Additions to the Neoserica calva group from continental South East Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)

Dirk Ahrens; Phu VAN Pham

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5032.3.3

Additions to the Neoserica calva group from continental South East Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)

Zootaxa. 2021 Sep 8;5032(3):357-378. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5032.3.3.

Authors

Dirk Ahrens¹, Phu VAN Pham²

Affiliations

¹ Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany. . ahrens.dirk_col@gmx.de.
² Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam. . phupham.iebr@gmail.com.

PMID: 34811122
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5032.3.3

Abstract

In this paper we revise the species of the Neoserica calva group from continental South East Asia, which was so far known only from China. Here we describe 11 new species from Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam: Neoserica allosigillata Ahrens Pham, new species, N. axelkalliesi Ahrens Pham, new species, N. chetaoensis Ahrens Pham, new species, N. diplospinosa Ahrens Pham, new species, N. fragilis Ahrens Pham, new species, N. ihlei Ahrens Pham, new species, N. judsoni Ahrens Pham, new species, N. peregovitsi Ahrens Pham, new species, N. rufoplagiatoides Ahrens Pham, new species, N. sharkeyi Ahrens Pham, new species, and N. tramton Ahrens Pham, new species.

MeSH terms

Animals
Coleoptera*