly shiny, finely and coarsely but densely punctate, distance between punctures less than their diameter, behind anterior margin with a few long, erect setae; frontoclypeal suture feebly incised and curved; smooth area in front of eye almost as wide as long; ocular canthus short and slender (length subequal 1/3 of ocular diameter), impunctate, with a short terminal seta. Frons shiny, posterior quarter dull, with fine and coarse, moderately dense punctures, with some long erect setae beside eyes, otherwise punctures with minute setae. Eyes small, ratio of diameter/ interocular width: 0.6. Antenna yellow, with ten antennomeres; club dark brown, with six antennomeres, straight, 1.2 times as long as the remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum weakly elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p><p>Pronotum narrow, widest at base, lateral margins straight in basal half and moderately convergent, in anterior half weakly curved and convergent anteriorly; anterior angles weakly produced and blunt, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin weakly convexly produced medially, with a distinct fine marginal line, basal margin without marginal line; anterior and lateral finely sparsely setose; surface with moderately dense and fine punctures, midline impunctate, with microscopic white setae in punctures, otherwise glabrous; hypomeron distinctly carinate at base but not ventrally produced. Scutellum dark brown, narrow and moderately short, triangular, with dense, large but shallow punctures, punctures with microscopic setae.</p><p>Elytra elongate, widest at middle, striae distinctly impressed, finely and densely punctate; intervals weakly convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, punctures with minute white adjacent setae, odd intervals with a few single robust, white adpressed setae; interior apical angle of elytra with a strong seta; epipleural edge fine ending at strongly curved external apical angle of elytra; epipleura sparsely setose, apical border without short microtrichomes (visible at 100x magnification).</p><p>Ventral surface dull, with fine and moderately dense punctures, sparsely setose; metacoxa only laterally with a few strong adjacent setae. Each abdominal sternite with indistinct transverse row of coarse punctures bearing short setae between fine, dense punctation. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur, with irregularly scattered very strong setae. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.6. Pygidium weakly convex, coarsely and densely punctate, with wide smooth midline, dull, with short and long, dense setae on entire surface.</p><p>Legs moderately slender and long; femora dull, with two longitudinal rows of setae, finely and sparsely punctate; metafemur shiny, sharply carinate anteriorly and without a submarginal serrate line; ventral posterior margin weakly convex and glabrous, only weakly widened in apical half and not serrate, dorsally posterior margin finely serrate, with short setae. Metatibia slender and moderately long, widest at middle of metatibial length, ratio width/ length: 1/3.54, dorsally moderately carinate, with two groups of spines, basal one shortly before the middle, apical one at two thirds of metatibial length, basally nearly glabrous; lateral face longitudinally convex, with sparse and fine punctures, glabrous; ventral margin carinate and serrate, with three strong spines, of which the two distal are widely separated; internal face very finely and sparsely punctate; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation sharply and deeply truncate. Tarsomeres dorsally glabrous and impunctate, ventrally with sparse, short setae; metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrate ridge, beside which is a fine longitudinal carina; first metatarsomere little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and almost twice as long as dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical.</p><p>Aedeagus: Fig. 1A–C. Habitus: Fig. 1D.</p><p>Female unknown.</p><p>Diagnosis. Gynaecoserica obfuscata Ahrens, new species is in shape of aedeagus most similar to G. maymyoensis Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2009 . Gynaecoserica obfuscata Ahrens, new species differs by the strongly curved phallobase (lateral view) which is ventrally bluntly enlarged, and the apical lateral apophysis of phallobase is slightly curved dorsally; the fused parameres are in the new species distally less strongly narrowed as in G. maymyoensis .</p><p>Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the Latin adjective obfuscates, darkened.</p><p>Genbank accession numbers: Holotype, voucher number 836962: rrnL (KT304138), 28S (KT303005), CO1 (3’end) (KT303522) (form Eberle et al. 2017).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E087D353729578348310E181E9FDEF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk	Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1897 species and further new bicolored species of the Neoserica calva group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5165 (2): 180-190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.2.2
