Gynaecoserica cymosa ( Brenske, 1896 )

Ahrens, Dirk & Fabrizi, Silvia, 2009, A review of the genus Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1896 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini), Journal of Natural History 43 (25 - 26), pp. 1505-1584 : 1535

Gynaecoserica cymosa ( Brenske, 1896)

( Figures 8G, J , 10B ) Chaetoserica cymosa Brenske, 1896: 154 ; Brenske 1898: 313. Gynaecoserica cymosa: Ahrens 1996: 34 ; 1999: 183; 2004: 104. Paragynaecoserica pubescens Khan and Ghai, 1982: 63 ; syn. by Ahrens 1996: 34.

Additional material examined

3 ex. “NE India, Meghalaya state, Mawphlang vill. GPS N25°26,7 ¢ E 91°45,2 ¢ ( WGS 84 ) 2.–3. VI ., 10.VI.1996 alt. 1700 ± 50 m E. Jendek & O. Šauša leg.” ( TICB), 3 ex. “NE India, Meghalaya state, Khasi Hills reg. Shillong peak 4.-5. VI .1996 alt. 1850 ± 50 m GPS N25°32,8 ¢ E 91°52,5 ¢ ( WGS 84 ) E. Jendek & O. Šauša leg.” ( TICB), 128 ex. (ƋƋ) “NE India Meghalaya 1999 9 km NW of Jowai ; 1400 m; 25°30¢ N 92°10 ¢E 12. v. Dembický & Pacholátko ” ( TICB), 2 ex. “NE India, Meghalaya, SW of Cherrapunjee , 25°13¢–15¢N, 91°47¢E , 500–900m, L. Dembický leg., 11.–12.v.2004 ” ( TICB), 16 ex. “NE India, Meghalaya, 8 km N of Shillong , 25°38¢ N, 91°54¢E , 1200 m, L. Dembický leg., 7.– 9.v.2004 ” ( TICB) .

Remarks

The species was revised by Ahrens (1996). It is distributed in the hilly regions of Darjeeling, Sikkim and the Khasi Hills ( India, Figure 10B ) ( Ahrens 2004).

Figures

Figure 8. (A–F) Habitus of the species (not to scale). (G–K) Female genitalia (scale bars G,H, 0.5 mm; I–K, 0.25 mm), dorsal overview (G, H), sclerotized portion of ductus bursae, dorsal view. (A) Gynaecoserica nahangensis sp. nov. (4 mm; holotype), (B) G. singhikensis Ahrens (6.7 mm; paratype: Sikkim: Rangeli River), (C) G. tumba Ahrens (5.4 mm; holotype), (D) G. variipennis variipennis (Moser) (6.5 mm; Sikkim, Pemayangtse), (E) G. obliqua sp. nov. (5.3 mm; holotype), (F) G. vogleri sp. nov. (6.1 mm; holotype), (G, J) G. cymosa (Brenske) (Meghalaya; 9 km NW of Jowai), (H, I) G. lobiceps sp. nov. (paratype: West Garo Hills, Nokrek N.P.), (K) G. keithi sp. nov. (paratype: Meghalaya; 9 km NW of Jowai).

Figure 10. Distribution of Gynaecoserica species (A, upper panel; B, lower panel). “?” indicates the rather imprecise type locality (Tenasserim) of G. jelineki sp. nov. in Myanmar.