Nipponoserica koltzei (Reitter, 1897)

Liu, Wan-Gang, Fabrizi, Silvia, Yang, Xingke, Bai, Ming & Ahrens, Dirk, 2017, New species of Nipponoserica and Paraserica from China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini), ZooKeys 721, pp. 65-91 : 65

Nipponoserica koltzei (Reitter, 1897) Figure 4

Serica koltzei Reitter, 1897: 214.

Nipponoserica koltzei : Nomura 1973: 139; Nikolaev 2002: 98; Ahrens 2004b: 7.

Pseudoserica koltzei : Nikolaev 1980: 40.

Nipponoserica opacicarina Kim & Kim, 2003: 76; syn by Ahrens 2007: 9.

Additional material examined.

2 ex. "China, W Henan, 9.VII.2006 Funiu Shan, 33°42'N, 112°15'E Shirenshan 1400-1900m, Jaroslav Turna leg. "(ZFMK), 17 ex. "China, W Henan, 6-7.VII.2006 Funiu Shan, 33°31'N, 111°56'E Baotianman, 1500-1750m, Jaroslav Turna leg." (ZFMK), 1 ex. "China-Shaanxi, SW Tsinling Mts., Taiping vill., 33°33'N, 106°43'E, June 2000, 1500-2000m, Siniaev & Plutenko leg." (CPPB), 1 ex. "China-Shaanxi, Tsinling Mts., Houzhenzi vill., 33°53'N, 107°49'E, June-Juli 2000, 1500m, Siniaev & Plutenko leg." (CPPB), 2 ex. "China, 1000-1300m, Shaanxi, Qinling mts., Xunyangba (6km E) 23.v.-13.vi.1998 J.H. Marshal leg." (CPPB), 1 ex. "China, W Henan, 7.-8.VII.2007, Funju Shan, N33°42', E112°15', Shirenshan, 1500m, leg. Jaroslav Turna" (ZFMK), 1 ♂ "Bayi, Xizang, No.255" (IZAS), 1 ♂ “Ha’erbin, 16.VI.1960" (IZAS), 3 ♂♂ "Getiaopa, Neixiang, Henan, 15.VII.1998, 600m, leg. Zhang Youwei" (IZAS).

Distribution.

The species was known from South Korea, and Far East of Russia, as well as Gansu and Hubei provinces of China ( Ahrens and Bezdek 2016). It is now recorded for the first time from Henan, Shaanxi, and Xizang provinces of China.