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Issue: Vol. 667 No. 1: 1 Oct. 2004
Type: Articles
Published: 2004-10-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.667.1.1
Page range: 1–14
Abstract views: 187
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Revision of the Microserica lineata Moser, 1915-group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)

Deutsches Entomologisches Institut im ZALF, Eberswalder Str. 84, D-15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Sericini Microserica India Thailand new species

Abstract

The species of the Microserica lineata Moser, 1915-group are revised. The species belonging to this group are characterized by the almost completely reduced left paramere, by the metafemur possessing a robust and continuously serrated line adjacent to the anterior margin, and by a phallobase with a extremely deep dorsomedian sinuation reaching almost the basal end of the phallobase. Two species, M. lineata Moser, 1915 and M. squamulata (Moser, 1915) comb. n., have been recognized to share these characters. Two additional new species, are described herein M. geberbauer sp. n., from Thailand, and M. crenatostriata sp. n., Meghalaya (India). A diagnostic key is given for the identification of the species. A lectotype is designated for M. squamulata.

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