03E087D35371957E3483125E80BBFE93.text	03E087D35371957E3483125E80BBFE93.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gynaecoserica krausi Ahrens 2022	<div><p>Gynaecoserica krausi Ahrens, new species</p><p>Fig. 1F–I</p><p>Type material. Holotype: ♂ “ LAOS, Xieng Khouang prov., 19°37–8'N, 103°20'E, Phonsavan (30 km NE) Phou Sane Mt., 1420 m, 10-30.v.2009, Z. Kraus leg. / NHMB Basel, NMPC Prague, Laos 2009, Expedition: M. Brancucci, M. Geiser, Z. Kraus, D. Hauck, V. Kubáň / 1095 Sericini Asia spec.” (NHMB) . Paratype: 1 ♂ “ LAOS, Xieng Khouang prov., 19°37–8'N, 103°20'E, Phonsavan (30 km NE) Phou Sane Mt., 1420 m, 10-30.v.2009, Z. Kraus leg. / NHMB Basel, NMPC Prague, Laos 2009, Expedition: M. Brancucci, M. Geiser, Z. Kraus, D. Hauck, V. Kubáň ” (ZFMK) .</p><p>Description of the holotype. Length: 4.0 mm, length of elytra: 2.2 mm, width: 2.1 mm. Body oblong, dorsal surface yellowish brown, antennal club, head, margins of elytra, and anterior half of pronotum dark brown, antennal funiculus and legs yellow, except shiny head dorsal surface dull, sparsely setose.</p><p>Labroclypeus widest at base, lateral margins in basal half subparallel, anteriorly strongly convex, anterior angles strongly convex, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct blunt angle; margins weakly reflexed; anterior margin very shallowly sinuate medially; surface weakly elevated medially and weakly shiny, finely and coarsely but densely punctate, distance between punctures less than their diameter, behind anterior margin with a few long, erect setae; frontoclypeal suture feebly incised and curved; smooth area in front of eye almost as wide as long; ocular canthus short and slender (length subequal 1/3 of ocular diameter), finely densely punctate, with a short terminal seta. Frons weakly shiny, posterior quarter dull, with fine and coarse, moderately dense punctures, with some long erect setae beside eyes, otherwise punctures with minute setae. Eyes very small, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.42. Antenna yellow, with ten antennomeres; club dark brown, with seven antennomeres, slightly reflexed, 1.2 times as long as the remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum weakly elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p><p>Pronotum moderately wide, widest at base, lateral margins subparallel and straight in basal half, in anterior half weakly curved and convergent anteriorly, anterior angles moderately produced and sharp, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin convexly produced medially, with a distinct fine marginal line, basal margin without marginal line; anterior and lateral finely sparsely setose; surface with moderately dense and fine punctures, with microscopic white setae in punctures, otherwise glabrous; hypomeron distinctly carinate at base but not ventrally produced. Scutellum dark brown, narrow and moderately short, triangular, with dense, large but shallow punctures, punctures with microscopic setae.</p><p>Elytra moderately long, widest at middle, striae weakly impressed, finely and densely punctate; intervals weakly convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, punctures with minute white adjacent setae, odd intervals with a few single robust, yellow, erect setae; interior apical angle of elytra with a strong seta; epipleural edge fine ending at strongly curved external apical angle of elytra; epipleura sparsely setose, apical border without short microtrichomes (visible at 100x magnification).</p><p>Ventral surface dull, with fine and moderately dense punctures, sparsely setose; metacoxa only laterally with a few strong adjacent setae. Each abdominal sternite with indistinct transverse row of coarse punctures bearing short setae between fine, dense punctation. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur, with irregularly scattered very strong setae. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.52. Pygidium strongly convex, coarsely and densely punctate, without smooth midline, partly shiny, with short dense setae at apex, a few long setae beside apical margin.</p><p>Legs moderately slender and long; femora dull, with two longitudinal rows of setae, finely and sparsely punctate; metafemur shiny, sharply carinate anteriorly and without a submarginal serrate line; ventral posterior margin weakly convex and glabrous, only weakly widened in apical half and not serrate, dorsally posterior margin finely serrate, with short setae. Metatibia slender and moderately long, widest at middle of metatibial length, ratio width/ length: 1/3.45, dorsally moderately carinate, with two groups of spines, basal one at anterior quarter, apical one at two thirds of metatibial length, basally nearly glabrous; lateral face longitudinally convex, with sparse and fine punctures, glabrous; ventral margin carinate and serrate, with three strong spines, of which the two distal are widely separated; internal face very finely and sparsely punctate; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation sharply and deeply truncate. Tarsomeres dorsally glabrous and impunctate, ventrally with sparse, short setae; metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrate ridge, beside which is a fine longitudinal carina; first metatarsomere as long as following two tarsomeres combined and twice as long as dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical.