Eumaladera opaciventris (Moser, 1915) Moser, 1915

Ahrens, Dirk, 2007, Taxonomic changes and an updated catalogue for the Palaearctic Sericini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), Zootaxa 1504, pp. 1-51 : 5-6

Eumaladera opaciventris (Moser, 1915) new combination

( Figs. 6–8 )

Autoserica opaciventris Moser, 1915b: 355 .

Maladera opaciventris: Kim & Lee 1997: 129 ; Ahrens 2006b: 237. Maladera nitidiceps (misapplication): Stebnicka 1980: 258. Maladera coreana Kim & Kim, 2003b: 83 ; new synonymy.

Type material examined. Syntypes: 1 ɗ "Seoul Korea / Autoserica opaciventris Type ɗ Mos." ( ZMHB), 1 Ψ "Seoul Korea / Autoserica opaciventris Type Ψ Mos." ( ZMHB), 7 ɗɗ, 3 ΨΨ "Seoul Korea " ( ZMHB).

Additional material examined. 1 specimen (ɗ) "Seoul Korea / Collectio Coleopterorum Johan Albert Hultgreen / Serica …[illegible] sp. n. / 1." ( MZLU).

Remarks. The male copulatory organ of Maladera coreana figured by Kim & Kim (2003b) is virtually identical in shape with the male syntype of Eumaladera opaciventris . This species was erroneously treated as ' Maladera nitidiceps Nomura, 1967 ' by Stebnicka (1980).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 12. Figs. 1 – 3: Maladera lignicolor (Fairmaire) (holotype of Serica tenebrosa Frey: Kuatun [China]); Figs. 4 – 5: M. verticalis (Fairmaire) (lectotype: " Pekin " [China]); Figs. 6 – 8: Eumaladera opaciventris (Moser) (syntype: " Seoul Korea / Autoserica opaciventris Type ♂ Mos. "); Figs. 9 – 12: Eumaladera subrugata (Moser) (syntype: " Peking Exp. Stötzner / Autoserica subrugata Type Mos. "). Figs. 1, 6, 9: aedeagus, left side lateral view; Figs. 3, 8, 12: aedeagus, right side lateral view; Figs. 2, 4, 7, 10: parameres, dorsal view; Figs. 5, 11: parameres, ventral view. Scale bar = 0. 5 mm.