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03DC87BEE11BFFB7FF7FFB9C9AEDF4D9.text	03DC87BEE11BFFB7FF7FFB9C9AEDF4D9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica Nomura 1974	<div><p>Amiserica Nomura, 1974</p> <p>Amiserica Nomura, 1974: 81 (type species by monotypy: Amiserica rufidula Nomura, 1974); Ahrens 2004 b: 126, 2007c: 11.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Roughly, currently Amiserica comprises species with an antennal club composed of three lamellae (both sexes), with a metafemur which has a serrated line adjacent to the anterior margin, and with a serrated line beside the dorsal margin of metatibia (at least in basal half).</p> <p>Among Amiserica, we may distinguish the following species groups:</p> <p>1 Apex of metatibia moderately deeply concavely truncate...................................................... 2</p> <p>- Apex of metatibia deeply and sharply truncate. (Himalaya)......................... Amiserica costulata (Frey) group</p> <p>2 Dorsal surface of body sparsely setose or nearly glabrous...................................................... 3</p> <p>- Dorsal surface of body densely and erectly setose............................................................ 7</p> <p>3 Dorsal surface of body sparsely setose and generally multi-coloured. (NE India, Indochina)................................................................................................ Amiserica insperata (Brenske) group</p> <p>- Dorsal surface of body apart from minute setae in punctures and a few very single longer setae on sides of elytra glabrous and generally unicoloured.................................................................................. 4</p> <p>4 Body surface dull. Each paramere with a membraneous sacculus at apex. Antennal club in male with 3 or 4 antennomeres. Antenna composed by 10 antennomeres. Metafemur with serrated line adjacent to anterior margin. (E-Asia).................................................................................... Amiserica rufidula (Nomura) group</p> <p>- Body surface shiny. Parameres without a membraneous sacculus at apex. Antennal club in male with 3 antennomeres. Antenna composed by 9 antennomeres............................................................................ 5</p> <p>5 Metafemur without serrated line adjacent to anterior margin. Posterior margins of metafemur serrated.................. 6</p> <p>- Metafemur with serrated line adjacent to anterior margin. Posterior margins of metafemur smooth, not serrated........................................................................................... Amiserica gulinqin group</p> <p>6 Phallobase with a narrow apical dorsomedian process. Parameres asymmetric and strongly bilobate. (China)......................................................................................... Amiserica guizhouensis group</p> <p>- Phallobase without a narrow apical dorsomedian process. Parameres symmetric and simple, not bilobate. (China)..................................................................................... Amiserica venxianensis group</p> <p>7 Parameres and phallobase strongly asymmetric. (China)................................... Amiserica jizuensis group</p> <p>- Parameres and phallobase symmetric. (Himalaya)................................ Amiserica argentata (Frey) group</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE11BFFB7FF7FFB9C9AEDF4D9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE11AFFB5FF7FFF009AECF2D7.text	03DC87BEE11AFFB5FF7FFF009AECF2D7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica rufidula (Nomura)	<div><p>Amiserica rufidula (Nomura) group</p> <p>Checklist (up to this paper):</p> <p>Amiserica rufidula Nomura, 1974: 84.</p> <p>Amiserica babai Kobayashi, 1988 b: 53. (uncertain assignment)</p> <p>Amiserica shizumui Kobayashi, 1980: 17. (uncertain assignment)</p> <p>Remarks. After the revision of extensive material of the genus Maladera Mulsant &amp; Rey, 1871 from China (Fabrizi et al. 2021), we could recognize Amiserica loi Kobayashi, 1991 (based on the original description and without the need of examination of the type material) as representative of the subgenus Eumaladera Nomura, 1967: Maladera (Eumaladera) loi (Kobayashi, 1991), new combination. This species is excluded from Amiserica based on its characteristic genital morphology (Kobayashi 1991: Fig. 7a–c).</p> <p>The species group assignment of the other included species is rather complicated. Amiserica shizumui Kobayashi, 1980 (see Ahrens 2002) and Amiserica babai Kobayashi, 1988 lack the membraneous sacs of parameres. However, in the first species, the metatibia also possesses a long serrated line beside the dorsal margin and a serrated line close to the anterior margin of metafemur while the anterior margin is robustly margined. Possibly both species represent isolated lineages. We had no material available for Amiserica babai.</p> <p>Key to the species of the Amiserica rufidula (Nomura) group (♂♂)</p> <p>1 Antennal club composed of 3 antennomeres................................................................. 2</p> <p>- Antennal club composed of 4 antennomeres................................................................ 4</p> <p>2 Metatibia lacking serrated line.......................................................................... 3</p> <p>- Metatibia lacking serrated line present. Left dorsolateral apical process of phallobase.......... A. rufidula Nomura, 1974</p> <p>3 Dorsolateral processes of phallobase subsymmetrical......... A. zhongtiaoshanensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>- Dorsolateral processes of phallobase distinctly asymmetrical........ A. sacculiforceps Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>4 Apex of phallobase with at least short dorsolateral processes, phallobase mesoventrally enlarged...................... 9</p> <p>- Apex of phallobase without long dorsolateral processes, phallobase mesoventrally not enlarged....................... 5</p> <p>5 Antennal club long, twice as long as remining antennomeres combined. (Vietnam)......................................................................................... A. basisymmetrica Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>- Antennal club very long, three times as long as remaining antennomeres combined.................................. 6</p> <p>6 Metatibia widest at middle and moderately wide, basal group of spines reduced to a single robust seta.................. 8</p> <p>- Metatibia widest at apex and narrow, with a distinct basal group of spines at middle. Basal lobe of right paramere shorter and convexly rounded at mesal apex.......................................................................... 7</p> <p>7 Metatibia with serrated line beside dorsal margin. Parameres at apex weakly curved dorsally, lateral lobe of left paramere attached to the paramere (Taiwan).................................................. A. antennalis (Nomura, 1974)</p> <p>- Metatibia without serrated line beside dorsal margin. Parameres at apex strongly curved dorsally, lateral lobe of left paramere distinctly divergent from the paramere (Yunnan)............... A. pseudoantennalis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>8 Apex of phallobase entirely without dorsolateral processes. Basal lobe of right paramere long and sharply pointed at mesal apex. (Vietnam)................................................. A. strnadi Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>- Apex of phallobase with a short lateral process on the right side. Basal lobe of right paramere short and convex at apex. (Vietnam)................................................... A. eucurviforceps Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>9 Metatibia with serrated line beside dorsal margin. Dorsolateral phallobasal processes shorter than half length of parameres. 10</p> <p>- Metatibia without serrated line beside dorsal margin. Dorsolateral phallobasal processes more than half length of parameres................................................................................................... 11</p> <p>10 Mesoventral extension of phallobase in lateral view of equal height. Right paramere short and weakly bent. Right dorsolateral processes short, not exceeding the base of right paramere.......... A. diaocangshana Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>- Mesoventral extension of phallobase in lateral view highest at middle. Right paramere longer and strongly bent. Right dorsolateral processes longer, distinctly exceeding distally the base of right paramere.............................................................................................. A. longxinensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>11 Narrowed portion of left phallobasal dorsolateral apical process straight and about half as long as the process itself....... 12</p> <p>- Narrowed portion of left phallobasal dorsolateral apical process short and curved, much less than half as long as the process itself.............................................................................................. 13</p> <p>12 Right paramere strongly narrowed at middle (lateral view). Right dorsolateral apical process of phallobase wide......................................................................... A. incisa Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>- Right paramere even in width (lateral view). Right dorsolateral apical process of phallobase narrow.............................................................................. A. pseudoincisa Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>13 Left paramere subparallel (in lateral view)................................................................ 14</p> <p>- Left paramere convexly narrowed from basal third towards apex and base (in lateral view).................................................................................... A. funiushanica Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>14 Dorsolateral apical process of phallobase covering less than half of parameres. Right paramere slightly bent dorsally at middle (lateral view)........................................................................................ 15</p> <p>- Dorsolateral apical process of phallobase covering more than half of parameres. Right paramere straight (lateral view).................................................................... A. piaoac Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>15 Left paramere almost straight (lateral view). The right dorsolateral apical process of phallobase is more robust and more rounded at apex............................................ A. fengyangensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>- Left paramere curved upward (lateral view). The right process of the dorsolateral apical processes of phallobase is shorter and narrower than the left one....................................... A. jiuhuensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE11AFFB5FF7FFF009AECF2D7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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03DC87BEE119FFB4FF7FFDB29D2AF2F1.text	03DC87BEE119FFB4FF7FFDB29D2AF2F1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica rufidula Nomura 1974	<div><p>Amiserica rufidula Nomura, 1974</p> <p>Figures 1A–D, 15</p> <p>Amiserica rufidula Nomura, 1974: 84; Ahrens 2002: 54, 2006b: 229, 2007: 11; Ahrens &amp; Bezděk 2016: 282.</p> <p>Material examined. 5 ♀♀ “ Taiwan: Tao Yuan Co. 65 km N Crossing Highway alt. 1400 m 28.VIII.1993 Collr. C. C. Chen” (ZFMK), 1 ex. “NE Taiwan: I Lan Co. Tai Ping Shan, alt. 1700 m 1/VII/1991 Coll. C. H. Tseng ” (ZFMK), 1 ex. “ Taiwan: Prov. Nan-Tou, Tayuling 2550 m, 07–08.1996 leg. Gy. Fabian &amp; F. Nemes ” (HNHM), 1 ♂ “Taiwan, Hualien Co. Rei Suei, logging road, 1500 m, 23°21’09N, 121°16’49E 31.VIII.2003, G. Csorba &amp; Z. Korsós” (HNHM).</p> <p>Redescription of male. Length: 6.6 mm, length of elytra: 4.4 mm, width: 3.4 mm. Body oblong, dark reddish brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent to strongly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct obtuse angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, with a few long erect setae in transverse line at middle; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly impressed and angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons dull, finely and moderately densely punctate, with sparse long setae beside eyes and on disc. Eyes large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.8. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, twice as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half subparallel, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and nearly blunt anterior angles, posterior angles nearly rectangular; anterior margin distinctly convex, with the marginal line narrowly interrupted at middle; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and moderately dense punctures, smooth on basal midline, punctures with minute setae only.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest shortly behind middle, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, punctures with minute setae only, on penultimate lateral interval with a few long erect fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.43. Pygidium strongly convex and dull, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, long setae on posterior half.</p> <p>Legs moderately slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia moderately slender and short, widest at middle, ratio width/length: 1/3.4, sharply carinate dorsally, with the basal group of spines at 3/5 the apical one at 4/5 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until the basal group of spines convergent with dorsal margin, between serrated line and dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with dense and coarse punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin serrated, with three fine and long, equidistant robust setae; medial face sparsely coarsely punctate, punctures with minute setae; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere distinctly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 1A–C. Habitus: Fig. 1D.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE119FFB4FF7FFDB29D2AF2F1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE118FFBBFF7FFDD09F91F1F5.text	03DC87BEE118FFBBFF7FFDD09F91F1F5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica sacculiforceps Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica sacculiforceps Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 1E–H, 15</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ China, Shaanxi, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=107.816666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.883335" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 107.816666/lat 33.883335)">Taibashan Range</a>, 1900m, Houzhenzi vill. env., 1– 12.viii[sic!].1999, 33°53N, 107°49E, V. Siniaev &amp; A. Plutenko lgt. / 841 Sericini: Asia spec.” (CP). Paratypes: 2 ♂♂ “ China, Shaanxi, Taibashan Range, 1900m, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=107.816666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.883335" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 107.816666/lat 33.883335)">Houzhenzi</a> vill. env., 1–12.viii[sic!].1999, 33°53N, 107°49E, V. Siniaev &amp; A. Plutenko lgt.” (CP, ZFMK), 1 ♂ “ China-Shaanxi, SW Tsinling Mts., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=106.71667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.55" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 106.71667/lat 33.55)">Taiping</a> vill., 33°33’N, 106°43’E, June 2000, 1500–2000m, Siniaev &amp; Plutenko leg.” (CP, ZFMK), 1 ♂ “ Liuba, Shaanxi, 16.V.1982, leg. Hu Huiwei ” (MNAFU).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 8.0 mm, length of elytra: 5.9 mm, width: 4.6 mm. Body oblong, reddish brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus moderately wide, subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and moderately convergent to weakly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct obtuse angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, with numerous long erect setae; frontoclypeal suture invisible; smooth area anterior to eye three times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons dull, finely and moderately densely punctate on anterior two thirds, posterior third impunctate, with sparse, long setae beside eyes and on disc. Eyes large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.89. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, 2.8 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half subparallel, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and nearly blunt anterior angles, posterior angles nearly rectangular; anterior margin distinctly convex, with the marginal line widely interrupted at middle; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and moderately dense punctures, smooth on basal midline, punctures with minute setae only.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest in posterior third, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, punctures with minute setae only, on penultimate lateral interval with a few long erect fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.36. Pygidium strongly convex and dull, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, long setae on posterior half.</p> <p>Legs slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia slender and long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/4.0, sharply carinate dorsally, with the basal group of spines at 3/5 the apical one at 5/6 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin without a continuously serrated line, only around coarse spine-bearing punctures serrated, beside dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with dense and coarse punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin serrated, with three fine and long, robust setae of which the distal one is more distant from the others; medial face impunctate and glabrous; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, dense setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere distinctly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 1E–G. Habitus: Fig. 1H. Female unknown.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 8.0– 9.1 mm, length of elytra: 5.9–6.5 mm, width: 4.6–5.0 mm.</p> <p>Diagnosis. The species differs from A. rufidula by the lacking serrated line of metatibia, the larger and more elongate body as well as the narrower legs; the parameres are longer and narrower and the dorsoapical processes of phallobase narrower.</p> <p>Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the combined Latin words sacculus (small sac) and forceps (forceps), with reference to the fine membraneous sacs at the apex of the parameres typical for this species group.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE118FFBBFF7FFDD09F91F1F5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE117FFB9FF7FFCD49B33F011.text	03DC87BEE117FFB9FF7FFCD49B33F011.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica zhongtiaoshanensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica zhongtiaoshanensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 1I–M, 15</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ " China-Shanxi Yongji-Zhongtiaoshan mts. 4.5.– 12.5.2004 leg. E. Kučera / Sericini Asia spec. 1054" (ZFMK). Paratype: 1 ♂ " China, Shaanxi prov., 8–9.v.2011 110 km NEE Xian, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=110.085&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=34.491665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 110.085/lat 34.491665)">Huayin</a> vill. 34°29.5'N, 110°05.1'E, 1275m M. Balke &amp; J. Hájek leg." (NMPC).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 8.2 mm, length of elytra: 5.9 mm, width: 4.8 mm. Body oblong, dark reddish brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus moderately wide, subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent to strongly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface weakly convex and shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, with numerous long erect setae; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly impressed and angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons dull, finely and densely punctate in anterior two third, with sparse long setae beside eyes and on disc, posterior third almost impunctate. Eyes very large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.93. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, 2.3 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent anteriorly, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and blunt anterior angles, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin distinctly convex, with the marginal line widely interrupted at middle; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and moderately dense punctures, smooth on basal midline, punctures with minute setae only.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest shortly behind middle, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, punctures with minute setae only, on penultimate lateral interval with a few long erect fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.37. Pygidium strongly convex and dull, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, long setae on posterior half.</p> <p>Legs slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia slender and moderately long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/3.6, sharply carinate dorsally, with the basal group of spines at middle the apical one at 4/5 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin without a continuously serrated line, only around coarse spine-bearing punctures serrated, beside dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with dense and coarse punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin serrated, with three fine and long, robust setae of which the distal one is more distant from the others; medial face impunctate and glabrous; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, dense setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere distinctly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 1I–L. Habitus: Fig. 1M. Female unknown.