Pseudoserica marmorea (Guérin-Méneville, 1831)

Fuhrmann, Juares & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2017, Macrodactylini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): primary types of type species and taxonomic changes to the generic classification, European Journal of Taxonomy 350, pp. 1-71 : 49

Pseudoserica marmorea (Guérin-Méneville, 1831)

Figs 13 A–B, D–E, 20M–N

Serica marmorea Guérin-Méneville, 1831 : fig. 3.

Pseudoserica marmorea – Guérin-Méneville 1838: 86.

Plectris marmorea – Blanchard 1850: 128 ( Pseudoserica synonym of Plectris ).

Note

Serica marmorea was described based on an undetermined number of specimens.

Material examined

Lectotype (here designated, Fig. 20 M–N)

BRAZIL: ♀, MNHN, labels: [Sta. Cather. | Durville] [MUSÉUM PARIS] [ Pseudoserica | marmorea | Guer.] [ Plectris | marmorea | Blanch.] [Typus] [ P. marmorea | Guerin | Brésil] [LECTOTYPE ♀ | Serica marmorea | Guérin-Méneville, 1831 | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] [ Pseudoserica marmorea | (Guérin-Méneville, 1831) | ♀ | det. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] .

Figures

Fig 20. Lectotypes (dorsal, labels). A–B. Pachycerus castaneipennis Guérin-Méneville, 1831. C–D. Anomalochilus singularis Blanchard, 1850. E–F. Demodemafallax Blanchard, 1850. G–H. Plectris tomentosa LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828. I–J. Gama grandicornis Blanchard, 1850. K–L. Pachylotoma viridis Blanchard, 1850. M–N. Serica marmorea Guérin-Méneville, 1831. O–P. Rhinaspoides aeneofusca Moser, 1919. Scale bars = 2 mm.

Fig. 13. ♂♂. A. Head–prothorax dorsal, tarsus rotated laterally to apex. B–C. Mesotibia−tarsus (C, with details of tarsomere I and IV). D−G. Aedeagus (lateral, parameres apex). H. Metafemur. A–B, D–E. Pseudoserica marmorea Guérin-Méneville, 1831. C, F−H. Mallotarsus spadiceus Blanchard, 1850. Scale bars = 1 mm.