</p><p>Aedeagus: Fig. 1F–H. Habitus: Fig. 1I.</p><p>Female unknown.</p><p>Diagnosis. Gynaecoserica krausi Ahrens, new species differs from all other so far known Gynaecoserica species by the antennal club composed of seven antennomeres, and in addition by the dorsally strongly arched phallobase, which has on each side of the apex a lateral apophysis.</p><p>Variation. Length: 4.0– 4.2 mm, length of elytra: 2.2–2.3 mm, width: 2.1–2.2 mm. Dark dorsal portions in the paratype with some greenish shine, dark margins of elytra less distinct.</p><p>Etymology. The new species is named after its collector, Zdeněk Kraus.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E087D35371957E3483125E80BBFE93	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk	Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1897 species and further new bicolored species of the Neoserica calva group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5165 (2): 180-190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.2.2
03E087D35377957E348311888613FD72.text	03E087D35377957E348311888613FD72.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gynaecoserica hirsuta Ahrens & Fabrizi 2009	<div><p>Gynaecoserica hirsuta Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2009</p><p>Additional material examined. 2 ♂♂ “LAOS-NE, Hua Phan prov., 20°12'N, 104°01'E <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=104.01667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=20.2" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 104.01667/lat 20.2)">Phu Phan Mt.</a>, 1500-1900m, 17.5.- 3.6.2007 leg. C. Holzschuh ” (ZFMK) , 1 ♀ “LAOS-NE, Hua Phan prov., 20°12'N, 104°01'E <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=104.01667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=20.2" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 104.01667/lat 20.2)">Phu Phan Mt.</a>, 1500-1900m, 17.5.- 3.6.2007 leg. Vit. Kubáň ” (ZFMK) .</p><p>Remarks. The species was originally described from northern Laos. This is the first record for Vietnam.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E087D35377957E348311888613FD72	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk	Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1897 species and further new bicolored species of the Neoserica calva group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5165 (2): 180-190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.2.2
03E087D35377957E348312E886C8FC76.text	03E087D35377957E348312E886C8FC76.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gynaecoserica luteata Ahrens & Fabrizi 2009	<div><p>Gynaecoserica luteata Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2009</p><p>Additional material examined. 3 ♂♂ “ Vietnam goryj v verch r. Nam-ma u Dong-pao 1.6.1963 Kabakov ” (ZIN) , 1 ♀ “ Vietnam goryj v verch r. Nam-ma u Dong-pao 1100m 28.5.1963 Kabakov ” (ZIN) .</p><p>Remarks. The species was originally described from northeastern Laos. This is the first record for Vietnam.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E087D35377957E348312E886C8FC76	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk	Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1897 species and further new bicolored species of the Neoserica calva group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5165 (2): 180-190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.2.2
03E087D35377957F348313EC86CCFB57.text	03E087D35377957F348313EC86CCFB57.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoserica champassakensis Ahrens 2022	<div><p>Neoserica champassakensis Ahrens, new species</p><p>Fig. 2A–D</p><p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ LAOS, Champassak Prov., Dong Hua Yao NBCA, 2 km S of Ban Nong Luang, bank of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=106.21667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=15.066667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 106.21667/lat 15.066667)">Touay-Guai</a> stream / 15°4'N, 106°13'E, 800 m, at light, No. 24. 1-5.IV.1998, leg. O. Merkl &amp; G. Csorba / 1127 Sericini Asia spec.” (HNHM) . Paratypes: 2 ♀♀ “ LAOS, Champassak Prov., Dong Hua Yao NBCA, 2 km S of Ban Nong Luang, bank of <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=106.21667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=15.066667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 106.21667/lat 15.066667)">Touay-Guai</a> stream / 15°4'N, 106°13'E, 800 m, at light, No. 24. 1-5.IV.1998, leg. O. Merkl &amp; G. Csorba ” (HNHM, ZFMK) .