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 8.2–9.1 mm, length of elytra: 5.9–6.2 mm, width: 4.7–4.8 mm.</p> <p>Diagnosis. The species differs from A. sacculiforceps Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species by the subsymmetrical dorsolateral processes of phallobase and by the left paramere being not widened at dorsal margin before apex.</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is name after its type locality, Zhongtiaoshan mts.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE117FFB9FF7FFCD49B33F011	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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03DC87BEE115FFBFFF7FFCF09C66F085.text	03DC87BEE115FFBFFF7FFCF09C66F085.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica antennalis (Nomura 1974) Ahrens & Liu & Pham & Fabrizi 2021	<div><p>Amiserica antennalis (Nomura, 1974), new combination</p> <p>Figures 2A–D, 13</p> <p>Lasioserica antennalis Nomura, 1974: 83; Ahrens 2002: 54, 2006b: 233, 2007: 17; Ahrens &amp; Bezděk 2016: 289.</p> <p>Material examined. 1 ♀ “ Taiwan Taichung Hsien, Hsuehshan Chi-Ka 2460 m 6.V.91 A. Smetana (T 67)” (MHNG), 1 ex. “ Taiwan, Taichung Prov. Anmashan region, 1650 m 20.VI.1997 B. Herczig &amp; L. Ronkay ” (HNHM), 2 ex. “ Taiwan Taichung Hsien, Anmashan 2120 m 1.V.1990 A. Smetana [T36]” (MHNG), 1 ex. “ Taiwan Taichung Hsien, Anmashan 2230 m 30.IV.–4.V.90 A. Smetana [T32]” (MHNG), 2 ex. “ Taiwan: Meifeng 26.IV.1983 H. Townes 2150 m ” (HAHC), 2 ex. “ Taiwan: Meifeng 15., 22.V.1983 H. Townes 2150 m ” (HAHC), 4 ex. “ Taiwan: Meifeng 3.V.1983 H. Townes 2150 m ” (HAHC), 3 ex. “ Taiwan: Meifeng 10.V.1983 H. Townes 2150 m ” (HAHC), 4 ex. “ Taiwan: Meifeng 29.V.1983 H. Townes 2150 m ” (HAHC), 5 ex. “ Taiwan, Prov. Tai-Tung, 2 km E of Hsingyang, 2200 m, 11.– 13.03.1996 leg.: Gy. Fábián &amp; L. Németh “ (HNHM), 1 ex. „ Taiwan, Nantou county, Hohuachi, between Lishan and Tayuling, at the road <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=121.26667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=24.183332" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 121.26667/lat 24.183332)">No.</a>, 8, 1950 m, / 24°11’N, 121°16’E, at light, 31.III.2000, A. Kun &amp; L. Peregovits “ (HNHM). From Ahrens (2002), specimens were re-examined here.</p> <p>Redescription. Length: 7.2 mm, length of elytra: 5.5 mm, width: 4.1 mm. Body oblong, dark reddish brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct obtuse angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, with numerous long erect setae; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly impressed and angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons dull, finely and moderately densely punctate, with sparse long setae beside eyes and behind frontoclypeal suture. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.6. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with four antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, 2.5 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half subparallel, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and blunt anterior angles, posterior angles nearly rectangular; anterior margin distinctly convex, with the marginal line narrowly interrupted at middle; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and moderately dense punctures, smooth on basal midline, punctures with minute setae only.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest at posterior quarter, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, punctures with minute setae only, on penultimate lateral interval with a few long erect fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.44. Pygidium strongly convex and dull, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, long setae on posterior half.</p> <p>Legs moderately slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia slender and long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/3.9, sharply carinate dorsally, with the basal group of spines shortly behind the middle, the apical one at 5/6 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until the distal group of spines being curved at level of basal group of spines and being convergent with dorsal margin at apex, between serrated line and dorsal impunctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with sparse and coarse punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin serrated, with four fine and long, equidistant robust setae; medial face impunctate; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere distinctly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 2A–C. Habitus: Fig. 2D.</p> <p>Remarks. Given on the vast variation of genital and antennal morhology represented in the species examined here, we came to the conclusions, that the doubtful Lasioserica Brenske, 1896 species, Lasioserica antennalis Nomura, 1974, is in fact supposedly closely related to Amiserica rufidula Nomura, 1974, in contrast to the other Lasioserica species including its type, Lasioserica nobilis (Brenske, 1894) (see material examined in Ahrens 2002). Interestingly, the state of a 4-lamellate antennal club is common in more species, that the condition of the type species, A. rufidula, having a 3-lamellate club. Consequently, we consider the former to be a member of Amiserica: Amiserica antennalis (Nomura, 1974), new combination.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE115FFBFFF7FFCF09C66F085	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE113FFBEFF7FFC449A1DF715.text	03DC87BEE113FFBEFF7FFC449A1DF715.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica pseudoantennalis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica pseudoantennalis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 2E–H, 14</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ China: N-Yunnan, Baiyungshan (Rai Railing Mts.) 2400m, Yong Ren, VII-2003 leg. Ying et al. / 728 Sericini: Asia spec.” (ZFMK). Paratype: 1 ♂ “ China, W Hubei, 19.V.–12.VI. <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=110.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=31.2" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 110.5/lat 31.2)">Road Xingshan-Badong</a>, 2004 saddle 5km N Gaucho 31.2N 110.5E, pitfall traps Jaroslav Turna leg., 1500m ” (ZFMK), 1 ♂ “N.E. Burma Kambaiti 7000ft. 25/3/1934 R. Malaise ” (NHRS).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 6.9 mm, length of elytra: 5.1 mm, width: 4.5 mm. Body oblong, dark brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus wide, subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent to weakly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, finely and densely punctate, with a few long erect setae; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly impressed and angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons dull, in anterior quarter shiny, finely and densely punctate in anterior half, with a few long setae beside eyes, punctation on posterior third less dense and glabrous. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.64. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with four antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, three times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent anteriorly, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and strongly rounded anterior angles, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin distinctly convex, its marginal line widely lacking; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and dense punctures, smooth on basal midline, punctures with minute setae only.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest in posterior third, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine, evenly and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, punctures with minute setae only, on penultimate lateral interval with a few long erect fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a fine rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.44. Pygidium weakly convex and dull, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, long setae beside posterior margin.</p> <p>Legs slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia slender and moderately long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/3.4, sharply carinate dorsally, the basal group of spines at middle, the apical one at 4/5 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin without a continuously serrated line, only around coarse spine-bearing punctures serrated, beside dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with dense and coarse punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin serrated, with three fine and long, robust setae of which the distal one is more distant from the others; medial face impunctate and glabrous; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, dense setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 1E–G. Habitus: Fig. 1H. Female unknown.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 6.9–7.1 mm, length of elytra: 5.1–5.2 mm, width: 4.4–4.5 mm.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica pseudoantennalis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from A. antennalis by the lacking serrated line of metatibia and by shape of aedeagus by the parameres being at apex strongly curved dorsally and having the lateral lobe of left paramere distinctly divergent from the paramere.</p> <p>Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the combined Greek prefix pseudo- (false), the name antennalis, with reference to the apparent general similarity of the species to the species Amiserica antennalis.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE113FFBEFF7FFC449A1DF715	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE112FFBCFF7FFBCF9BF0F085.text	03DC87BEE112FFBCFF7FFBCF9BF0F085.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica incisa Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica incisa Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 3A–D, 14</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=106.71667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.55" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 106.71667/lat 33.55)">China-Shaanxi</a>, SW Tsinling Mts., Taiping vill., 33°33'N, 106°43'E, June 2000, 1500–2000m, Siniaev &amp; Plutenko leg. / 840 Sericini: Asia spec.” (CP). Paratypes: 18 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ “ China-Shaanxi, SW Tsinling Mts., <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=106.71667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.55" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 106.71667/lat 33.55)">Taiping</a> vill., 33°33'N, 106°43'E, June 2000, 1500–2000m, Siniaev &amp; Plutenko leg.” (CP, ZFMK), 1 ♂ “ China – Shaanxi, Daba Shan, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=108.566666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=32.233334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 108.566666/lat 32.233334)">Shou Man</a> vill., 32°14'N, 108°34'E, 25.v.–14.vi.2000, 1000m, Siniaev &amp; Plutenko leg.” (CP), 5 ♂♂ “ China, Shaanxi, Tsingling Mts., 1600m, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=107.95&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.85" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 107.95/lat 33.85)">Nat. Res. Foping</a>, 33°51'N, 107°57'E, 20.iv.–11.v.1999, V. Siniaev &amp; A. Plutenko lgt.” (CP), 23 ♂♂ “ China, Shaanxi, Panda area, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=107.8&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.75" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 107.8/lat 33.75)">Nat. Res. Foping</a>, 1600m, 6–11.iv.1999, 33°45‘N, 107°48‘E, V. Siniaev &amp; A. Plutenko lgt.” (CP, ZFMK).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 8.1 mm, length of elytra: 5.6 mm, width: 4.4 mm. Body oblong, dirty brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus moderately wide, subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent to weakly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and moderately shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, with numerous long erect setae on anterior half; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly impressed and angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons dull in posterior half, anterior half moderately shiny, finely and densely punctate in anterior two third, with a few long setae beside eyes and behind frontoclypeal suture, punctation on posterior third less dense and glabrous. Eyes large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.79. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with four antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, 2.7 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent anteriorly, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and strongly rounded anterior angles, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin distinctly convex, its marginal line widely lacking; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and dense punctures, smooth on basal midline, punctures with minute setae only.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest in posterior third, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine, evenly and moderately dense punctures, punctures with minute setae only, on penultimate lateral interval with a few long erect fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.3. Pygidium strongly convex and dull, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, long setae on posterior half.</p> <p>Legs slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia slender and long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/4.0, sharply carinate dorsally, with the basal group of spines shortly behind the middle, the apical one at 5/6 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin without a continuously serrated line, only around coarse spine-bearing punctures serrated, beside dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with dense and coarse punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin serrated, with three fine and long, robust setae of which the distal one is more distant from the others; medial face impunctate and glabrous; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, dense setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 3A–C. Habitus: Fig. 3D.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 7.0–9.0 mm, length of elytra: 5.4–6.8 mm, width: 3.8–4.9 mm. Female: Eyes smaller, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.5; antennal club with four antennomeres, as long as remaining antennomeres combined; pygidium strongly convex, but apical part weakly convex.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica incisa Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from A. antennalis by the lacking serrated line of metatibia and by shape of aedeagus lacking in the latter the dorsolateral processes of phallobase.</p> <p>Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the Latin adjective incisus (incised), with reference to the paired dorsolateral phallobasal process which has between each other a deep incision.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE112FFBCFF7FFBCF9BF0F085	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE110FFA3FF7FFC449BEBF75D.text	03DC87BEE110FFA3FF7FFC449BEBF75D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica funiushanica Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica funiushanica Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 3E–H, 13</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ China, W Henan, 15.V.–2.VI. Funiu Shan, Baotianman, pitfall traps, 33.5N 111.9E <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=111.9&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.5" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 111.9/lat 33.5)">Jaroslav Turna</a> leg. 2005 / 763 Sericini Asia spec.” (ZFMK). Paratypes: 5 ♂♂ “ China, W Henan, 16.–17. V. Funiu Shan, 33°31’N 111°56’E <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=111.933334&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.516666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 111.933334/lat 33.516666)">Baotianman</a>, 1500–1700m Jaroslav Turna leg. 2009” (ZFMK), 2 ♂♂ “ Liushuigou, Mts. Wulingshan, Hebei, 4.VI.1981, 1400m, leg. Yu Peiyu ” (IZAS), 1 ♂ “ Institute of Agricultural Science, Bijie, Guizhou ” (IZAS), 1 ♂ “ Eastern Tomb ” (IZAS).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 7.0 mm, length of elytra: 5.4 mm, width: 4.2 mm. Body oblong, reddish brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus moderately wide, subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent to weakly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and moderately shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, with numerous long erect setae on anterior half; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly impressed and angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons dull in posterior half, anterior half moderately shiny, finely and densely punctate in anterior two third, with a few long setae beside eyes and behind frontoclypeal suture, punctation on posterior third less dense and glabrous. Eyes large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.83. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with four antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, 2.5 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent anteriorly, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and blunt anterior angles, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin distinctly convex, its marginal line widely lacking; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and dense punctures, punctures with minute setae only.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest shortly behind middle, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine, evenly and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, punctures with minute setae only, on penultimate lateral interval with a few long erect fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.44. Pygidium strongly convex and dull, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, long setae on posterior half.</p> <p>Legs slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia slender and long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/4.0, sharply carinate dorsally, with the basal group of spines at middle, the apical one at 5/6 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin without a continuously serrated line, only around coarse spine-bearing punctures serrated, beside dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with dense and coarse punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin serrated, with three fine and long, robust setae of which the distal one is more distant from the others; medial face impunctate and glabrous; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, dense setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 3E–G. Habitus: Fig. 3H. Female unknown.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 7.0– 7.8 mm, length of elytra: 5.4–5.6 mm, width: 4.2–4.5 mm.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica funiushanica Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from A. incisa Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species by the narrowed portion of left phallobasal dorsolateral apical process being short and curved, much less than half as long as the process itself, rather than being straight and about half as long as the process itself as in A. incisa.</p> <p>Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the type locality, Funiu Shan.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE110FFA3FF7FFC449BEBF75D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE10FFFA1FF7FFB3C9BB5F0E9.text	03DC87BEE10FFFA1FF7FFB3C9BB5F0E9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica diaocangshana Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica diaocangshana Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 4A–D, 13</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ China (N-Yunnan) Dali Bai Nat. Aut. Pref., 1km W Dali old town, creek valley at foothill of Diaocang Shan, 25°41.9“N / 100°08.4‘E 2170m (ruderal area along creek) 19./ 23.VI.2005 D.W. Wrase [13]/ 798 Sericini Asia spec.” (ZFMK). Paratypes: 1 ♀ “ China (N-Yunnan) Dali Bai Nat. Aut. Pref., 1km W Dali old town, creek valley at foothill of Diaocang Shan, 2170m, 25°41.9“N / 100°08.4‘E (along creek under stones, plant roots, in soil) 19./ 23.VI.2005 D.W. Wrase [13A]” (ZFMK), 32 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀ “ China, W. Yunnan, env. Baoshan, 2500m, 2.–3.viii.2002, leg. S. Murzin, I. Shokhin” (CP), 1 ♂ “ China, N. Yunnan, env. Xiaguan, 2400m, 29.vii.2002, leg. S. Murzin, I. Shokhin” (CP), 1 ♂ “ <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=106.71667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.55" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 106.71667/lat 33.55)">China-Shaanxi</a>, SW <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=106.71667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.55" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 106.71667/lat 33.55)">Tsinling Mts.</a>, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=106.71667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.55" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 106.71667/lat 33.55)">Taiping</a> vill., 33°33‘N, 106°43‘E, June 2000, 1500–2000m, Siniaev &amp; Plutenko leg.” (CP), 1 ♂ “ Kuling, 11.VIII.1935, leg. O. Piel, Musee Heude ” (IZAS).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 6.2 mm, length of elytra: 4.6 mm, width: 3.8 mm. Body oblong, dirty brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus narrowly subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct obtuse angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, with numerous long erect setae; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly impressed and angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons dull, finely and moderately densely punctate, with sparse long setae beside eyes and behind frontoclypeal suture. Eyes large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.82. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with four antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, 2.2 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half subparallel, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and moderately sharp anterior angles, posterior angles nearly rectangular; anterior margin distinctly convex, with the marginal line narrowly interrupted at middle; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and moderately dense punctures, punctures with minute setae only.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest at posterior quarter, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures slightly more concentrated along striae, punctures with minute setae only, on penultimate lateral interval with a few long erect fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border chitinous, without a rim of microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.44. Pygidium strongly convex and dull, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, long setae on posterior half.</p> <p>Legs moderately slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia slender and moderately long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/3.5, sharply carinate dorsally, with the basal group of spines reduced into scattered single spines, the apical one at 5/6 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until the distal group of spines being convergent with dorsal margin at apex, between serrated line and dorsal finely sparsely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with dense and coarse punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin serrated, with four fine and long, equidistant robust setae; medial face impunctate; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and a quarter of its length longer then dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 4A–C. Habitus: Fig. 4D.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 6.1–7.8 mm, length of elytra: 4.6–5.4 mm, width: 3.8–4.1 mm. Female: Eyes smaller, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.67; antennal club with four antennomeres, straight, little shorter than remaining antennomeres combined; pygidium flat.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica diaocangshana Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from A. antennalis by the presence of a dorsoapical process on phallobase, which ventrally bluntly widened, the robust and curved parameres (lateral view).</p> <p>Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the type locality, Diaocang Shan.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE10FFFA1FF7FFB3C9BB5F0E9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE10DFFA0FF7FFBA89B08F7C1.text	03DC87BEE10DFFA0FF7FFBA89B08F7C1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica longxinensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica longxinensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 4E–H, 14</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ Mt. Heishan, Longxin, Longling, Yunnan, 23–25.XII.2008, leg. Xu Jishan, Zou Zhenhua / LW-667” (HBUM). Paratype: 1 ♂ “ Mt. Heishan, Longxin, Longling, Yunnan, 23–25.XII.2008, leg. Xu Jishan, Zou Zhenhua / Lasioserica sp sp 12 / =LW-667” (HBUM).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 7.1 mm, length of elytra: 5.2 mm, width: 3.9 mm. Body oblong, light brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus narrowly subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins distinctly convex and convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct obtuse angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface almost flat and shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, with a few long erect setae; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly impressed and angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons dull, finely and moderately densely punctate, with sparse evenly distributed long setae. Eyes large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.82. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with four antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, 2.5 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum short and transverse, widest at base, lateral margins in basal half subparallel, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and moderately sharp anterior angles, posterior angles nearly rectangular; anterior margin distinctly convex, with the marginal line narrowly interrupted at middle; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders almost glabrous; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and moderately dense punctures, punctures with minute setae only, along midline basally widely impunctate.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest at posterior third, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, punctures with minute setae only, on penultimate lateral interval with a few long erect fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border membraneous, with a distinct rim of microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.44. Pygidium weakly convex and dull, with coarse, dense punctures and numerous fine, long setae.</p> <p>Legs moderately slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia slender and moderately long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/3.2, sharply carinate dorsally, with the basal group of spines reduced into scattered single spines, the apical one at 5/6 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until the distal group of spines being convergent with dorsal margin at apex, between serrated line and dorsal finely sparsely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with dense and coarse punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin serrated, with four fine and long, equidistant robust setae; medial face impunctate; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and a quarter of its length longer then dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 4E–G. Habitus: Fig. 4H. Female unknown.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 6.7–7.1 mm, length of elytra: 5.0– 5.2 mm, width: 3.7–3.9 mm.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica longxinensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from A. diaocangshana Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species by the mesoventral extension of phallobase in lateral view highest at middle, the right paramere being longer and strongly bent, and the right dorsolateral processes being longer and distinctly exceeding distally the base of right paramere. In A. diaocangshana, instead, the mesoventral extension of phallobase is in lateral view of equal height, the right paramere short and weakly bent, and the right dorsolateral processes short, not exceeding the base of right paramere.</p> <p>Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the type locality, Longxin.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE10DFFA0FF7FFBA89B08F7C1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE10CFFA6FF7FFA809A23F635.text	03DC87BEE10CFFA6FF7FFA809A23F635.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica eucurviforceps Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica eucurviforceps Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 5A–D, 13</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “N. Vietnam: Lao Cai Prov. 23km W of Sa Pa 2/VII/1997 ca. 1600m collr. C.L. Li / Sericini Asia spec. 220” (ZFMK). Paratypes: 1 ♂ “N Vietnam - Lao Cai province, Hoang Lien Natl. Park: surr. Sa Pa pass, at light (~ 1900m) 27.V.–2.VI.2011 / L. Bartolozzi, S. Bambi, F. Fabiano, E. Orbach leg. (Num. Maggazzino 2909)” (MZUF), 3 ♂♂ “ Coll. I.R.Sc. N.B. Vietnam, Hoang Lien N.P. 22°21'00''N 103°46'20''E 1.–5.vii.2013 light trap Leg. J. Constant &amp; J. Bresseel, I.G.: 32.454” (ISNB), 2 ♂♂ “ Coll. I.R.Sc. N.B. Vietnam, Hoang Lien N.P. 22°21'00''N 103°46'20''E 1.–5.vii.2013 night collecting Leg. J. Constant &amp; J. Bresseel, I.G.: 32.454” (ISNB), 3 ♂♂ “ Coll. I.R.Sc. N.B. Vietnam, Hoang Lien N.P. 22°21'00''N 103°46'20''E 1.–5.vii.2013 Malaise trap Leg. J. Constant &amp; J. Bresseel, I.G.: 32.454” (ISNB), 7 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀ “ THAILAND, N: Chang Mai Prov. Doi Pha Hom Pok, 20.–26.II.2004 leg. T. Ihle ” (ZFMK), 2 ♂♂ “ THAILAND, N: Chang Mai Prov. Doi Pha Hom Pok, 23.– 29.I.2004 leg. T. Ihle ” (ZFMK), 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ “ THAILAND, N: Chang Mai Prov. Doi Pha Hom Pok, 14.–23.III.2004 leg. T. Ihle ” (ZFMK).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 5.4 mm, length of elytra: 3.7 mm, width: 3.1 mm. Body oblong, brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct obtuse angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, finely and sparsely punctate, with a few coarse punctures bearing each a long erect seta; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly impressed and angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons dull, anterior quarter shiny, finely and moderately densely punctate, with sparse evenly distributed long setae. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.68. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with four antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, 2.5 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum transverse, widest at base, lateral margins in basal half subparallel, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and weakly rounded and almost blunt anterior angles, posterior angles nearly rectangular; anterior margin distinctly convex, with the marginal line narrowly interrupted at middle; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and moderately dense punctures, punctures with minute setae only, along midline basally impunctate.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest shortly behind the middle, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, punctures with minute setae only, on penultimate lateral interval with a few long erect fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border membraneous, with a distinct rim of microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, with short and fine setae in punctures. Metacoxa laterally additionally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.57. Pygidium weakly convex and dull, with coarse, dense punctures and numerous fine, long setae.</p> <p>Legs moderately slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia slender and moderately long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/3.3, sharply carinate dorsally, with the basal group of spines reduced into scattered single spines, the apical one at 5/6 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until the distal group of spines being convergent with dorsal margin at apex, between serrated line and dorsal finely sparsely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with dense and coarse punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin serrated, with four fine and long, equidistant robust setae; medial face impunctate and glabrous; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and a quarter of its length longer then dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 5A–C. Habitus: Fig. 5D.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 5.4–7.9 mm, length of elytra: 3.7–5.5 mm, width: 3.1–4.6 mm. Female: body size generally little larger; eyes smaller than in male, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.5; antennal club as long as remaining antennomeres combined, pygidium weakly convex.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica eucurviforceps Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from A. antennalis by the metatibia which is widest at middle having the basal group of spines reduced to a single robust seta; furthermore, the apex of the phallobase possesses in A. eucurviforceps on the right side a short dorsolateral process.</p> <p>Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the combined Greek prefix eu (good), the combined Latin words curvus (curved) and forceps (forceps), with reference to the shape of the curved right paramere.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE10CFFA6FF7FFA809A23F635	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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03DC87BEE10AFFA5FF7FFA149B39F6C5.text	03DC87BEE10AFFA5FF7FFA149B39F6C5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica pseudoincisa Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica pseudoincisa Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 5E–H, 15</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ China: Guizhou, Leishen pref., Mt. Leigongshan, 4-IV-1994 W. Kitawaki leg. / Coll. Takeshi Itoh, Osaka (Japan)” (ZFMK). Paratypes: 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ “ China: Guizhou, Leishen pref., Mt. Leigongshan, 4-IV-1994 W. Kitawaki leg. / Coll. Takeshi Itoh, Osaka (Japan)” (ZFMK).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 7.2 mm, length of elytra: 5.4 mm, width: 4.4 mm. Body oblong, brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct obtuse angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, finely and densely punctate, with a few long erect setae; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly impressed and angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons dull, anterior third shiny, finely and moderately densely punctate, with sparse evenly distributed long setae. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.74. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with four antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, 2.8 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum transverse, widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and blunt anterior angles, posterior angles nearly rectangular; anterior margin distinctly convex, with the marginal line narrowly interrupted at middle; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and moderately dense punctures, punctures with minute setae only.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest in posterior third, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, punctures with minute setae only, on odd intervals with a very few short, fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border membraneous, with a distinct rim of microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, with short and fine setae in punctures. Metacoxa laterally additionally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.37. Pygidium strongly convex and dull, with coarse, dense punctures and numerous fine, long setae.</p> <p>Legs slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia slender and long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/4.0, sharply carinate dorsally, basal group of spines at middle, the apical one at 5/6 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin without a continuously serrated line; lateral face longitudinally convex, with dense and coarse punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin serrated, with four fine and long, equidistant robust setae; medial face impunctate and glabrous; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and a quarter of its length longer then dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 5E–G. Habitus: Fig. 5H.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 7.2–8.5 mm, length of elytra: 5.4–6.4 mm, width: 4.4–4.9 mm. Female: eyes small, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.53; antennal club with four antennomeres, straight, little shorter than remaining antennomeres combined; pygidium weakly convex.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica pseudoincisa Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from A. incisa Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species by the evenly wide right paramere (lateral view) and the narrow right dorsolateral apical process of phallobase.</p> <p>Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the combined Greek prefix pseudo- (false), the name incisa, with reference to the similarity of the species to the species Amiserica incisa.</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE10AFFA5FF7FFA149B39F6C5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE109FFABFF7FF9849C29F75D.text	03DC87BEE109FFABFF7FF9849C29F75D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica basisymmetrica Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica basisymmetrica Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 6A–D, 13</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “N. Vietnam, 30.iii.1995, Sapa (Chapa), 1600 m, Schintlmeister &amp; Siniaev leg. / Coll. P. Pacholátko Invt. No. / Sericini Asia spec. 440” (CP). Paratypes: 3 ♂♂ “ Vietnam, Yen Bai Prov., Mu Cang Chai Distr. Che Tao commune, Muc Cang Chai Species &amp; Habitats Cons. Area 21.7641°N, 104.0430°E, / around <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=104.043&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.7641" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 104.043/lat 21.7641)">Cong Troi</a> (<a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=104.043&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.7641" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 104.043/lat 21.7641)">Gate</a> to <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=104.043&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.7641" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 104.043/lat 21.7641)">Heaven</a>) <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=104.043&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.7641" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 104.043/lat 21.7641)">Pass</a>, 2040 m, upper montane evergreen forest, at light, 24–30.IX.2016 (#14) Otto Merkl &amp; Phu Pham Van” (HNHM).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 7.6 mm, length of elytra: 5.1 mm, width: 4.4 mm. Body oval, dark brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus narrowly subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins convex and convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct obtuse angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, finely and coarsely, densely punctate, with numerous long erect setae; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly impressed and angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons dull, shiny in anterior half, finely and moderately densely punctate, with sparse long setae beside eyes and behind frontoclypeal suture. Eyes small, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.56. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with four antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, twice as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent anteriorly, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and moderately sharp anterior angles, posterior angles nearly rectangular; anterior margin distinctly convex, with the marginal line widely interrupted at middle; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and moderately dense punctures, punctures with minute setae only.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest at posterior third, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine, evenly and moderately dense punctures, punctures with minute setae only, on penultimate lateral interval with a few long erect fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border chitinous, without a rim of microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.53. Pygidium weakly convex and dull, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, long setae on posterior half.</p> <p>Legs moderately slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia slender and moderately long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/3.85, sharply carinate dorsally, the basal group of spines shortly behind the middle, the apical one at 4/5 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until the distal group of spines being convergent with dorsal margin at apex, between serrated line and dorsal finely sparsely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with moderately dense and coarse punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin serrated, with three fine and long, equidistant robust setae; medial face impunctate; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and a quarter of its length longer then dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 6A–C. Habitus: Fig. 6D. Female unknown.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 6.4–7.6 mm, length of elytra: 4.8–5.1 mm, width: 3.8–4.4 mm.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica basisymmetrica Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from A. antennalis and all other species by the distinctly shorter antennal club and the smaller eyes as well as by the symmetric phallobase.</p> <p>Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the combined Latin words, basis (base) and symmetricus (symmetric), with reference to the symmetric phallobase.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE109FFABFF7FF9849C29F75D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE107FFAAFF7FFB379CB6F779.text	03DC87BEE107FFAAFF7FFB379CB6F779.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica strnadi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica strnadi Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 6E–H, 15</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ Vietnam N 1990 Sa-Pa 11–19.VI. 1600 m Hoang Lien Son prov. Strnad Jan lgt / Sericini Asia spec. 439” (ZFMK). Paratype: 1 ♂ “ Vietnam N (Sa Pa) Lao Cai Prov., 250 km from Hanoi bearing 31°, Sa Pa vill. env. Hoang Lien Son Nat. Res. 16.– 20.6.1998 1250 m leg. A. Napolov ” (CNA).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 5.2 mm, length of elytra: 3.8 mm, width: 3.2 mm. Body oval, reddish brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus narrowly subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct obtuse angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, finely and densely punctate, with sparse long erect setae; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly impressed and angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons dull, shiny in anterior quarter, finely and moderately densely punctate, with sparse long setae behind frontoclypeal suture. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.62. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with four antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, 2.7 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and subparallel, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and moderately sharp anterior angles, posterior angles nearly rectangular; anterior margin distinctly convex, with the marginal line widely interrupted at middle; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and moderately dense punctures, punctures with minute setae only.</p> <p>Elytra oval, widest at middle, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine, evenly and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, punctures with minute setae only, on penultimate lateral interval with a few long erect fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border membraneous, with a fine rim of microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.57. Pygidium moderately convex and dull, with fine, dense punctures and a few fine, short setae along the apical margin.</p> <p>Legs moderately wide; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin moderately widened in apical half and not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia wide and moderately long, widest at middle, ratio width/length: 1/3.3, sharply carinate dorsally, the basal group of spines shortly behind the middle, the apical one at ca 4/5 of metatibial length, basally with a few single robust spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until the distal group of spines being convergent with dorsal margin at apex, between serrated line and dorsal finely sparsely punctate; lateral face flat, with moderately dense and coarse punctures bearing each a short seta; ventral margin serrated, with three fine and long, equidistant robust setae; medial face impunctate; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere as long as following two tarsomeres combined and a quarter of its length longer then dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 6E–G. Habitus: Fig. 6H. Female unknown.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 5.2–5.3 mm, length of elytra: 3.8–3.9 mm, width: 3.2–3.3 mm.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica strnadi Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from A. antennalis by the parameres being at apex strongly curved dorsally, the lateral lobe of left paramere being distinctly divergent from the paramere.</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after its collector, Jan Strnad.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE107FFAAFF7FFB379CB6F779	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE106FFA8FF7FFB589C80F699.text	03DC87BEE106FFA8FF7FFB589C80F699.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica fengyangensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica fengyangensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 7F–I, 13</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “[China] Zheijiang, Mt. Fengyang shan Fengyang temple, 2007-V-30 / LW-1208” (ZFMK). Paratypes: 6 ♂♂ “ China: Zhejiang Prov. <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=119.11667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=30.3" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 119.11667/lat 30.3)">Qingliangfeng Qianqingtang</a> 30°18’N, 119°07’E alt. 1000–1100m 16-V-2012 Chen, Ma &amp; Zhao leg.” (SNUC, ZFMK), 1 ♂ “ China: Zhejiang Prov. <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=118.88333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=30.1" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 118.88333/lat 30.1)">Qingliangfeng Mt.</a> Longtangshan 30°06’N, 118°53’E alt. 500m 21-V-2012 Chen, Ma &amp; Zhao leg.” (SNUC), 3 ♂♂ “ China: S. Zhejiang Prov. Qingyuan, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=119.20222&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.757223" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 119.20222/lat 27.757223)">Baishanzu</a> N.R. 27°45’26’’N, 119°12’08’’E mixed forest leaf litter sifted, 02.v.2014, 1740m, Peng, Song, Yan &amp; Yu” (SNUC), 1 ♂ “ China: Zhejiang, Anji County Longwang Shan, parking square to <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=119.44056&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=30.399721" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 119.44056/lat 30.399721)">Dianmufeng</a>, 30°23’59’’N, 119°26’26’’E 1300–1450m, 14.v.2013, C.-C. Dai &amp; B. Song ” (SNUC).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 7.6 mm, length of elytra: 5.9 mm, width: 4.2 mm. Body oblong, reddish brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus moderately wide, subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent to weakly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, with a few long erect setae in a transverse line at anterior third; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly impressed and angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/2.5 of ocular diameter. Frons dull in posterior half, anterior half moderately shiny, finely and densely punctate in anterior two third, with a few long setae beside eyes and behind frontoclypeal suture, punctation on posterior third less dense and glabrous. Eyes large, ratio of diameter/ interocular width: 0.76. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with four antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, 2.5 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent anteriorly, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and strongly rounded anterior angles, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin distinctly convex, its marginal line widely lacking; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and dense punctures, smooth on basal midline, punctures with minute setae only.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest in posterior third, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine, evenly and moderately dense punctures, punctures with minute setae only, on odd intervals with a few short erect fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.3. Pygidium moderately convex and dull, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, long setae on posterior half.</p> <p>Legs slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia slender and long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/4.15, sharply carinate dorsally, with the basal group of spines shortly behind the middle, the apical one at 5/6 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin without a continuously serrated line, only around coarse spine-bearing punctures serrated, beside dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with sparse and fine punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin serrated, with three fine and long, robust setae of which the distal one is more distant from the others; medial face impunctate and glabrous; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, dense setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 7F–H. Habitus: Fig. 7I. Female unknown.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 6.4–7.6 mm, length of elytra: 5.0– 5.9 mm, width: 3.2–4.2 mm.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica fengyangensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from A. incisa, with which A. fengyangensis shares the subparallel left paramere by the short and curved narrowed portion of left phallobasal dorsolateral apical process, which is much less than half as long as the process itself. The subparallel left paramere distinguishes both species from the similar A. funiushanica Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species.</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after the type locality, Fengyang.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE106FFA8FF7FFB589C80F699	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. 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03DC87BEE104FFAFFF7FFA789CCEF529.text	03DC87BEE104FFAFFF7FFA789CCEF529.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica jiuhuensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica jiuhuensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 7J–N, 14</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ Jiuhu Forestry Farm, Shennongjia, Hubei, 9.VII.1981, 1640m, leg. Han Yinheng / LW-211” (IZAS). Paratype: 1 ♂ “ Mts. Hefeng, Hubei, 30.V.1989, 800– 1200m, leg. Ma Wenzhen / LW-216” (IZAS).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 7.0 mm, length of elytra: 5.2 mm, width: 3.9 mm. Body oblong, reddish brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus moderately wide, subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins straight and convergent to weakly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin bluntly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, finely and coarsely, densely punctate, with a few long erect setae in a transverse line at anterior third; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly impressed and angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye large, 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/2.5 of ocular diameter. Frons dull in posterior half, anterior half moderately shiny, finely and densely punctate in anterior two third, with a few long setae beside eyes and behind frontoclypeal suture, punctation on posterior third less dense and glabrous. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.64. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with four antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, three times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at middle, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent towards base, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and blunt anterior angles, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin almost straight, its marginal line widely lacking; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and dense punctures, smooth on basal midline, punctures with minute setae only.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest in posterior third, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine, evenly and moderately dense punctures, punctures with minute setae only, on odd intervals with a few short erect fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.36. Pygidium moderately convex and dull, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, long setae on posterior half.</p> <p>Legs slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia slender and long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/4.4, sharply carinate dorsally, with the basal group of spines at middle, the apical one at 5/6 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin without a continuously serrated line, only around coarse spine-bearing punctures serrated, beside dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with sparse and fine punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin serrated, with three fine and long, robust setae of which the distal one is more distant from the others; medial face impunctate and glabrous; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, dense setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 7J–M. Habitus: Fig. 7N. Female unknown.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 7.0– 7.1 mm, length of elytra: 5.2–5.5 mm, width: 3.9–4.4 mm.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica jiuhuensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from A. fengyangensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species by the upward curved left paramere (lateral view), and the shape of the dorsolateral apical processes of phallobase: The right process is shorter and narrower than the left one, while in A. fengyangensis the right process is more robust and more rounded at apex.</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after the type locality, Jiuhu.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE104FFAFFF7FFA789CCEF529	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. 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03DC87BEE103FFAEFF7FF9E39BB5F52A.text	03DC87BEE103FFAEFF7FF9E39BB5F52A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica piaoac Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica piaoac Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 7A–E, 14</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ Coll. I.R.Sc.N.B. Vietnam: Pia Oac Mt. NR 22°36’ / 105°53’E 04-06-VIII-2010 / I.G. 31.668 Light Trap Leg. J. Constant &amp; P. Limbourg ” (ISNB).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 7.0 mm, length of elytra: 5.1 mm, width: 3.9 mm. Body oblong, reddish brown, surface dull, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus wide, subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent to weakly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin bluntly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, finely and coarsely, densely punctate, with a few long erect setae in a transverse line at anterior third; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly impressed and angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye large, 1.2 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/2.5 of ocular diameter. Frons dull in posterior half, anterior half moderately shiny, finely and densely punctate in anterior two third, with a few long setae beside eyes, behind frontoclypeal suture, and on posterior disc, punctation on posterior third less dense and glabrous. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.58. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with four antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, 2.8 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at middle, lateral margins in basal half weakly convex and weakly convergent towards base, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and blunt anterior angles, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin almost straight, its marginal line widely lacking; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and coarse punctures each bearing a minute seta, otherwise glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with coarse and dense punctures, smooth on basal midline, punctures with minute setae only.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest in posterior third, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine, evenly and moderately dense punctures, punctures with minute setae only, on odd intervals with a few short erect fine setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except minute setae in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.46. Pygidium strongly convex and dull, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, long setae on posterior half.</p> <p>Legs slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line, ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, dorsal posterior margin completely smooth as well. Metatibia slender and long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/3.9, sharply carinate dorsally, with the basal group of spines at middle, the apical one at 5/6 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin without a continuously serrated line, only around coarse spine-bearing punctures serrated, beside dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with sparse and robust punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin serrated, with three fine and long, robust setae (in holotype abraded but recognizable by their serrated punctures) of which the distal one is more distant from the others; medial face impunctate and glabrous; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, dense setae. Metatarsomeres lacking in holotype. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 7A–D. Habitus: Fig. 7E. Female unknown.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica piaoac Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from A. jiuhuensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species and A. fengyangensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species by the shorter parameres, being covered by more than their half by the dorsal processes of phallobase.</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after the type locality, Pia Oac (noun in apposition).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE103FFAEFF7FF9E39BB5F52A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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03DC87BEE102FFADFF7FF9E89AECF244.text	03DC87BEE102FFADFF7FF9E89AECF244.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica jizuensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica jizuensis group</p> <p>Key to the species of the Amiserica jizuensis group (♂♂)</p> <p>1 Elytral surface shiny................................................................................... 2</p> <p>- Elytral surface dull.................................................................................... 4</p> <p>2 Insertion of parameres at the same level. Antennal club twice as long as remaining antennomeres combined.................................................................. A. carolusholzschuhi Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>- Insertion of left paramere distinctly displaced distally......................................................... 3</p> <p>3 Long erect setae on pronotum directed anteriad. Phallobase on dorsal subapical part with a strong gibbosity. Antennal club as long as remaining antennomeres combined...................... A. gibbosiforceps Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>- Long erect setae on pronotum erect or directed posteriad. Phallobase on dorsal subapical part simple, without any gibbosity. Antennal club nearly twice as long as remaining antennomeres combined.................................................................................................. A. ventriscalptus Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>4 Left paramere elongate, three times as long as wide. Right paramere longer, nearly twice as long as wide............................................................................. A. jizuensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>- Left paramere short, as long as wide. Right paramere short, subtriangluar................................................................................................... A. panghongae Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE102FFADFF7FF9E89AECF244	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE101FFACFF7FFE059E44F1AD.text	03DC87BEE101FFACFF7FFE059E44F1AD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica jizuensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica jizuensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 8A–D, 16</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ Yunnan 2500–2700m 25.58N 100.21E Jizu Shan 6–10.7. Vit Kuban leg. 1994 / Coll. P. Pacholatko Invt. No. / 571 Sericini Asia spec.” (CP). Paratypes: 8 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ “ China: N-Yunnan, Baiyungshan (Rai Railing Mts.) 2400m, Yong Ren, VII-2003 leg. Ying et al. ” (ZFMK), 1 ♂ “ China: NW-Yunnan, Yulongshan, Yuniong 3200 m, vii-2004 leg. Ying ” (ZFMK), 2 ♂♂ “ China: E-Yunnan, Damaidi 2500 m Guangan near Vietnam VII-2003 Li et al. ” (ZFMK), 6 ♂♂ “ China, W Yunnan Diaolin, 18.VI.1993 E. Jendek &amp; O. Sausa leg.” (CP, ZFMK), 2 ♂♂ “CH-Yunnan 13–14.VI.1995 100km W of Kunming Diaolin Nat. Reservation E. Jendek &amp; O. Sausa leg.” (CP), 1 ♂ “ Ch-Yunnan 1995 Daolin 13–14.VI. E. Jendek leg.” (CP), 1 ♂, 1 ♀ “ Kunming, Yunnan, 7.VI.1955, 1900m, leg. Li Xiwen / LW-770” (IZAS), 2 ♂♂ “CHINA-Yunnan 22.5.-2.6. 100km W Kunming Diaolin Nat. Res., 1993 E. Jendek &amp; O. Sausa leg.” (NHMW).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 7.1 mm, length of elytra: 5.0 mm, width: 3.9 mm. Body oval, dirty reddish brown, surface dull, partly iridescent, antenna yellowish brown, on head, pronotum, elytra, and pygidium with long setae interspersed with short adpressed ones (setae directed posteriorly). Setae of holotype partly abraded.</p> <p>Labroclypeus semicircular, widest at base, lateral margins convex and strongly convergent to strongly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing an indistinct angle, anterior margin convex, margins weakly reflexed; surface weakly convex medially and shiny, finely and densely punctate, partly punctures fusing with each other, with dense long erect setae; frontoclypeal suture finely impressed and moderately curved; smooth area anterior to eye 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus short and triangular (1/3 of ocular width), finely and sparsely punctate, glabrous except a short terminal seta. Frons completely shiny, finely and very densely punctate, with dense long pilosity. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/ interocular width: 0.58. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, straight, as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent anteriorly, anterior angles acute and distinctly produced, posterior angles nearly rectangular; anterior margin strongly convex, its marginal line widely interrupted medially; basal margin without marginal line; surface with very dense and fine punctures and with dense double pilosity, long setae (directed nearly upright or forward) interspersed with short adpressed ones (directed posteriorly); anterior and lateral borders densely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron weakly produced ventrally. Scutellum subtriangular, apex sharp, with fine and very dense punctures, with mostly short adpressed setae, erect setae very sparse.</p> <p>Elytra oval, widest well behind the middle, striae indistinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals flat, with fine and dense punctures concentrated along striae, with dense double pilosity as in pronotum (short and long adjacent setae directed posteriorly); epipleural edge robust, ending at external apical angle of elytra; epipleura densely setose, apical border broadly membraneous, with a rim of microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface moderately shiny, with fine and very dense punctures, including metacoxa with dense, adpressed, short and long setae.Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate, punctures with short adpressed setae, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a long, robust, erect seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae 1.5 times as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.45. Pygidium weakly convex and shiny, with fine, dense punctures and dense, short and long setae.</p> <p>Legs wide and short; femora coarsely and densely punctate, punctures with moderately long adpressed setae, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior edge of metafemur acute, with an adjacent and slightly elevated continuously serrated line; posterior margin ventrally weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, posterior margin also dorsally not serrate. Metatibia wide and short, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/2.3; dorsal margin sharply carinate, with two group of spines, basal one at three quarters, apical one at 7/8 of metatibial length, basally with a few longer single setae, beside dorsal margin with a complete serrated line convergent with dorsal margin behind apical group of spines, between serrated line and dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face weakly longitudinally convex, with dense and coarse punctures bearing each a short adpressed seta; ventral margin not serrated, with four robust and long, equidistant spines; medial face densely punctate and shortly setose; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate and glabrous, ventrally with short and long, dense setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally carinate but not serrated, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere as long as following tarsomere and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia very short, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply pointed.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 8A–C. Habitus: Fig. 8D.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 6.6–7.4 mm, length of elytra: 4.7–5.1 mm, width: 3.7–4.1 mm. Female: eyes as large as in male, antennal club shorter than in male, little shorter than remaining antennomeres combined.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica jizuensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species is similar to A. argentata (Frey, 1975), but differs by the strongly asymmetric parameres.</p> <p>Etymology. The name (adjective in the nominative singular) of the new species is derived from the type locality, Jizu Shan.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE101FFACFF7FFE059E44F1AD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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03DC87BEE100FF92FF7FFD6C9E2BF0CD.text	03DC87BEE100FF92FF7FFD6C9E2BF0CD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica gibbosiforceps Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica gibbosiforceps Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 8E–J, 16</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ China, N. Yunnan, env. Xiaguan, 2400m, 29.vii.2002, leg. S. Murzin, I. Shokhin / 834 Sericini: Asia spec.” (CP). Paratypes: 8 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ “ China, N. Yunnan, env. Xiaguan, 2400m, 29.vii.2002, leg. S. Murzin, I. Shokhin ” (CP, ZFMK), 1 ♂ “ <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=102.3&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.9" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 102.3/lat 22.9)">Muséum Paris</a> 19.VI.2001 Deuve, Mantillieri, Rougerie &amp; Tian leg. / Chine – Yunnan Rés. Huanglian Shan 22°54'N 102°18'E alt. 2080m ” (MNHN).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 7.6 mm, length of elytra: 5.6 mm, width: 4.1 mm. Body oval, reddish brown, surface shiny, antenna yellowish brown, on head, pronotum, elytra, and pygidium with long setae interspersed with short adpressed ones (setae directed posteriorly). Setae of holotype partly abraded.</p> <p>Labroclypeus semicircular, widest at base, lateral margins convex and strongly convergent to strongly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing an indistinct angle, anterior margin convex, margins weakly reflexed; surface convex medially and shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, partly punctures fusing with each other, with dense long erect setae; frontoclypeal suture finely impressed and weakly bent at middle; smooth area anterior to eye short, four times as wide as long. Ocular canthus short and triangular (1/3 of ocular width), finely and sparsely punctate, glabrous except a short terminal seta. Frons completely shiny, finely and coarsely, very densely punctate, with dense long pilosity, on posterior third almost impunctate and glabrous. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/ interocular width: 0.6. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, 1.1 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent anteriorly, anterior angles acute and distinctly produced, posterior angles nearly rectangular; anterior margin strongly convex, its marginal line widely interrupted medially; basal margin without marginal line; surface with very dense and fine punctures and with dense double pilosity, long setae (directed nearly upright or forward) interspersed with short adpressed ones (directed posteriorly); anterior and lateral borders densely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron weakly produced ventrally. Scutellum subtriangular, apex sharp, with fine and very dense punctures, with mostly short adpressed setae, erect setae very sparse.</p> <p>Elytra oval, widest at middle, striae indistinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals flat, with fine and evenly dense punctures, with dense double pilosity as in pronotum (short and long adjacent setae directed posteriorly); epipleural edge robust, ending at external apical angle of elytra; epipleura densely setose, apical border broadly membraneous, with a robust rim of microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface shiny, with fine and very dense punctures, including metacoxa with dense, adpressed, long setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate, punctures with short adpressed setae, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a long, robust, erect seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae 1.5 times as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.46. Pygidium weakly convex and iridescent, with fine, dense punctures and dense, short and long setae.</p> <p>Legs wide and short; femora coarsely and densely punctate, punctures with moderately long adpressed setae, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior edge of metafemur acute, with an adjacent and slightly elevated continuously serrated line; posterior margin ventrally weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, posterior margin also dorsally not serrate. Metatibia wide and short, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/2.4; dorsal margin sharply carinate, with only one group of spines, basal group of spines reduced to a single spine at 3/4 of metatibial length, apical one at 7/8 of metatibial length, basally without robust single setae, beside dorsal margin with a complete serrated line convergent with dorsal margin behind apical group of spines, between serrated line and dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face weakly longitudinally convex, with dense and coarse punctures bearing each a short adpressed seta; ventral margin not serrated, with four robust and long, equidistant spines; medial face densely punctate and shortly setose; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate and glabrous, ventrally with short and long, dense setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally carinate but not serrated, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere as long as following tarsomere and as long as dorsal tibial spur. Protibia very short, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply pointed.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 8E–I. Habitus: Fig. 8J.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 7.6–8.0 mm, length of elytra: 5.6–6.2 mm, width: 4.1–4.5 mm. Females are highly similar to the males, but the antennal club is distinctly shorter as in male (being little shorter than remaining antennomeres combined) and the eyes are smaller (ratio of diameter/ interocular width: 0.54).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica gibbosiforceps Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from Amiserica jizuensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species, by the reduced basal group of spines of metatibia, the distinctly shiny body, and the strong dorsal tubercle on dorsoapical phallobase.</p> <p>Etymology. The name (adjective in the nominative singular) of the new species is derived from the combined Latin words gibbosus (with tubercles) and forceps (forceps), with reference on the shape of the phallobase having a strong tubercle.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE100FF92FF7FFD6C9E2BF0CD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE13EFF91FF7FFB8C9C9AF70D.text	03DC87BEE13EFF91FF7FFB8C9C9AF70D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica panghongae Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica panghongae Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 8K–N, 16</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ Huguosi Temple, Mts. Fanjingshan, Guizhou, 2001.8.14., leg. Pang Hong / LW-951” (LSSYU). Paratypes: 1 ♂ “ Bikou, Wenxian County, Gansu, 27.VII. 1999, 720m, leg. Zhu Chaodong / LW-922” (IZAS), 1 ♂ “ Zhushitou, Dayong, Guizhou, 20.VIII. 1988, 800m, leg. Wang Shuyong ” (IZAS), 1 ♂ “ Zhushitou, Dayong, Guizhou, 18, 19.VIII. 1988, 350m, leg. Liu Hong ” (IZAS).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 7.5 mm, length of elytra: 5.4 mm, width: 4.2 mm. Body oval, dark reddish brown, head and pronotum shiny, elytra dull, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface with long erect setae interspersed with short adpressed ones.</p> <p>Labroclypeus semicircular, widest at base, lateral margins convex and strongly convergent to strongly rounded nearly obsolete anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing an indistinct angle, anterior margin convex, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, finely and densely punctate, with dense long erect setae; frontoclypeal suture finely impressed but indistinct, weakly bent at middle; smooth area anterior to eye short, three times as wide as long. Ocular canthus short and triangular (1/3 of ocular width), finely and sparsely punctate, glabrous except a short terminal seta. Frons completely shiny, finely and coarsely, densely punctate, with dense, long pilosity, on posterior third almost impunctate and glabrous. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/ interocular width: 0.58. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, 0.9 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent anteriorly, anterior angles acute and distinctly produced, posterior angles nearly rectangular; anterior margin weakly convex, its marginal line fine and complete; basal margin without marginal line; surface with very dense and fine punctures and with dense double pilosity, long setae (directed nearly upright or forward) interspersed with short adpressed ones (directed posteriorly); anterior and lateral borders densely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron weakly produced ventrally. Scutellum subtriangular, apex sharp, with fine and very dense punctures, with mostly short adpressed setae, erect setae sparse.</p> <p>Elytra oval, widest at middle, striae indistinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals flat, with fine and evenly dense punctures, with dense double pilosity as in pronotum (short and long adjacent setae directed posteriorly); epipleural edge robust, ending at external apical angle of elytra; epipleura densely setose, apical border broadly membraneous, with a robust rim of microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with fine and very dense punctures, including metacoxa with dense, adpressed, long setae. Abdominal sternites shiny, finely and densely punctate, punctures with short adpressed setae, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a long, robust, erect seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae 1.5 times as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.43. Pygidium weakly convex and shiny, with fine, dense punctures and dense, short and long setae.</p> <p>Legs wide and short; femora coarsely and densely punctate, punctures with moderately long adpressed setae, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior edge of metafemur acute, with an adjacent and slightly elevated continuously serrated line; posterior margin ventrally weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, posterior margin also dorsally not serrate. Metatibia wide and short, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/2.17; dorsal margin sharply carinate, with only one group of spines, basal group of spines reduced to a single spine at 3/4 of metatibial length, apical one at 7/8 of metatibial length, basally without robust single setae, beside dorsal margin with a complete serrated line convergent with dorsal margin behind apical group of spines, between serrated line and dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face weakly longitudinally convex, with dense and coarse punctures bearing each a short adpressed seta; ventral margin not serrated, with four robust and long, equidistant spines; medial face densely punctate and shortly setose; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate and glabrous, ventrally with long, dense setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally carinate but not serrated, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere as long as following tarsomere and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia very short, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply pointed.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 8K–M. Habitus: Fig. 8N. Female unknown.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 7.0– 7.5 mm, length of elytra: 5.0– 5.4 mm, width: 3.9–4.2 mm.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica panghongae Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from Amiserica jizuensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp;Liu, new species, by the short left paramere being as long as wide and the short, subtriangluar right paramere.</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after its type locality, Panghong.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE13EFF91FF7FFB8C9C9AF70D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE13DFF97FF7FFBCC9E92F078.text	03DC87BEE13DFF97FF7FFBCC9E92F078.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica ventriscalptus Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica ventriscalptus Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 9A–D, 16</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ China: N-Yunnan, Baiyungshan (Rai Railing Mts.) 2400m, Yong Ren, VII-2003 leg. Ying et al. / 734 Sericini Asia spec.” (ZFMK). Paratypes: 1 ♀ “ China: N-Yunnan, Baiyungshan (Rai Railing Mts.) 2400m, Yong Ren, VII-2003 leg. Ying et al. ” (ZFMK), 6 ♂♂ “ China, W Yunnan prov., mts. 60km E Tengchong, 2300m, 14.–19.v.2006, S. Murzin &amp; I. Shokhin ” (CP, ZFMK).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 7.2 mm, length of elytra: 5.4 mm, width: 4.2 mm. Body oval, reddish brown, surface shiny, antenna yellowish brown, on dorsal surface with long setae interspersed with short adpressed ones. Setae of holotype partly abraded.</p> <p>Labroclypeus semicircular, widest at base, lateral margins convex and strongly convergent to strongly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing an indistinct angle, anterior margin almost straight, margins weakly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, partly punctures fusing with each other, with dense long erect setae; frontoclypeal suture finely impressed and weakly bent at middle; smooth area anterior to eye short, twice as wide as long. Ocular canthus short and triangular (1/3 of ocular width), finely and sparsely punctate, glabrous except a short terminal seta. Frons completely shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, with dense long pilosity, on posterior third almost impunctate and glabrous. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/ interocular width: 0.6. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, 1.6 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and subparallel, in anterior third convex and well convergent anteriorly, anterior angles acute and distinctly produced, posterior angles nearly rectangular; anterior margin strongly convex, its marginal line widely interrupted medially; basal margin without marginal line; surface with very dense and fine punctures and with dense double pilosity, long setae (directed nearly upright or posteriorly) interspersed with only minute ones (as usual directed posteriorly); anterior and lateral borders densely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron weakly produced ventrally. Scutellum subtriangular, apex sharp, with fine and very dense punctures, with mostly short adpressed setae, erect setae very sparse.</p> <p>Elytra oval, widest in posterior third, striae finely impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals weakly convex, with fine and evenly dense punctures being on odd intervals more concentrated along striae; with dense pilosity mostly abraded in holotype, present only on lateral intervals (short adjacent and long erect setae); epipleural edge robust, ending at external apical angle of elytra; epipleura densely setose, apical border membraneous, with a robust rim of microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface shiny, with fine and very dense punctures, including metacoxa with dense, adpressed, long setae. Abdominal sternites somewhat iridescent, finely and densely punctate, punctures with short adpressed setae, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a long, robust, erect seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae 1.5 times as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.29. Pygidium weakly convex and iridescent, with fine, dense punctures and dense, short and long setae in apical half.</p> <p>Legs wide and short; femora coarsely and densely punctate, punctures with moderately long adpressed setae, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior edge of metafemur acute, with an adjacent and slightly elevated continuously serrated line; posterior margin ventrally weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, posterior margin also dorsally not serrate. Metatibia wide and short, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/2.8; dorsal margin sharply carinate, with only one group of spines, basal group of spines completely reduced, apical one at 7/8 of metatibial length, basally without robust single setae, beside dorsal margin with a complete serrated line convergent with dorsal margin behind apical group of spines, between serrated line and dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face weakly longitudinally convex, with dense and coarse punctures bearing each a short adpressed seta; ventral margin not serrated, with five robust and long, equidistant spines; medial face densely punctate and shortly setose; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate and glabrous, ventrally with short and long, dense setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally carinate but not serrated, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere little shorter than following tarsomere and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia very short, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply pointed.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 9A–C. Habitus: Fig. 9D.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 7.2–9.1 mm, length of elytra: 5.4–6.5 mm, width: 4.2–5.0 mm. Females are highly similar to the males, but the antennal club is distinctly shorter as in male (being little shorter than remaining antennomeres combined) and the eyes are slightly smaller (ratio of diameter/ interocular width: 0.55).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica ventriscalptus Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from Amiserica gibbosiforceps Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species, by the long erect setae on pronotum being erect or directed posteriorly, the simple apical phallobase having on dorsal subapical part not any gibbosity, and the long antennal club being nearly twice as long as remaining antennomeres combined.</p> <p>Etymology. The name (adjective in the nominative singular) of the new species is derived from the combined Latin words ventris- (venter) and scalptus, (incised) with reference to the deeply incised ventral portion of phallobase (before left paramere).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE13DFF97FF7FFBCC9E92F078	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE13BFF96FF7FFC5A9B9DF60A.text	03DC87BEE13BFF96FF7FFC5A9B9DF60A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica carolusholzschuhi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica carolusholzschuhi Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 9E–H, 16</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “NE-Laos: Hua Phan prov.; Ban Saleui, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=104.01667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=20.2" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 104.01667/lat 20.2)">Phou</a> Pan (Mt.)- 20°12’N, 104°01’E 11.iv.–15.v.2012, 1300–1900m leg. C. Holzschuh - ZFMK <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=104.01667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=20.2" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 104.01667/lat 20.2)">Ankauf</a> 2012” (ZFMK). Paratypes: 7 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ “LAOSNE: Huoa Phan prov.; 20°13’09–19’’N, 103°59’54’’– 104°00’03’’E 1480–1510m <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=104.01667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=20.2" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 104.01667/lat 20.2)">Phou Pane Mt.