Tetraserica doiphukhaensis, Fabrizi, Silvia, Dalstein, Vivian & Ahrens, Dirk, 2019

Fabrizi, Silvia, Dalstein, Vivian & Ahrens, Dirk, 2019, A monograph on the genus Tetraserica from the Indochinese region (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini), ZooKeys 837, pp. 1-155 : 100-101

Tetraserica doiphukhaensis sp. n. Figures 44, 46

Type material examined.

Holotype: ♂ "Thai, N, Nan prov., Doi Phu Kha N.P, Headq., 19°13'N, 101°7'E, 28.iv-1.v.1999., M Riha leg. /coll. P Pacholátko / 139 Sericini Asia spec." (CPPB).

Description.

Length of body: 8.8 mm; length of elytra: 6.3 mm; maximum width: 5.3 mm. Surface of labroclypeus and disc of frons glabrous. Smooth area anterior to eye twice as wide as long. Eyes small, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.54. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.75. Metatibia moderately long and wide, ratio width/length: 1/3.5; basal group of dorsal spines of metatibia at first third of metatibial length.

Aedeagus: Fig. 44 A–C. Habitus: Fig. 44D.

Female unknown.

Diagnosis.

Tetraserica doiphukhaensis sp. n. differs from all other Tetraserica in having a very short median phallobasal lamina, by having the left paramere short and stout, and a simple right paramere without a dorsal lobe.

Etymology.

The new species is named after the type locality, Doi Phu Kha NP (adjective in the nominative singular).