Tetraserica anhuaensis, Liu, Wan-Gang, Fabrizi, Silvia, Bai, Ming, Yang, Xing-Ke & Ahrens, Dirk, 2014

Liu, Wan-Gang, Fabrizi, Silvia, Bai, Ming, Yang, Xing-Ke & Ahrens, Dirk, 2014, A taxonomic review on the species of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004, of China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini), ZooKeys 448, pp. 83-121 : 105-106

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Scarabaeidae

Tetraserica anhuaensis sp. n.

Type material examined.

Holotype: ♂ [China] "Cangchang, Anhua, Hunan, 15.VII.2004, leg. Wang Jiliang" (HBUM). Paratypes: 2 ♂♂ [China] "Hong Kong: N.T. Taipokau 12.VII.1965 Hand Net/ Lee Kit Ming & Hai Wai Ming Malaise Trap Bishop Museum" (BPBM, ZFMK), 1 ♂ [China] "Hong Kong: N.T. Taipokau 27.VI.1964/ M.J. Voss & Wai Ming Hui Collectors Bishop Museum" (BPBM), 1 ♂ [China] "Hong Kong: N.T. Taipokau 20.VI.1964/ Lee Kit Ming & Hai Wai Ming Light Trap Bishop Museum" (BPBM), 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ [China] "Shekou, Fu‘an, Fujian, 26.VII.1963, leg. Zhang Youwei" (IZAS), 1 ♀ [China] "Shekou, Fu‘an, Fujian, 27.VII.1963, leg. Zhang Youwei" (IZAS), 2 ♂♂ [China] "Mt. Jiulianshan, Longnan, Jiangxi, 6.VI.1975, leg. Zhang Youwei" (IZAS), 1 ♂ [China] "Sidu, Guidong county, Hunan, 10.VII.2008, 774m, leg. Yang Ganyan" (IZAS), 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ [China] "Qiliqiao, Chong'anxingcun, Fujian, 7,12,13.VII.1963, 840m, leg. Zhang Youwei" (IZAS).

Description.

Body length: 7.2 mm, length of elytra: 5.2 mm, width: 4.2 mm.

Labroclypeus surface with a few erect setae. Disc of frons with a few single setae. Smooth area in front of eye approximately 4 times as wide as long. Eyes large; ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.82. Antennal club 1.4 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined.

Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.5. Metafemur with a serrated continuous line beside anterior margin, with fine sparse punctures behind line each bearing a short seta.

Metatibia moderately long, ratio width/length: 1/3.25; basal group of dorsal spines of metatibia behind middle; beside dorsal margin in basal half with a blunt carina being partly finely serrate.

Aedeagus. Fig. 10 A–C. Habitus: Fig. 10D.

Female unknown.

Variation.

Body length: 6.8-7.2 mm, length of elytra: 5.0-5.2 mm, width: 3.8-4.2 mm.

Diagnosis.

Tetraserica anhuaensis sp. n. differs in a number of characters from all so far known Tetraserica species: metafemur possessing a serrated continuous line beside anterior margin and fine sparse punctures with short setae behind line; the labroclypeus and frons having a few erect setae on disc; basal group of dorsal spines situated behind the middle of metatibia; metatibia beside dorsal margin in basal half with a blunt carina being partly finely serrate.

Etymology.

The new species is named after its type locality, Anhua.