</a>, 22.iv.–14.v.2008, Vit Kubán leg.” (NMPC, ZFMK), 1 ♂ “LAOS-NE: Houa Phan prov.; 20°12.138’N, 104°00.621’E Phu Phan Mt., 1750m, 17.5.– 3.6.2007, Vit Kubáň leg.” (ZFMK), 1 ♂ “LAOS-NE: Hua Phan pr.; 20°12’N, 104°01’E Phu Phan Mt., 1500–1900m, 17.v.–3.vi.2007, Vit Kubáň leg.” (NMPC), 1 ♂ “LAOS-NE, Houa phan prov., Ban Saluei-&gt; <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=104.01667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=20.2" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 104.01667/lat 20.2)">Phou Pane Mt.</a>, 20°12–13.5’N 103°59.5– 104°01’E, 1340–1870m, 15.iv.–15.v.2008, Lao collectors leg.” (NHMB), 1 ♂ “NE-Laos: Hua Phan prov.; Ban Saleui, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=104.01667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=20.2" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 104.01667/lat 20.2)">Phou</a> Pan (Mt.)- 20°12’N, 104°01’E 1300–1900m; 01.–31.V.2011, leg. C. Holzschuh - ZFMK Ankauf 2011” (ZFMK).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 6.6 mm, length of elytra: 4.9 mm, width: 3.8 mm. Body oval, reddish brown, surface shiny, antenna yellowish brown, on dorsal surface with long setae interspersed with short adpressed ones.</p> <p>Labroclypeus semi-elliptical, widest at base, lateral margins convex and strongly convergent to strongly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing an indistinct angle, anterior margin convex, margins strongly reflexed; surface flat and shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, with dense long erect setae; frontoclypeal suture finely impressed and evenly curved; smooth area anterior to eye short, twice as wide as long. Ocular canthus short and triangular (1/3 of ocular width), finely and sparsely punctate, glabrous except a short terminal seta. Frons shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, with dense long pilosity, on posterior third finely densely punctate and glabrous. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/ interocular width: 0.6. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, twice as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and subparallel, in anterior third convex and well convergent anteriorly, anterior angles acute and distinctly produced, posterior angles nearly rectangular; anterior margin strongly convex, its marginal line complete; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and fine punctures and with prevailingly long pilosity (directed upright, anteriad or posteriorly), otherwise with only minute setae in punctures, short setae absent; anterior and lateral borders densely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron weakly produced ventrally. Scutellum subtriangular, apex sharp, with fine and very dense punctures, with only minute setae.</p> <p>Elytra oval, widest shortly behind middle, striae finely impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals weakly convex, with fine and evenly dense punctures concentrated along striae; with dense double pilosity, short setae directed posteriorly and long erect setae directed slightly anteriad; epipleural edge robust, ending at external apical angle of elytra; epipleura densely setose, apical border finely membraneous, with a narrow rim of microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface shiny, with fine and very dense punctures, including metacoxa with dense, long setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate, punctures with short adpressed setae, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a long, robust, erect seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae 1.5 times as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.31. Pygidium weakly convex and shiny, with fine, dense punctures and dense, short and long setae.</p> <p>Legs wide and short; femora coarsely and densely punctate, punctures with moderately long adpressed setae, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior edge of metafemur acute, with an adjacent and slightly elevated continuously serrated line; posterior margin ventrally weakly widened in apical half but not serrate, posterior margin also dorsally not serrate. Metatibia wide and short, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/2.8; dorsal margin sharply carinate, with only one group of spines, basal group of spines completely reduced, apical one at 7/8 of metatibial length, basally without robust single setae, beside dorsal margin with a complete serrated line convergent with dorsal margin behind apical group of spines, between serrated line and dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face weakly longitudinally convex, with dense and coarse punctures and long setae; ventral margin not serrated, with four robust and long, equidistant spines; medial face densely punctate and shortly setose; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate and glabrous, ventrally with short and long, dense setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally carinate but not serrated, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere little shorter than following tarsomere and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia very short, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply pointed.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 9E–G. Habitus: Fig. 9H.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 6.6–7.8 mm, length of elytra: 4.9–5.9 mm, width: 3.8–4.6 mm. Female: eyes slightly smaller than in male, ratio of diameter/ interocular width: 0.54; antennal club short, as long as remaining antennomeres combined; pygidium flat.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica carolusholzschuhi Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from all other species of the Amiserica jizuensis group, by the insertion of parameres being at the same of phallobase.</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after one of its collectors, Carolus Holzschuh (Villach).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE13BFF96FF7FFC5A9B9DF60A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE13AFF96FF7FFAC89AECF573.text	03DC87BEE13AFF96FF7FFAC89AECF573.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica guizhouensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica guizhouensis group</p> <p>Key to the species of the Amiserica guizhouensis group (♂♂)</p> <p>1 Apex of ventral lobe of parameres normally pointed.......................................................... 2</p> <p>- Apex of ventral lobe of both parameres excavate in the tip........... A. guizhouensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>2 Single lobes of parameres narrower (lateral view) and long.............. A. belousovi Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>- Single lobes of parameres shorter and wider (lateral and dorsal view).................................................................................................. A. guanmenshanica Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE13AFF96FF7FFAC89AECF573	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE13AFF94FF7FF9289A4BF555.text	03DC87BEE13AFF94FF7FF9289A4BF555.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica guizhouensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica guizhouensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 10A–D, 17</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “China-Guizhou 21–26.V. 60km N of Kaili, 1995 Shibing-Yuntai Shan E. Jendek &amp; O. Sausa leg. / Coll. P. Pacholatko Invt. No. / 823 Sericini: Asia spec.” (CP).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 8.5 mm, length of elytra: 6.5 mm, width: 5.0 mm. Body oblong, dark reddish brown, surface shiny, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins convex and convergent to weakly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin distinctly emarginate medially, margins moderately reflexed; surface convex and shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, with a few long erect setae in transverse line at middle; frontoclypeal suture finely incised and distinctly elevated, angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye twice as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and wide, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons finely and irregularly moderately densely punctate, with a few long setae beside eyes. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.57. Antenna with nine antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, slightly reflexed externally, 1.6 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent anteriorly, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and rectangular anterior angles, posterior angles blunt but rounded in tip; anterior margin distinctly convex, with the marginal line narrowly interrupted at middle; basal margin without marginal line; surface with partly irregularly dense and fine punctures, glabrous, only on side punctures bearing an extremely minute seta; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with fine and dense punctures, glabrous.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest in posterior third, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, glabrous; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except a minute seta in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.29. Pygidium strongly convex and dull, with coarse, moderately dense punctures and a few fine, long setae on posterior half.</p> <p>Legs slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, without an adjacent continuously serrated line; ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half, completely strongly serrate, dorsal posterior margin also completely serrate. Metatibia slender and long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/4.0, moderately carinate dorsally, with only one group of spines at 7/8 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until the group of spines convergent with dorsal margin, between serrated line and dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with sparse and coarse punctures bearing a minute seta; ventral margin finely serrated, with three fine and long, robust setae, of which the distal one is by far more distant from the others; medial face densely finely punctate, punctures with minute setae; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge and glabrous, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere distinctly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 10A–C. Habitus: Fig. 10D. Female unknown.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica guizhouensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from all other species of the Amiserica, by the lacking anterior serrated line of metafemur, the antenna composed by 9 antennomeres only, and by the glabrous shiny body surface.</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after its occurrence in Guizhou (adjective in nominative case).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE13AFF94FF7FF9289A4BF555	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE138FF9BFF7FF9349A02F555.text	03DC87BEE138FF9BFF7FF9349A02F555.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica guanmenshanica Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica guanmenshanica Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 10E–H, 17</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ China, W Hubei, 24.V.–14.VI. Guanmenshan 31°26'N 110°22'E, 1350– 1600m <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=110.36667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=31.433332" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 110.36667/lat 31.433332)">Jaroslav Turna</a> leg. 2008 / 1040 Sericini Asia spec.” (ZFMK).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 8.4 mm, length of elytra: 6.0 mm, width: 5.0 mm. Body oblong, dark reddish brown, surface shiny, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins convex and convergent to weakly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin distinctly emarginate medially, margins moderately reflexed; surface convex and shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, with a few long erect setae in transverse line at middle; frontoclypeal suture finely incised and distinctly elevated, angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye twice as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and wide, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons finely and irregularly sparsely punctate, with a few long setae beside eyes. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.56. Antenna with nine antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, straight, 1.1 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent anteriorly, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and rectangular anterior angles, posterior angles blunt but rounded in tip; anterior margin distinctly convex, with the marginal line narrowly interrupted at middle; basal margin without marginal line; surface with partly irregularly dense and fine punctures, glabrous, only on side punctures bearing an extremely minute seta; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with fine and dense punctures, glabrous.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest in posterior third, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, glabrous; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except a minute seta in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.29. Pygidium strongly convex and dull, with coarse, moderately dense punctures and a few fine, short setae on apical margin.</p> <p>Legs slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, without an adjacent continuously serrated line; ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half, completely strongly serrate, dorsal posterior margin also completely serrate. Metatibia slender and long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/4.0, moderately carinate dorsally, with only one group of spines at 7/8 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until the group of spines convergent with dorsal margin, between serrated line and dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with sparse and coarse punctures bearing a minute seta; ventral margin finely serrated, with three fine and long, robust setae, of which the distal one is by far more distant from the others; medial face densely finely punctate, punctures with minute setae; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge and glabrous, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere distinctly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 10E–G. Habitus: Fig. 10H. Female unknown.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica guanmenshanica Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from Amiserica guizhouensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species by the apex of ventral lobe of parameres being normally pointed and not excavate in the tip as in Amiserica guizhouensis.</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after its type locality, Guanmenshan (adjective in nominative case).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE138FF9BFF7FF9349A02F555	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE137FF9AFF7FF9349A6CF42D.text	03DC87BEE137FF9AFF7FF9349A6CF42D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica belousovi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica belousovi Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 10I–L, 17</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ H. S. Sichuan, Emei Shan Mt. (SW slope) 700–1500 m, 21.05.2001 Belousov &amp; Korolev” (ZIN). Paratype: 1 ♀ “ CH. S. Sichuan, Emei Shan Mt. (SW slope) 700–1500 m, 21.05.2001 Belousov &amp; Korolev” (ZIN).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 9.6 mm, length of elytra: 6.9 mm, width: 5.1 mm. Body oblong, dark reddish brown, surface shiny, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins convex and convergent to weakly rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin distinctly emarginate medially, margins moderately reflexed; surface convex and shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, with a few long erect setae in transverse line at middle; frontoclypeal suture finely incised and distinctly elevated, angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye twice as wide as long. Ocular canthus moderately long and wide, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons finely and irregularly sparsely punctate, with a few long setae beside eyes. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.54. Antenna with nine antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, straight, 1.2 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent anteriorly, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and rectangular anterior angles, posterior angles blunt but rounded in tip; anterior margin distinctly convex, with the marginal line very narrowly interrupted at middle; basal margin without marginal line; surface with partly irregularly dense and fine punctures, glabrous, only on side punctures bearing an extremely minute seta; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with fine and dense punctures, glabrous.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest in posterior third, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, glabrous; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface dull, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except a minute seta in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.35. Pygidium strongly convex and dull, with coarse, moderately dense punctures and a few fine, short setae on apical margin.</p> <p>Legs slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, without an adjacent continuously serrated line; ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half, completely strongly serrate, dorsal posterior margin also completely serrate. Metatibia slender and long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/3.8, moderately carinate dorsally, with only one group of spines at 7/8 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until the group of spines convergent with dorsal margin, between serrated line and dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with sparse and coarse punctures bearing a minute seta; ventral margin finely serrated, with three fine and long, robust setae, of which the distal one is by far more distant from the others; medial face densely finely punctate, punctures with minute setae; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge and glabrous, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere distinctly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 10I–K. Habitus: Fig. 10L.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 9.6–10.4 mm, length of elytra: 6.9–7.4 mm, width: 5.1–5.6 mm. Female: Antennal club short, as long as remining antennomeres combined; eyes slightly smaller than in holotype, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.51.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica belousovi Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from A. guanmenshanica Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species by the single lobes of parameres being narrower (lateral view) and long instead of shorter and wider as in A. guanmenshanica.</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after one of its collectors, Belousov (noun in genitive case).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE137FF9AFF7FF9349A6CF42D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE135FF99FF7FFF009AECF296.text	03DC87BEE135FF99FF7FFF009AECF296.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica venxianensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica venxianensis group</p> <p>Key to the species of the Amiserica venxianensis group (♂♂)</p> <p>1 Parameres longer, more than half as long as phallobase. Phallobase subapically inflated (lateral view)............................................................................ A. linzhouensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>- Parameres little shorter, little less than half as long as phallobase. Phallobase subapically not inflated (lateral view).................................................................. A. venxianensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE135FF99FF7FFF009AECF296	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE135FF9FFF7FFE739A2CF11D.text	03DC87BEE135FF9FFF7FFE739A2CF11D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica venxianensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica venxianensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 11A–D, 18</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ China South Gansu Venxian env. 18–26.6.95 Benes / 774 Sericini: Asia spec.” (ZFMK). Paratypes: 1 ♂ “ Miaotaizi, Liuba, Shaanxi, 1.VII.1999, 1470m, leg. He Tongli / LW-237” (IZAS), 1 ♂ “ Huoditang, Shaanxi, 23.VII.1979, leg. Han Yinheng ” (IZAS), 1 ♂ “ Huoditang, Ningshan, Shaanxi, 30.VII.1979, 1620m, leg. Han Yinheng / LW-795” (IZAS).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 7.2 mm, length of elytra: 5.1 mm, width: 4.0 mm. Body oblong, dark reddish brown, surface shiny, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins moderately reflexed; surface convex and shiny, finely and irregularly, moderately densely punctate, with a few long erect setae in anterior part; frontoclypeal suture finely incised, angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye three times as wide as long. Ocular canthus short and wide, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons finely and densely punctate, with a few long setae beside eyes. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.62. Antenna with nine antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, reflexed, 1.5 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and subparallel, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and blunt anterior angles, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin distinctly convex, with the marginal line very narrowly interrupted at middle; basal margin without marginal line; surface with partly dense and fine punctures, glabrous, only on side punctures bearing an extremely minute seta; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with fine and dense punctures, glabrous.