</p><p>Description of the holotype. Body length: 4.0 mm, length of elytra: 2.4 mm, width: 2.4 mm. Body short-oval, brown, dull tomentum of pronotum somewhat grey, antennal club and legs as well as a large spot on disc of elytra and posterior pronotum yellowish brown, dorsal surface dull and nearly glabrous, labroclypeus and anterior third of frons shiny.</p><p>Labroclypeus semicircular, distinctly wider than long; lateral margins convex and strongly convergent anteriorly; anterior angles almost blunt but moderately rounded at tip; anterior margin shallowly emarginate medially; margins strongly reflexed; surface distinctly elevated medially and shiny, finely and densely punctate, with a few single setae anteriorly and on sides. Frontoclypeal suture indistinct, strongly curved. Smooth area anterior to eye convex, as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and wide (equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter), finely and densely punctate, with a single terminal seta. Frons on anterior third shiny, finely and irregularly densely punctate, with a few long single setae beside eyes, otherwise glabrous; on posterior two thirds dull, finely and densely punctate, with moderately dense, short setae. Eyes small, ratio diameter/interocular width: 0.6. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with four antennomeres, straight and as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and slightly flattened anteriorly. Labrum transverse, short, not produced medially, with weak median sinuation.</p><p>Pronotum transverse, widest at base; in basal half lateral margins moderately convex and weakly convergent anteriorly, in anterior half margins strongly convex and convergent; anterior angles produced and sharp; posterior angles blunt; anterior margin with a fine complete marginal line, weakly convexly produced medially; surface densely and coarsely punctate, with minute setae in punctures; lateral and anterior border sparsely setose; basal margin without marginal line; hypomeron distinctly carinate basally. Scutellum long, with fine, dense punctures, and minute setae in punctures.</p><p>Elytra short oval, widest at posterior third; striae weakly impressed, finely and moderately densely punctate; intervals flat, with sparse, fine punctures mainly concentrated along striae, with minute setae in punctures. Epipleural edge fine, ending at moderately curved external apical angle of elytra; epipleura densely setose; apical border with a fine rim of microtrichomes (visible at 100x magnification).</p><p>Ventral surface dull, finely and densely punctate. Metasternum except long setae on disc nearly glabrous, sparsely covered with minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa glabrous, with a few single setae laterally. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctuate, glabrous except minute setae in punctures, with a transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a robust long seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.16. Pygidium moderately convex and dull, coarsely and densely punctate, without smooth midline, with short adpressed, partly only minute setae in punctures, beside apical margin with longer setae.</p><p>Legs moderately slender. Femora with two longitudinal rows of setae, finely and sparsely punctate. Metafemur dull and sparsely finely punctate; anterior margin acute, behind anterior margin without serrated line; posterior ventral margin in apical half not serrated and moderately widened at apex; posterior dorsal margin finely serrated, glabrous. Metatibia slender and short, widest at apex, ratio of width/length: 1/3.1; dorsal margin sharply carinate, with two groups of spines; basal group at first third, apical group at two thirds of metatibial length; basally with a single fine seta but without serrated longitudinal margin; lateral face longitudinally convex, finely and sparsely punctate; ventral margin finely serrated, with three robust setae, with the apical one being more distant; medial face impunctate, glabrous, apex concavely moderately deeply truncate interiorly near tarsal articulation. Tarsomeres ventrally with sparse, short setae, not carinate laterally, impunctate dorsally; metatarsomere 1 almost twice as long as dorsal metatibial spur and little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined. Protibia short, bidentate, not widened laterally before basal tooth; anterior claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw sharply truncate at apex.</p><p>Aedeagus: Fig. 2A–C. Habitus: Fig. 2D.</p><p>Diagnosis. Neoserica champassakensis Ahrens, new species differs from N. rufoplagiatoides Ahrens &amp; Pham, 2021, the only other bicolored species of the N. calva group, by parameres being almost subequal in total length, and which both are being straight and have distinct basal lobes.</p><p>Variation. Body length: 4.0– 4.1 mm, length of elytra: 2.4–2.5 mm, width: 2.4–2.5 mm. Female: Eyes as small as in male; antennal club composed of three short lamellae, club little shorter than remaining antennomeres combined; light spots on elytra more extended than in male, reducing the dark parts to the margins; pygidium moderately convex.</p><p>Etymology. Named after its occurrence in the Champassak province (adjective in nominative singular case).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E087D35377957F348313EC86CCFB57	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk	Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1897 species and further new bicolored species of the Neoserica calva group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5165 (2): 180-190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.2.2
