Moronoserica lineata ( Moser, 1915 ) Ahrens & Liu & Lukic & Bai, 2023

Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Lukic, Daniel & Bai, Ming, 2023, A taxonomic review of Microserica Brenske, 1894 from continental Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), Zootaxa 5241 (1), pp. 1-115 : 62

Moronoserica lineata ( Moser, 1915) new combination

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Microserica lineata Moser, 1915: 385 ; Ahrens 2004c: 2 ; Bohacz & Ahrens 2020: 272 .

Material examined. See Ahrens (2004c: p. 2).

Aedeagus. See Ahrens (2004c: p. 3, Figs 1–3 ).

Distribution. Myanmar (Pegu).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Phylogenetic placement of lineages so far assigned to Microserica (and some of its closest relatives) according to the phylogeny of Eberle et al. (2017).

FIGURE 2. A–D: Gastroserica varians Moser, 1915 (China: Yunnan: Diaolin N.R.); E–H: G. fukiensis Frey, 1972 (Taiwan: Fu Shan). A, E: Aedeagus, left side lateral view; C, G: Aedeagus, right side lateral view; B, F: Parameres, dorsal view; D, H: Habitus (not to scale). Scale: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 3. A–D: Gastroserica simaoensis Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species (holotype); E–H: G. hiulca (Brenske, 1897) (China: W Jiangxi: Ciping). A, E: Aedeagus, left side lateral view; C, G: Aedeagus, right side lateral view; B, F: Parameres, dorsal view; D, H: Habitus (not to scale). Scale: 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 31. Distribution of the genus MoronosericaAhrens, Lukic & Liu, new genus.The unlocalized records of Moronoserica helferi (Bohacz & Ahrens, 2020) and Mor. tenasserimensis (Bohacz & Ahrens, 2020) from Myanmar are not shown here.