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest in posterior third, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, glabrous, penultimate lateral interval with a few fine single and short setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface shiny, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except a minute seta in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.4. Pygidium strongly convex and shiny, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, short setae on apical margin.</p> <p>Legs slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, without an adjacent continuously serrated line; ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half, completely strongly serrate, dorsal posterior margin also completely serrate. Metatibia slender and long, widest at apex, ratio width/length: 1/3.7, moderately carinate dorsally, with only one group of spines at 7/8 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until the group of spines convergent with dorsal margin, between serrated line and dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with sparse and coarse punctures bearing a minute seta; ventral margin finely serrated, with three fine and long, robust setae, of which the distal one is by far more distant from the others; medial face densely finely punctate, punctures with minute setae; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge and glabrous, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere distinctly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 11A–C. Habitus: Fig. 11D. Female unknown.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 6.9–7.8 mm, length of elytra: 5.1–5.9 mm, width: 4.0– 4.6 mm.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica venxianensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from the other Amiserica species of the Amiserica guizhouensis grop by the shiny ventral surface and the symmetric, simple parameres which are not bilobate; furthermore, the phallobase has no narrow apical dorsomedian process.</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after one its type locality, Venxian (adjective in nominative case).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE135FF9FFF7FFE739A2CF11D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE133FF9EFF7FFDF79A2EF1AD.text	03DC87BEE133FF9EFF7FFDF79A2EF1AD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica linzhouensis Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica linzhouensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 11E–H, 18</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ Shibanyan, Linzhou, Henan, 21–24.VII.2006, leg. Wang Fengyan, Huang Wenjing” (HBUM). Paratypes: 1 ♂ “ Szetschwan Tschngtufu Exp. Stoetzner ” (ZFMK), 1 ♂ “ Baligou, Huixian County, Henan, 13.VII.2002, leg. Yang Xiujuan / LW-244” (HBUM), 1 ♂ “ Baligou, Huixian County, Henan, 12.VII.2002, leg. Yang Xiujuan ” (HBUM), 2 ♂♂ “ Huanglong, Shaanxi, 1982” (MNAFU), 2 ♂♂ “ Shanxi Lishan nature reserve 2012-8 / LW-1016” (ZFMK).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 7.0 mm, length of elytra: 5.5 mm, width: 4.1 mm. Body oblong, dark reddish brown, surface shiny, labroclypeus shiny, antenna yellowish brown, dorsal surface almost glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins moderately reflexed; surface convex and shiny, finely and irregularly, moderately densely punctate, with a few long erect setae in anterior part; frontoclypeal suture finely incised, angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye three times as wide as long. Ocular canthus short and wide, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons coarsely and irregularly densely punctate, with a few long setae beside eyes. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.6. Antenna with nine antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, reflexed, 1.2 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and subparallel, in anterior part strongly curved and convergent to moderately produced and blunt anterior angles, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin distinctly convex, with the marginal line very narrowly interrupted at middle; basal margin without marginal line; surface with partly dense and fine punctures, glabrous, only on side punctures bearing an extremely minute seta; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with fine and dense punctures, glabrous.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest in posterior third, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, glabrous, penultimate lateral interval with a few fine single and short setae; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface shiny, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except a minute seta in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.3. Pygidium strongly convex and shiny, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, short setae on apical margin.</p> <p>Legs slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, except for minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, without an adjacent continuously serrated line; ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half, completely strongly serrate, dorsal posterior margin also completely serrate. Metatibia moderately wide and long, widest shortly before apex, ratio width/length: 1/3.0, moderately carinate dorsally, with only one group of spines at 7/8 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until the group of spines convergent with dorsal margin, between serrated line and dorsal margin finely punctate; lateral face longitudinally convex, with sparse and coarse punctures bearing a minute seta; ventral margin finely serrated, with three fine and long, robust setae, of which the distal one is by far more distant from the others; medial face densely finely punctate, punctures with minute setae; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge and glabrous, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere distinctly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 11E–G. Habitus: Fig. 11H. Female unknown.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 7.0–8.0 mm, length of elytra: 5.5–6.1 mm, width: 4.1–4.6 mm.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica linzhouensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from the very similar A. venxianensis Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species by the stronger paired dorsal tubercles of dorsal phallobase and the parameres, which are in respect to the longer phallobase shorter.</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after one its type locality, Linzhou (adjective in nominative case).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE133FF9EFF7FFDF79A2EF1AD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE132FF9EFF7FFD679AECF7D4.text	03DC87BEE132FF9EFF7FFD679AECF7D4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica gulinqin Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica gulinqin group</p> <p>Key to the species of the Amiserica gulinqin group (♂♂)</p> <p>1 Only left paramere with a distinct basal lobe. Antennal club shorter, as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Tarsomeres finely densely punctate................................................................................. 2</p> <p>- Both parameres with a distinct basal lobe. Antennal club longer, 1.2 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. (Vietnam)............................................................................................... 3</p> <p>2 Basal lobe of left paramere long. Both parameres strongly bent externally at middle. (Vietnam)................................................................................... A. lucidiflava Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>- Basal lobe of left paramere short. Both parameres almost straight. (China)..................................................................................................... A. gulinqin Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>3 Parameres almost straight. Tarsomeres impunctate. Body stouter. Dorsomedian incision in apical phallobase wide and moderately deep....................................................... A. pappi Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>- Parameres strongly bent. Tarsomeres finely densely punctate. Body elongate. Dorsomedian incision in apical phallobase narrow and deep................................................... A. nahang Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE132FF9EFF7FFD679AECF7D4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE132FF9DFF7FFA8F9B89F67E.text	03DC87BEE132FF9DFF7FFA8F9B89F67E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica gulinqin Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica gulinqin Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 11I–L, 19</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ China, Yunnan: <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=103.99914&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.725195" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 103.99914/lat 22.725195)">Hongue Gulinqin</a>, 520m, LFF, 22°43’30.7’’N, 103°59’56.9’’E, 11.VI.2018 primary forest leg. A. Weigel / 1085 Sericini Asia spec.” (ZFMK). Paratypes: 3 ♂♂, 6 ♀♀ “ China, Yunnan: <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=103.99914&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.725195" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 103.99914/lat 22.725195)">Hongue Gulinqin</a>, 520m, LFF, 22°43’30.7’’N, 103°59’56.9’’E, 11.VI.2018 primary forest leg. A. Weigel / 1085 Sericini Asia spec.” (NME, ZFMK).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 5.6 mm, length of elytra: 3.9 mm, width: 3.2 mm. Body oblong, yellow, frons blackish, surface shiny, antenna yellow, dorsal surface glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins strongly convex and convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins moderately reflexed; surface convex and shiny, finely and irregularly, moderately densely punctate, with a few long erect setae in anterior part; frontoclypeal suture finely incised, angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye three times as wide as long. Ocular canthus short and wide, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons finely and irregularly densely punctate, with a few long setae beside eyes. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.7. Antenna with nine antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, straight, as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half weakly convex and nearly subparallel, in anterior part moderately curved and convergent to distinctly produced and sharp anterior angles, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin distinctly convex, marginal line fine and complete; basal margin without marginal line; surface with partly dense and fine punctures, glabrous, only on side punctures bearing each a minute seta; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with fine and dense punctures, glabrous.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest at middle, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, glabrous, only minute setae in punctures; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface shiny, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except a minute seta in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.75. Pygidium moderately convex and shiny, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, short setae on apical margin.</p> <p>Legs moderately slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, with minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line; ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half, smooth, not serrate, dorsal posterior margin also smooth. Metatibia moderately wide and long, widest shortly before apex, ratio width/length: 1/3.1, moderately carinate dorsally, with only one group of spines at 5/6 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until 3/4 of metatibial length, convergent with dorsal margin, between serrated line and dorsal margin finely punctate and with long setae; lateral face longitudinally convex, with sparse and fine punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin finely serrated, with three fine and long, robust equidistant setae; medial face sparsely finely punctate, punctures with minute setae; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly truncate. Tarsomeres dorsally sparsely to densely punctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge and sparsely setose, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere distinctly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 11I–K. Habitus: Fig. 11L.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 5.2–5.9 mm, length of elytra: 3.7–4.1 mm, width: 3.1–3.4 mm. Female: Eyes almost as large as in male (ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.68); antennal club little shorter than remaining antennomeres combined; pygidium strongly convex medially.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica gulinqin Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from the other Amiserica species with an antenna composed of nine antennomeres by the stouter body shape, the shiny dorsal surface, the serrated anterior margin of metafemur, the asymmetric parameres, and the lacking dorsomedian apical process of phallobase.</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after one its type locality, Gulinqin (noun in apposition).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE132FF9DFF7FFA8F9B89F67E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE131FF82FF7FFA579BCEF1AD.text	03DC87BEE131FF82FF7FFA579BCEF1AD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica lucidiflava Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica lucidiflava Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 12A–E, 19</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “N VIETNAM, 21,35N 106,30 52km SW Lang Son, 27.iv.–6.v. 1996, 370 m Pacholátko &amp; Dembický ” (CP).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 5.5 mm, length of elytra: 3.9 mm, width: 3.2 mm. Body oblong, yellow, frons blackish, surface shiny, antenna yellow, dorsal surface glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins strongly convex and convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins moderately reflexed; surface convex and shiny, finely and irregularly, moderately densely punctate, with a few long erect setae in anterior part; frontoclypeal suture finely incised, angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye three times as wide as long. Ocular canthus short and wide, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons finely and densely punctate, with a few long setae beside eyes. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.78. Antenna with nine antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, straight, as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half weakly convex and nearly subparallel, in anterior part moderately curved and convergent to distinctly produced and sharp anterior angles, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin distinctly convex, marginal line fine and complete; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and fine punctures, glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with fine and dense punctures, glabrous.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest at middle, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and dense punctures concentrated along striae, glabrous, only minute setae in punctures; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface shiny, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except a minute seta in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.59. Pygidium moderately convex and shiny, with coarse, dense punctures and fine, dense, short and long setae on apical half.</p> <p>Legs moderately slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, with minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line; ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half, smooth, not serrate, dorsal posterior margin also smooth. Metatibia moderately wide and long, widest at middle, ratio width/length: 1/2.9, moderately carinate dorsally, with only one group of spines at 5/6 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until 3/4 of metatibial length, convergent with dorsal margin, between serrated line and dorsal margin finely punctate and with long setae; lateral face longitudinally convex, with sparse and fine punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin finely serrated, with three fine and long, robust equidistant setae; medial face sparsely finely punctate, punctures with minute setae; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly truncate. Tarsomeres dorsally sparsely to densely punctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge and sparsely setose, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and one third of its length longer then dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 12A–D. Habitus: Fig. 12E. Female unknown.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica lucidiflava Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from A. gulinqin Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species by the medially strongly bent parameres.</p> <p>Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the combined Latin words lucidus (shiny) and flavus (yellow), with reference to the shiny yellow body of the species (adjective in nominative case).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE131FF82FF7FFA579BCEF1AD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE12EFF81FF7FFD6C9B88F05A.text	03DC87BEE12EFF81FF7FFD6C9B88F05A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica nahang Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica nahang Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 12F–J, 19</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “VIETNAM-N Tuyen Quang pr. SE-E env. of Na Hang, 22°17’30’’– 22°30’N, 105°26’–28’E, 200–700m L. Dembicky leg., 1.–12.V.2010 ” (ZFMK). Paratypes: 1 ♀ “VIETNAM-N Tuyen Quang pr. SE-E env. of Na Hang, 22°17’30’’– 22°30’N, 105°26’–28’E, 200–700m L. Dembicky leg., 1.– 12.V.2010 ” (ZFMK), 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ “Vietnam-N (Na Hang) 16 km NW Ha Noi, NE env. of Na Hang 5.– 10.6.1996 150–200 m lg. A. Napolov &amp; I. Roma ” (CNA, ZFMK).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 5.9 mm, length of elytra: 3.9 mm, width: 3.0 mm. Body oblong, yellow, frons blackish, surface shiny, antenna yellow, dorsal surface glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins strongly convex and convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins moderately reflexed; surface convex and shiny, finely and irregularly, moderately densely punctate, with a few long erect setae in anterior part; frontoclypeal suture finely incised, angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye three times as wide as long. Ocular canthus short and wide, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons finely and densely punctate, with a few long setae beside eyes. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.7. Antenna with nine antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, straight, 1.2 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half weakly convex and nearly subparallel, in anterior part moderately curved and convergent to distinctly produced and sharp anterior angles, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin distinctly convex, marginal line fine and complete; basal margin without marginal line; surface with dense and fine punctures, glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with fine and dense punctures, glabrous.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest at middle, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and dense punctures concentrated along striae, glabrous, only minute setae in punctures; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface shiny, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except a minute seta in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.6. Pygidium moderately convex and shiny, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, short and long setae on apical half.</p> <p>Legs moderately slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, with minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line; ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half, smooth, not serrate, dorsal posterior margin also smooth. Metatibia moderately wide and long, widest at middle, ratio width/length: 1/2.7, moderately carinate dorsally, with only one group of spines at 5/6 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until 3/4 of metatibial length, convergent with dorsal margin, between serrated line and dorsal margin finely punctate and with long setae; lateral face longitudinally convex, with sparse and fine punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin finely serrated, with three fine and long, robust equidistant setae; medial face sparsely finely punctate, punctures with minute setae; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly truncate. Tarsomeres dorsally moderately densely punctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge and sparsely setose, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere distinctly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 12F–I. Habitus: Fig. 12J.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 5.1–6.2 mm, length of elytra: 3.7–4.5 mm, width: 3.0– 3.4 mm. Female: Eyes only little smaller than in male (ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.64); antennal club little shorter than remaining antennomeres combined; pygidium strongly convex at middle.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica nahang Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from Amiserica gulinqin Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species by the longer antennal club, the parameres having both large basal lobes, and being strongly bent at middle.</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after one its type locality, Na Hang (noun in apposition).