03E087D35376957D348314D6826FF8FF.text	03E087D35376957D348314D6826FF8FF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoserica fairyqueen Ahrens 2022	<div><p>Neoserica fairyqueen Ahrens, new species</p><p>Fig. 2E–H</p><p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “THAI-N. 1.-19.v.1998 Chiang Mai prov. Ban San Pakia, 1400 m, Ivo Martinů leg. / 68 Sericini Asia spec.” (ZFMK) . Paratypes: 1 ♂ “THAI 1.-8.V.1993 Soppong Pai 1800m Pacholátko &amp; Dembický leg. / TS 10” (CP) , 1 ♀ “839471 Microserica spTHAI DE09_2 Thailand L. Dembický 9- 13.5.2009 <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=98.85833&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.4125" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 98.85833/lat 19.4125)">Doi Chiang Dao</a> env. Chiang Mai Prov. 19°24'45''N 98°51'30''E 1200m / 839471” (ZFMK) , 1 ♂, 1 ♀ “THAI, 28.- 31.V.1995 19°27'N 98°20'E Soppong, 1500m, Vit Kubáň leg.” (CP) .</p><p>Description of the holotype. Body length: 3.9 mm, length of elytra: 2.4 mm, width: 2.4 mm. Body shortoval, brown, antennal club, legs, disc of elytra and posterior half of pronotum yellowish brown, elytral margins, an anterior and posterior spot as well as a transversal band on elytra dark, dorsal surface dull and nearly glabrous, labroclypeus and anterior third of frons shiny.</p><p>Labroclypeus only little wider than long; lateral margins in basal half straight and subparallel, convex and strongly convergent anteriorly, distinctly incised at transition between clypeus and labrum; anterior angles blunt, moderately rounded at tip; anterior margin straight, almost tridentate (seen from behind); margins strongly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, finely and densely punctate, with numerous long erect setae. Frontoclypeal suture indistinct, strongly curved. Smooth area anterior to eye convex, as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and wide (equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter), finely and densely punctate, with a single terminal seta. Frons on anterior third shiny, on posterior two thirds dull, finely and irregularly densely punctate, with sparse, long setae. Eyes small, ratio diameter/interocular width: 0.5. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with four antennomeres, straight and little longer than remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and slightly flattened anteriorly. Labrum transverse, short, not produced medially, with weak median sinuation.</p><p>Pronotum moderately wide, widest at base; in basal half lateral margins straight and subparallel, in anterior half margins strongly convex and convergent; anterior angles produced and sharp; posterior angles blunt; anterior margin with a fine complete marginal line, weakly convexly produced medially; surface moderately densely and finely punctate, with minute setae in punctures; lateral and anterior border densely setose; basal margin without marginal line; hypomeron distinctly carinate basally. Scutellum long, dark, with fine, dense punctures, and minute setae in punctures.</p><p>Elytra oval, widest at middle; striae weakly impressed, finely and moderately densely punctate; intervals flat, with sparse, fine punctures mainly concentrated along striae, with minute setae in punctures. Epipleural edge fine, ending at moderately curved external apical angle of elytra; epipleura densely setose; apical border with a very fine rim of microtrichomes (visible at 100x magnification).</p><p>Ventral surface dull, finely and densely punctate. Metasternum except long setae on disc nearly glabrous, sparsely covered with minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa glabrous, with a few single setae laterally. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctuate, glabrous except minute setae in punctures, with a transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a robust long seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.38. Pygidium moderately convex and partly shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, without smooth midline, with short adpressed, partly only minute setae in punctures, beside apical margin with a few longer setae.