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Issue: Vol. 5005 No. 2: 26 Jul. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-07-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.2.7
Page range: 218-226
Abstract views: 342
PDF downloaded: 22

New species of the genus Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1896 from Indochina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum A. Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
Scarab beetles chafers Indochina new species Coleoptera

Abstract

Here I describe five additional new species of Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1896 from Indochina: Gynaecoserica bihtanensis Ahrens, new species (from Myanmar), G. fallaciosa Ahrens, new species , G. feresimplex Ahrens, new species, G. pseudocymosa Ahrens, new species (all from Thailand), G. ottoi Ahrens, new species (from Laos). The male genitalia of the new species are illustrated.

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