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Issue: Vol. 5691 No. 2: 9 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5691.2.2
Page range: 193-230
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New species and records of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 from Indochina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae)

Museum A. Koenig; Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB); Adenauerallee 127; 53113 Bonn; Germany; Institute of Biology; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet; Cau Giay; Hanoi; Vietnam
Merhautova 68; Brno; Czech Republic
Museum A. Koenig; Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB); Adenauerallee 127; 53113 Bonn; Germany
Coleoptera Scarab beetles chafers continental Se asia new records new species

Abstract

An update to the taxonomy and distribution of species of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from continental Southeast Asia is given. We present new records of 57 taxa and describe 14 new species: Tetraserica elargata Ahrens, Pacholátko & Pham, sp. nov., T. guidosabatinellii Ahrens, Pacholátko & Pham, sp. nov., T. haucki Ahrens, Pacholátko & Pham, sp. nov., T. konplong Ahrens, Pacholátko & Pham, sp. nov., T. lucieae Ahrens, Pacholátko & Pham, sp. nov., T. misofi Ahrens, Pacholátko & Pham, sp. nov., T. paraspinicrus Ahrens, Pacholátko & Pham, sp. nov., T. pseudospinicrus Ahrens, Pacholátko & Pham, sp. nov., T. quangnam Ahrens, Pacholátko & Pham, sp. nov., T. quangtri Ahrens, Pacholátko & Pham, sp. nov., T. schnelli Ahrens, Pacholátko & Pham, sp. nov., T. similis Ahrens, Pacholátko & Pham, sp. nov., T. sonla Ahrens, Pacholátko & Pham, sp. nov., T. strbai Ahrens, Pacholátko & Pham, sp. nov. The name of Tetraserica semidamaidiensis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019 is emended in respect to its incorrect original spelling: Tetraserica semidamadiensis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019. The male genitalia of the new species are illustrated and diagnostic characters to related species are given. The key to species of Asian mainland is updated.

 

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How to Cite

Pham, P.V., Pacholátko, P. & Ahrens, D. (2025) New species and records of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 from Indochina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa, 5691 (2), 193–230. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5691.2.2