</p><p>Legs moderately slender. Femora with two longitudinal rows of setae, finely and sparsely punctate. Metafemur dull and sparsely finely punctate; anterior margin acute, behind anterior margin without adjacent serrated line; posterior ventral margin in apical half not serrated and moderately widened at apex; posterior dorsal margin finely serrated, glabrous. Metatibia slender and long, widest at apex, ratio of width/length: 1/4.4; dorsal margin sharply carinate, with two groups of spines; basal group at first third, apical group at three quarters of metatibial length; basally with a few fine single setae but without serrated longitudinal margin; lateral face longitudinally convex, finely and sparsely punctate, only with minute setae in punctures; ventral margin finely serrated, with three robust equidistant setae; medial face impunctate, glabrous, apex concavely moderately deeply truncate interiorly near tarsal articulation. Tarsomeres ventrally with sparse, short setae, not carinate laterally, impunctate dorsally; metatarsomere 1 ventrally glabrous, almost twice as long as dorsal metatibial spur and little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined. Protibia short, bidentate, not widened laterally before basal tooth; anterior claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw sharply truncate at apex.</p><p>Aedeagus: Fig. 2E–G. Habitus: Fig. 2H.</p><p>Diagnosis. Neoserica fairyqueen Ahrens, new species differs from N. champassakensis Ahrens, new species by the more elongate body shape (dorsal view), the typical color pattern on elytra (blackish cross on yellow-brown ground with 4 spots, and by the shape of the parameres having no basal lobes and being evenly curved ventrally (lateral view) instead of straight (as in N. champassakensis, new species).</p><p>Variation. Body length: 3.9–4.1 mm, length of elytra: 2.4–2.5 mm, width: 2.4–2.45 mm. Female: Eyes as small as in male; antennal club composed of three short lamellae, club little shorter than remaining antennomeres combined; pygidium flat.</p><p>Etymology. The new species is named after “Fairy Queen” ( fairyqueen, noun in apposition), referring to a theater production that premiered in Lucerne (Switzerland) in March 2022, to honor the entire ensemble which contributed to its success. At the center of the “Fairy Queen” story are two beetle researchers who want to save a beetle species from extinction. The producers of “Fairy Queen” supported taxonomic research and nature conservation through the BIOPAT initiative (www.biopat.de).</p><p>Genbank accession numbers. Paratype, voucher number: 839471: rrnL (KT304076), 28S (KT302940), CO1 (3’end) (KT303475) (form Eberle et al. 2017)</p><p>Remarks. The systematic position of N. fairyqueen Ahrens, new species, is supported also by the molecular data: the species is placed in the tree of Eberle et al. (2017) in a clade close to the other species of the Neoserica calva group.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E087D35376957D348314D6826FF8FF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk	Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1897 species and further new bicolored species of the Neoserica calva group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5165 (2): 180-190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.2.2
03E087D3537495723483176E82F4F862.text	03E087D3537495723483176E82F4F862.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoserica samuelsoni Ahrens 2022	<div><p>Neoserica samuelsoni Ahrens, new species</p><p>Fig. 2I–L</p><p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ Laos: Vientiane Prov. Ban Van Eue 800m, 11.IV.1965 / Native collector Bishop Museum ” (BPBM).</p><p>Description of the holotype. Body length: 4.6 mm, length of elytra: 3.2 mm, width: 3.0 mm. Body short-oval, brown, dull tomentum of pronotum somewhat grey, antennal club and legs yellow, pronotum as well as a large spot on the disc of elytra reddish brown, dorsal surface dull and nearly glabrous, labroclypeus and anterior third of frons shiny.</p><p>Labroclypeus semi-circular, distinctly wider than long; lateral margins convex and strongly convergent anteriorly; anterior angles almost blunt but moderately rounded at tip; anterior margin shallowly emarginate medially; margins moderately reflexed; surface flat and shiny, finely and densely punctate, with numerous erect setae. Frontoclypeal suture indistinct, strongly curved. Smooth area anterior to eye convex, as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and wide (equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter), finely and densely punctate, with a single terminal seta. Frons on anterior half shiny, finely and densely punctate, with a few long setae beside eyes and behind frontoclypeal suture, otherwise glabrous; on posterior half dull, finely and densely punctate, glabrous. Eyes small, ratio diameter/interocular width: 0.47. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with five antennomeres, slightly reflexed, and 1.3 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and slightly flattened anteriorly. Labrum transverse, short, not produced medially, with weak median sinuation.