Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Scarabaeidae

Gastroserica yingi Ahrens & Pacholatko, 2007

Material examined.

1 ♂ "Huawangshanzhuang, Jinxiu, Guangxi, 900m, 20.V.1999, Zhang Yanzhou leg." (IZAS), 1 ♂ "Tonkin, Mont Bavi, 900-1000m, VIII.1940, leg. P.A. de Cooman" (IZAS), 1 ♂"Mengzhe, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, 1200m, 15.VI.1958, Pu Fuji leg." (IZAS), 1 ♂ "Tianchi, Jianfeng, Hainan, 11.IV.1980, 900m" (IZAS).

Remarks.

The specimens examined here, except the one from Tonkin, diverge somewhat from the holotype of Gastroserica yingi in the shape of the right paramere. However, it cannot be determined if this is due to local variation, or if there is some as yet unrecognized geographical pattern.