Tetraserica nonglomensis, 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 : 83-84

Tetraserica nonglomensis sp. n. Figures 36, 51

Type material examined.

Holotype: ♂ "S LAOS, Attapu, Nong Lom (lake), 18-30.iv.1999 800 m, 15°02N, 106°35'E, E Jendek & O Šauša leg./ Coll. P Pacholátko / 196 Sericini Asia spec." (CPPB).

Description.

Length of body: 8 mm; length of elytra: 6.3 mm; maximum width: 5 mm. Surface of labroclypeus and disc of frons glabrous. Smooth area anterior to eye twice as wide as long. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.56. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.88. Metatibia short and wide, ratio width/length: 1/2.73; basal group of dorsal spines of metatibia at first third of metatibial length.

Aedeagus: Fig. 36 I–K. Habitus: Fig. 36L.

Female unknown.

Diagnosis.

Tetraserica nonglomensis sp. n. is rather similar to T. breviforceps sp. n.; T. nonglomensis sp. n. differs by the much longer, robust dorsal lobe of left paramere.

Etymology.

The new species is named after the type locality, Nong Lom Lake (adjective in the nominative singular).