A taxonomic revision of the Neoserica (sensu lato) pilosula group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

Wan-Gang Liu; Silvia Fabrizi; Ming Bai; Xing-Ke Yang; Dirk Ahrens

doi:10.3897/zookeys.440.8126

A taxonomic revision of the Neoserica (sensu lato) pilosula group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini)

Zookeys. 2014 Sep 15:(440):89-113. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.440.8126. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Wan-Gang Liu¹, Silvia Fabrizi², Ming Bai³, Xing-Ke Yang³, Dirk Ahrens²

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Box 92, No. 1, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, P.R. China ; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road, Shijingshan, Beijing, 100039, P.R. China.
² Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
³ Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Box 92, No. 1, Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, P.R. China.

Abstract

Nine new species of the Neoserica (sensu lato) pilosula Moser, 1915, group are described from China: Neoserica curvipenis sp. n., N. emeishanensis sp. n., N. lincangensis sp. n., N. ludingensis sp. n., N. lushuiana sp. n., N. rangshuiensis sp. n., N. shennongjiaensis sp. n., N. tianeana sp. n., and N. weibaoshanica sp. n. The lectotype of Neoserica pilosula Moser, 1915, is designated. Habitus and male genitalia are illustrated, a key to the species of the group and a map of species distribution are given.

Keywords: Beetles; China; Neoserica; chafers; new species.