</p><p>Pronotum transverse, widest at middle; lateral margins moderately evenly convex and weakly convergent anteriorly and posteriorly; anterior angles produced and moderately sharp; posterior angles blunt; anterior margin with a fine complete marginal line, straight; surface densely and coarsely punctate, with minute setae in punctures; lateral and anterior border sparsely setose, on anterolateral disc with a few long erect setae; basal margin without marginal line; hypomeron distinctly carinate basally. Scutellum long, with fine, dense punctures, and minute setae in punctures.</p><p>Elytra short-oval, widest at posterior third; striae weakly impressed, finely and moderately densely punctate; intervals weakly convex, with sparse, fine punctures mainly concentrated along striae, with minute setae in punctures, and a few short adpressed setae on odd intervals. Epipleural edge fine, ending at moderately curved external apical angle of elytra; epipleura densely setose; apical border with a fine rim of microtrichomes (visible at 100x magnification).</p><p>Ventral surface dull, finely and densely punctate. Metasternum except long setae on disc nearly glabrous, sparsely covered with minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa glabrous, with a few single setae laterally. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctuate, glabrous except minute setae in punctures, with a transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a robust long seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.74. Pygidium moderately convex and dull, finely and densely punctate, without smooth midline, with short setae on apical half.</p><p>Legs moderately slender. Femora with two longitudinal rows of setae, finely and sparsely punctate. Metafemur dull and sparsely finely punctate; anterior margin acute, behind anterior margin without serrated line; posterior ventral margin in apical half not serrated and moderately widened at apex; posterior dorsal margin finely serrated, glabrous. Metatibia slender and short, widest at apex, ratio of width/length: 1/3.3; dorsal margin sharply carinate, with two groups of spines; basal group at first third, apical group at two thirds of metatibial length; basally with a single fine seta but without serrated longitudinal margin; lateral face longitudinally convex, finely and sparsely punctate; ventral margin finely serrated, with three robust setae, with the apical one being more distant; medial face impunctate, glabrous, apex concavely moderately deeply truncate interiorly near tarsal articulation. Tarsomeres ventrally with sparse, short setae, not carinate laterally, impunctate dorsally; metatarsomere 1 little longer than dorsal metatibial spur and as long as following two tarsomeres combined. Protibia short, bidentate, not widened laterally before basal tooth; anterior claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw sharply truncate at apex.</p><p>Aedeagus: Fig. 2I–K. Habitus: Fig. 2L. Female unknown.</p><p>Diagnosis. Neoserica samuelsoni Ahrens, new species is in shape of parameres rather similar to N. fragilis Ahrens &amp; Pham, 2021 . Neoserica samuelsoni Ahrens, new species differs by the bicoloured elytra, and by the shape of the parameres: The left parameres does not have a lateral apical tooth and its basal lobe is less distinctly separated from the distal portion as in N. fragilis; the right paramere is distinctly shorter than the left (in N. fragilis it is the opposite).</p><p>Etymology. The new species is named after the former curator G.A. Samuelson of the beetle collection at the Bishop Museum (BPBM).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E087D3537495723483176E82F4F862	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk	Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1897 species and further new bicolored species of the Neoserica calva group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5165 (2): 180-190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.2.2
03E087D3537A9573348310A8824AFE26.text	03E087D3537A9573348310A8824AFE26.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoserica fragilis Ahrens & Pham 2021	<div><p>Neoserica fragilis Ahrens &amp; Pham, 2021</p><p>Additional material examined. 1 ♂ “ Laos, Luang Prabang Prov., 19°34'N / 102°13'E, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=102.21667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=19.566668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 102.21667/lat 19.566668)">Ban Kiukacham</a> env., 1400- 1450m, 19.vi.2009 M. Geiser &amp; D. Hauck leg. / NHMB Basel, NMPC Prague Laos 2009 Expedition M. Brancucci, M. geiser, Z.Kraus, D. Hauck, V. Kubáň ” (NMPC) .</p><p>Neoserica zheijangensis Liu, Fabrizi, Bai, Yang &amp; Ahrens, 2014</p><p>Additional material examined. 1 ♂ “Kuatun (2300 m) 27,40 n. Br. 117,40 ö. L. J. Klapperich 21.4.1938 (Fukien)” (NMPC) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E087D3537A9573348310A8824AFE26	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk	Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1897 species and further new bicolored species of the Neoserica calva group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5165 (2): 180-190, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.2.2
