Gynaecoserica variipennis variipennis ( Moser, 1916 )

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 : 1579

Gynaecoserica variipennis variipennis ( Moser, 1916)

( Figures 8D , 9B )

Lasioserica variipennis Moser, 1916: 153 ; Frey 1962: 134.

Gynaecoserica variipennis variipennis: Ahrens 1996: 35 ; 1999: 184; 2004: 107; 2006: 411.

Additional material examined

One ex. “I-[ India] W.Bengal, 12.– 16.5.1991, Siliguri env., St.Jakl lgt.” ( TICB), 1 ex. “ Nepal N Kathmandu Shivapuri Lekh 18–1900 m, upper Bagmati riv. Valley 24.5.05 leg. J. Schmidt ” ( NME) .

Remarks

The species was revised by Ahrens (1996). This subspecies of G. variipennis is distributed in the lower mountains (500–3000 m) from eastern central Nepal to east Sikkim ( Figure 9B ).

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 9. Distribution of Gynaecoserica species (A, upper panel; B, lower panel). “?” in (B) indicates the not precisely localized collecting locality of G. gisionensis sp. nov. in Vientiane province in Laos.