Maladera granuligera (Blanchard, 1850)

Fabrizi, Silvia, Liu, Wan-Gang, Bai, Ming, Yang, Xing-Ke & Ahrens, Dirk, 2021, A monograph of the genus Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871 of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), Zootaxa 4922 (1), pp. 1-400 : 177-178

Maladera granuligera (Blanchard, 1850) group

Key to species of the Maladera granuligera (Blanchard, 1850) group occurring in China (³³):

1 Aedeagus without processes............................................................................ 2

1’ Aedeagus with apical processes.......................................................................... 3

2 Phallobase convexly produced at mesodorsal apex. Parameres with basal lobes................................................................................................. Maladera lushanensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu , sp. n.

2’ Phallobase flat at apex. Parameres without basal lobes............... Maladera maguanensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu , sp. n.

3 Phallobase at apex with lateral process........................................... Maladera siniaevi Ahrens, 2004

3’ Phallobase at apex with dorsal process.................................................................... 4

4 Dorsal process of phallobase wide at base, but short, abruptly bent ventrally and narrowed....................................................................................... Maladera baoxingensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu , sp. n.

4’ Dorsal process of phallobase long and not bent ventrally....................................................... 5

5 Apex of phallobase process abruptly narrowed, narrowed part short. Right paramere split into two lobes................ 6

5’ Apex of phallobase process evenly narrowed, narrowed part long. Right paramere simple, not split into two lobes......... 7

6 Mesoventral lobe of right paramere not widened at apex. Parameres equal in length............................................................................................ Maladera mupingensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu , sp. n.

6’ Mesoventral lobe of right paramere strongly widened at apex, hammer-like. Left paramere longer than right...................................................................... Maladera shiruguanensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu , sp. n.

7 Left paramere much longer than right............................ Maladera guanxianensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu , sp. n.

7’ Left paramere only little longer than right..................... Maladera guangzhaishanica Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu , sp. n.