Abstract
In this paper, additional new species of Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1897 and the Neoserica calva group from continental Southeast Asia are described: Gynaecoserica krausi Ahrens, new species (Laos), G. obfuscata Ahrens, new species (Laos), Neoserica champassakensis Ahrens, new species (Laos), N. fairyqueen Ahrens, new species (Thailand), and N. samuelsoni Ahrens, new species (Laos). The habitus as well as the aedeagus of the new species are illustrated. New records of further species of the two genera are given.
References
Ahrens, D. (1996) Revision der Sericini des Himalaya und angrenzender Gebiete. Die Gattungen Lasioserica Brenske, 1896 und Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1896 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea). Coleoptera, Schwanfelder Coleopterologische Mitteilungen, 16, 1–48.
Ahrens, D. (1999) New species and records of Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1896, Calloserica Brenske, 1894, Nepaloserica Frey, 1965 and Lasioserica Brenske, 1896 from the Himalayas and adjacent regions (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae, Sericini). Entomologische Abhandlungen, 58, 181–242.
Ahrens, D. (2003) Zur Identität der Gattung Neoserica Brenske, 1894, nebst Beschreibung neuer Arten (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae, Sericini). Koleopterologische Rundschau, 73, 169–226.
Ahrens, D. (2004) Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de—Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.
Ahrens, D. (2021a) Further two new species of the Neoserica (sensu stricto) group from China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini). Journal of Natural History, 54 (45–46), 2927–2936. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1884761
Ahrens, D. (2021b) New species of the genus Gynaecoserica from Indochina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini). Zootaxa, 5005 (2), 218–226. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5005.2.7
Ahrens, D. & Fabrizi, S. (2009a) A review on the genus Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1897 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini). Journal of Natural History, 43, 1505–1584. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930902968809
Ahrens, D. & Fabrizi, S. (2009b) New species of Sericini from the Eastern Himalaya and Tibet (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). In: Hartmann, M. & Weipert, M. (Eds.), Biodiversität und Naturausstattung im Himalaya III. Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Naturkundemuseums Erfurt e.V., Erfurt, pp. 249–284.
Ahrens, D. & Fabrizi, S. (2011) New species of Sericini from the Himalaya and adjacent mountains (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Bonn Zoological Bulletin, 60 (2), 139–164.
Ahrens, D. & Fabrizi, S. (2016) A Monograph of the Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Bonn zoological Bulletin, 65, 1–355.
Ahrens, D. Liu, W.G., Fabrizi, S., Bai, M. & Yang, X.K. (2014a) A taxonomic review of the Neoserica (sensu lato) septemlamellata group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini). ZooKeys, 402, 76–102. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.402.7360
Ahrens, D., Liu, W.G., Fabrizi, S., Bai, M. & Yang, X.K. (2014b) A taxonomic review of the Neoserica (sensu lato) abnormis group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini). ZooKeys, 439, 28–82. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.439.8055
Ahrens, D., Liu, W.G., Fabrizi, S., Bai, M. & Yang, X.K. (2014c) A revision of the species of the Neoserica (sensu lato) vulpes group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini). Journal of Natural History. Journal of Natural History, 49 (17–18), 1073–1130. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.974707
Bohacz, C. & Ahrens, D. (2020) A new species of the Neoserica (sensu lato) vulpes group from China, with a corrigendum on Neoserica ailaoshanica Liu et al., 2014 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini). Journal of Natural History, 53 (47–48), 2991–2997. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2020.1758819
Eberle J., Fabrizi S., Lago P. & Ahrens D. (2017) A historical biogeography of megadiverse Sericini—another story “out of Africa”? Cladistics, 33, 183–197. https://doi.org/10.1111/cla.12162
Fabrizi, S. & Ahrens, D. (2014) A Monograph of the Sericini of Sri Lanka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Bonn Zoological Bulletin, Supplement 61, 1–124.
Liu, W.G., Fabrizi, S., Bai, M., Yang, X.K. & Ahrens, D. (2014a) A taxonomic revision of the Neoserica (sensu lato) calva group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini). ZooKeys, 448, 47–81. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.448.8368
Liu, W.G., Bai, M., Yang, X.K. & Ahrens, D. (2014b) Towards an improved knowledge of Sericini of the Tibetan highland: new species and records (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Bonn zoological Bulletin, 63, 157–172.
Liu, W.G., Fabrizi, S., Bai, M., Yang, X.K. & Ahrens, D. (2014c) A taxonomic revision of the Neoserica (sensu lato) pilosula group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini). ZooKeys, 440, 89–113. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.440.8126
Liu, W.G., Bai, M., Yang, X.K. & Ahrens, D. (2015) New species and records of the Neoserica (sensu stricto) group (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini). Journal of Natural History, 49 (39–40), 2379–2395. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1034208
Liu, W.G., Fabrizi, S., Bai, M., Yang, X.K. & Ahrens, D. (2016) A taxonomic revision of Neoserica (sensu lato): the species groups N. lubrica, N. obscura, and N. silvestris (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini). ZooKeys, 635, 123–160. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.635.9915
Liu, W.G., Bai, M., Yang, X.K. & Ahrens, D. (2017) New species and records of Lasioserica and Gynaecoserica from China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini). Bonn zoological Bulletin, 66 (1), 29–36.
Liu, W.G., Fabrizi, S., Bai, M., Yang, X.K. & Ahrens, D. (2019) A taxonomic revision of Chinese Neoserica (sensu lato): final part (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini). Bonn zoological Bulletin, Supplement 64, 1–71.
Sreedevi, K., Speer, J., Fabrizi, S. & Ahrens, D. (2018) New species and records of Sericini scarab beetles from the Indian subcontinent (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). ZooKeys, 772, 97–128. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.772.25320
Sreedevi, K., Ranasinghe, S., Fabrizi, S. & Ahrens, D. (2019) New species and records of Sericini scarab beetles from the Indian subcontinent (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) II. European Journal of Taxonomy, 567, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2019.567