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE12EFF81FF7FFD6C9B88F05A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE12CFF85FF7FFAEB9BC6F28E.text	03DC87BEE12CFF85FF7FFAEB9BC6F28E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica pappi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu 2021	<div><p>Amiserica pappi Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species</p> <p>Figures 12K–O, 19</p> <p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ VIETNAM, Bac Kan Prov., Ba Be NP, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=105.63251&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.417137" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 105.63251/lat 22.417137)">Na Mam forest</a>, 200m, 22.417137°N, 105.632505°E, light trap / 17–19.IV.2010, leg. L. Papp, L. Peregovits, &amp; Z. Soltész VN2010PL_17” (HNHM). Paratypes: 4 ♂♂ “ VIETNAM, Bac Kan Prov., Ba Be NP, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=105.63251&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.417137" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 105.63251/lat 22.417137)">Na Mam forest</a>, 200m, 22.417137°N, 105.632505°E, light trap / 17–19.IV.2010, leg. L. Papp, L. Peregovits, &amp; Z. Soltész VN2010PL_17” (HNHM, ZFMK), 29 ♂♂ “VIETNAM, Bac Kan Prov., Ba Be NP, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=105.62679&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.411612" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 105.62679/lat 22.411612)">Nam Man</a>, at light, 187m, 22.411612°N, 105.626792°E / IV.17–18.2010, leg. L. Papp, L. Peregovits, &amp; Z. Soltész VN 2010PL_16” (HNHM, ZFMK).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Length: 6.0 mm, length of elytra: 4.2 mm, width: 3.5 mm. Body oblong, yellow, frons blackish, surface shiny, antenna yellow, dorsal surface glabrous.</p> <p>Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins strongly convex and convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a distinct angle; anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins moderately reflexed; surface convex and shiny, finely and irregularly, moderately densely punctate, with a few long erect setae in anterior part; frontoclypeal suture finely incised, angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye three times as wide as long. Ocular canthus short and wide, finely and sparsely punctate, with a short terminal seta, equal to 1/3 of ocular diameter. Frons finely and irregularly densely punctate, with a few long setae beside eyes. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.7. Antenna with nine antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, straight, 1.2 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>Pronotum widest at base, lateral margins in basal half weakly convex and nearly subparallel, in anterior part moderately curved and convergent to distinctly produced and sharp anterior angles, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin distinctly convex, marginal line fine and complete; basal margin without marginal line; surface with partly dense and fine punctures, glabrous, only on side punctures bearing an extremely minute seta; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, basal margin of hypomeron not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, apex sharp, with fine and dense punctures, glabrous.</p> <p>Elytra oblong, widest at middle, striae distinctly impressed, with fine and dense punctures; intervals moderately convex, with fine and moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, glabrous, only minute setae in punctures; epipleural edge moderately strong, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border narrowly membraneous, with a rim of short microtrichomes.</p> <p>Ventral surface shiny, with coarse and dense punctures, glabrous except a minute seta in punctures. Metacoxa only laterally with a few robust longer setae. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate and minutely setose, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short, robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.49. Pygidium moderately convex and shiny, with coarse, dense punctures and a few fine, short setae on apical margin.</p> <p>Legs moderately slender; femora finely densely and coarsely punctate and glabrous, with minute setae of punctures, with two longitudinal rows of setae; anterior margin of metafemur acute, with an adjacent continuously serrated line; ventral posterior margin weakly widened in apical half, smooth, not serrate, dorsal posterior margin also smooth. Metatibia moderately wide and long, widest shortly before apex, ratio width/length: 1/2.9, moderately carinate dorsally, with only one group of spines at 5/6 of metatibial length, basally with a few single spines in punctures; beside dorsal margin with a continuously serrated line until 3/4 of metatibial length, convergent with dorsal margin, between serrated line and dorsal margin finely punctate and with long setae; lateral face longitudinally convex, with sparse and fine punctures bearing each a minute seta; ventral margin finely serrated, with three fine and long, robust equidistant setae; medial face sparsely finely punctate, punctures with minute setae; apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly truncate. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, ventrally with short, sparse setae. Metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge and sparsely setose, laterally not carinate; first metatarsomere distinctly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, protarsal claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw simply but sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Fig. 12K–N. Habitus: Fig. 12O. Female unknown.</p> <p>Variation. Length: 5.1–6.9 mm, length of elytra: 3.5–4.6 mm, width: 3.0– 3.5 mm.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Amiserica pappi Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species differs from A. gulinqin Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, new species by the presence of basal lobes in both parameres.</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after one of its collectors, Laszlo Papp (Budapest).</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE12CFF85FF7FFAEB9BC6F28E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE128FF8AFF7FF9A29AEDF226.text	03DC87BEE128FF8AFF7FF9A29AEDF226.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica insperata (Brenske 1898)	<div><p>Amiserica insperata (Brenske) group</p> <p>Checklist of the species:</p> <p>Amiserica chiangdaoensis Ahrens, 2003: 66.</p> <p>Amiserica flavolucida Ahrens, 2003: 66.</p> <p>Amiserica hunliana Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2016: 50.</p> <p>Amiserica insperata (Brenske, 1898): 357.</p> <p>Amiserica langbianensis Ahrens, 2003: 67.</p> <p>Amiserica lii Ahrens, 2003: 66.</p> <p>Amiserica malickyi Ahrens, 2003: 66.</p> <p>Amiserica manipurensis Ahrens, 1999: 236.</p> <p>Amiserica mawphlangensis Ahrens, 1999: 235.</p> <p>Amiserica michaeli Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2011: 156.</p> <p>Amiserica nanensis Ahrens, 2003: 66.</p> <p>Amiserica nokrekensis Ahrens, 2003: 66.</p> <p>Amiserica omeiensis Ahrens, 2003: 67.</p> <p>Amiserica pardalis (Arrow, 1946): 8.</p> <p>Amiserica rejseki Ahrens, 2003: 66.</p> <p>Amiserica schoedli Ahrens &amp; Pacholátko, 2005: 314.</p> <p>Amiserica semipunctata Ahrens, 1999: 238.</p> <p>Amiserica similissima Ahrens &amp; Pacholátko, 2005: 311.</p> <p>Amiserica sparsesetosa Ahrens, 1999: 239.</p> <p>Key to the species of the Amiserica insperata (Brenske) group (♂♂)</p> <p>1 Antenna with nine antennomeres........................................................................ 11</p> <p>- Antenna with ten antennomeres.......................................................................... 2</p> <p>2 Dorsal body surface with iridescent shine, with a few single long and erect setae................................... 3</p> <p>- Dorsal body surface dull, with a few single moderately long or short setae........................................ 5</p> <p>3 Metatibia moderately long and narrow, ratio width/length&gt; 1/3.5................................................ 4</p> <p>- Metatibia long and narrow, ratio width/length: 1/4.5.................................. A. semipunctata Ahrens, 1999</p> <p>4 Metatibia moderately long and narrow, ratio width/length: 1/3.5. Parameres distally weakly widened and strongly curved ventrally at apex................................................................... A. flavolucida Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>- Metatibia shorter and wider, ratio width/length: 1/2.9. Parameres distally not widened and weakly curved ventrally at apex................................................................... A. similissima Ahrens &amp; Pacholátko, 2005</p> <p>5 Lateral ventral lamina of phallobase evenly elevated longitudinally. Intervals of elytra with a few single narrow, scale-like setae............................................................................................... 6</p> <p>- Lateral ventral lamina of phallobase neither elevated longitudinally nor with longitudinal tubercles.................... 8</p> <p>6 Left paramere distinctly wider than the right one (dorsal view). Antennal club 1.3 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined.................................................................... A. nokrekensis Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>- Left paramere nearly of the same width as the right one (dorsal view). Antennal club 1.5 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined....................................................................................... 7</p> <p>7 Parameres at apex bluntly truncate............................................. A. mawphlangensis Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>- Parameres at apex sharp................................................... A. hunliana Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2016</p> <p>8 Phallobase with a small tubercle ventrally on each side before apex.............................................. 9</p> <p>- Phallobase without any tubercle ventrally................................................................. 10</p> <p>9 Dorsal pilosity less dense. Ventral apical mesal incision of ventral phallobase abruptly narrowed. Apex of parameres strongly curved (lateral view)...................................................... A. michaeli Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2011</p> <p>- Dorsal pilosity dense. Ventral apical mesal incision of ventral phallobase evenly narrowed. Apex of parameres moderately curved (lateral view)............................................................ A. insperata (Brenske, 1898)</p> <p>10 Phallobase distinctly narrowed towards apex (lateral view). Parameres distinctly widened at middle compared to its base and apex (dorsal view)............................................................ A. manipurensis Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>- Phallobase equal in width in apical quarter (lateral view). Parameres almost constant in width over their entire length (dorsal view)................................................................ A. schoedli Ahrens&amp; Pacholátko, 2005</p> <p>11 Antennal club twice as long as remaining antennomeres combined and strongly reflexed. Phallobase relatively short and robust............................................................................ A. nanensis Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>- Antennal club at maximum 1.5 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined................................ 12</p> <p>12 Antennal club short, only about as long as remaining antennomeres combined.................... A. rejseki Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>- Antennal club ca 1.5 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined........................................ 13</p> <p>13 Phallobase apically moderately produced, at apex in the right side longer than at the left side. Parameres at apex curved hooklike ventrally.................................................................. A. sparsesetosa Ahrens,1999</p> <p>- Phallobase apically well produced. Parameres at apex only weakly curved ventrally................................ 14</p> <p>14 Pronotum widest at middle. Phallobase only weakly bent in apical third (lateral view). Basal lobe of left paramere narrow and in a right angle to main axis of paramere............................................... A. malickyi Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>- Pronotum widest at base. Phallobase considerably bent in apical third, dorsoventrally widened preapically (lateral view), at apex widely rounded.................................................................................. 15</p> <p>15 Phallobase mesoventrally with a distinctly elevated longitudinal lamella. Left paramere laterally with a rastered area............................................................................................ A. lii Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>- Phallobase ventrally without any elevated longitudinal lamella................................................. 16</p> <p>16 Basal lobe of left paramere round or oval in cross-section.................................................... 17</p> <p>- Basal lobe of left paramere strongly flattened, and more or less concavely curved.................................. 18</p> <p>17 Basal lobe of left paramere narrow and distally with a few fine teeth................... A. chiangdaoensis Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>- Basal lobe of left paramere wide, almost in a right angle to main axis of paramere, and distally rounded (without teeth)..................................................................................... A. pardalis (Arrow, 1946)</p> <p>18 Right paramere apically sharply pointed........................................... A. langbianensis Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>- Right paramere apically truncate, and slightly rounded externally.......................... A. omeiensis Ahrens, 2003</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE128FF8AFF7FF9A29AEDF226	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FFE2A9AEDF163.text	03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FFE2A9AEDF163.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica chiangdaoensis Ahrens 2003	<div><p>Amiserica chiangdaoensis Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>Additional material examined. 1 ♂ “NW Thailand, Chiang Dao, Ban San Pakia, 5.–10.v.2004, 1200m, Sv. Bily leg.” (ZFMK), 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ “Phu Rua NP (900m alt.), Loei P. NE Thai. 26–30.IV.2006 Takakuwa, M. leg.” (ZFMK), 1 ♀ “NE Thailand, Phu Rua, Loei Prov., Phu Rua Natinal Park, 21.–23.V.2004 leg. Sadahiro Ohomomo ” (ZFMK).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FFE2A9AEDF163	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FFD2E9D0AF083.text	03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FFD2E9D0AF083.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica insperata (Brenske 1898)	<div><p>Amiserica insperata (Brenske, 1898)</p> <p>Additional material examined. 21 ex. “ Myanmar (Burma) Chin State; Chin Hills 30 miles camp (<a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=21.49639&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.49639" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 21.49639/lat 21.49639)">Orchid station</a>) 24.–27.VI.2008 leg. M. Langer / N21°29’47.0’’ E09°47’21.9’’ H= 2495 m (NF)” (ZFMK), 14 ex. „ Myanmar (Burma) Chin State; Chin Hills 20 miles camp (Horn Bird station) 27.–30.VI.2008 leg. M. Langer / N 21°25’15.2’’ E 093°47’21.5’’ H= 2350 m (NF)” (ZFMK).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FFD2E9D0AF083	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FFC4E9B52F7EB.text	03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FFC4E9B52F7EB.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica lii Ahrens 2003	<div><p>Amiserica lii Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>Additional material examined. 4 ex. “ Vietnam, Lao Cai Prov., Hoang Lien Son NP, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=103.770454&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.349373" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 103.770454/lat 22.349373)">Tram Ton</a>, 1915 m, 22.3493723°N, 103.7704565E, / forest edge, at light, 8–11 IV. 2010, leg. L. Papp, L. Peregovits &amp; Z. Soltesz VN2010PL_4” (HNHM), 1 ex. “ Vietnam, Lao Cai Prov., Hoang Lien Son NP, <a href="http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=103.78024&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.359118" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 103.78024/lat 22.359118)">Thac Bac</a> 1788 m, 22.3591171°N, 103.7802435°E, at light / IV.12.2010, leg. L. Papp, L. Peregovits &amp; Z. Soltesz VN2010PL_9” (HNHM), 1 ♂ “N Vietnam - Lao Cai province, Hoang Lien Natl Park: surr. Sa Pa pass, at light (~ 1900m) 27.V.–2.VI.2011 / L. Bartolozzi, S. Bambi, F. Fabiano, E. Orbach leg. (Num. Magazzino 2909)” (MZUF).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FFC4E9B52F7EB	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FFAD69CDFF6C3.text	03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FFAD69CDFF6C3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica malickyi Ahrens 2003	<div><p>Amiserica malickyi Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>Additional material examined. 1 ♂ “N Thailand Wiang Papao 80 km NE of Chiang Mai; 1995” (ZFMK), 9 ♂♂, 13 ♀♀ “N-Thailand 12.–14.V.1990 Doi Inthanon lg. Malicky ” (ZSM).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FFAD69CDFF6C3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FF98E9EB8F5E3.text	03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FF98E9EB8F5E3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica michaeli Ahrens & Fabrizi 2011	<div><p>Amiserica michaeli Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2011</p> <p>Additional material examined. 3 ex. “ Myanmar (Burma) Prov. Chin / Chin Hills Umg. Kampetlet Natmaboung N.P. (NF) 23.VI.2006, leg. M. Langer / E 093º57’ N 21º13’ H=ca 1500m ” (ZFMK), 4 ex. „ Myanmar (Burma) Chin State; Chin Hills 20 miles camp (Horn Bird station) 27.–30.VI.2008 leg. M. Langer / N 21°25’15.2’’ E 093°47’21.5’’ H= 2350 m (NF)” (ZFMK).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FF98E9EB8F5E3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FF8AE9A18F4E7.text	03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FF8AE9A18F4E7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica nanensis Ahrens 2003	<div><p>Amiserica nanensis Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>Additional material examined. 1 ♂ “LAOS-NE: Huoa Phan prov.; 20°13’09–19’’N, 103°59’54’’– 104°00’03’’E 1480–1510m Phou Pane Mt., 22.iv.–14.v.2008, Vit Kubán leg.” (ZFMK).</p> <p>Remarks. This species was so far known only from Thailand and is recorded from Laos for the first time.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE126FF8AFF7FF8AE9A18F4E7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE125FF89FF7FFB589AEDF562.text	03DC87BEE125FF89FF7FFB589AEDF562.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica argentata (Frey 1975)	<div><p>Amiserica argentata (Frey) group</p> <p>Checklist of the species</p> <p>Amiserica argentata (Frey, 1975b): 223 (Serica).</p> <p>Amiserica lutulenta Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2016: 51.</p> <p>Key to species of the Amiserica argentata (Frey) group (♂♂)</p> <p>1 Parameres evenly narrowed towards apex.............................................. A. argentata (Frey, 1975)</p> <p>- Parameres slightly widened towards rounded apex.............................. A. lutulenta Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2016</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE125FF89FF7FFB589AEDF562	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE125FF89FF7FFF009D48F28D.text	03DC87BEE125FF89FF7FFF009D48F28D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica nokrekensis Ahrens 2003	<div><p>Amiserica nokrekensis Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>Additional material examined. 1 ♂ “ LAOS, Xieng Khouang Prov., 19°37–8’N 103°20–1’E, Phonsavan (30 km NE); Phou Sane Mt., 1400–1700 m, 10.–30.v.2009, D. Hauck leg. / NHMB Basel, NMPC Prague Laos 2009 Expedition: M. Brancucci, M. Geiser, Z. Kraus, D. Hauck, V. Kubáň ” (NHMB).</p> <p>Remarks. This species was so far known only from northeastern India (Meghalaya) and northern Vietnam; it is recorded from Laos for the first time.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE125FF89FF7FFF009D48F28D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE125FF89FF7FFE4C9E1CF165.text	03DC87BEE125FF89FF7FFE4C9E1CF165.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica omeiensis Ahrens 2003	<div><p>Amiserica omeiensis Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>Additional material examined. 1 ♂ “ Qingyin’ge, Mt. Emeishan, Sichuan, 29.VI.1957, 800– 1000m, leg. Lu Youcai / LW-719” (IZAS).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE125FF89FF7FFE4C9E1CF165	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE125FF89FF7FFD249F8EF059.text	03DC87BEE125FF89FF7FFD249F8EF059.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica pardalis (Arrow 1946)	<div><p>Amiserica pardalis (Arrow, 1946)</p> <p>Additional material examined. 5 ex. “ China, W Yunnan prov., mts. 60Km E Tengchong, 2300m, 14.–19.v.2006 S. Murzin &amp; I. Shokin leg.” (CP), 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ “ China: NW-Yunnan Yulongshan, Yunlong 3200m vii.2004 leg. Ying ” (ZFMK).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE125FF89FF7FFD249F8EF059	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE125FF89FF7FFC389A26F779.text	03DC87BEE125FF89FF7FFC389A26F779.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica rejseki Ahrens 2003	<div><p>Amiserica rejseki Ahrens, 2003</p> <p>Additional material examined. 1 ♂ “S China, Yunnan prov., 18km SW Baoshan, 2100m, 16–19.v.2003, leg. S. Murzin ” (CP), 13 ex. “ China, W Yunnan prov., mts. 20km SW Baoshan, 2400m, 23.–25.v.2006, S. Murzin &amp; I. Shokin leg.” (CP).</p> <p>Remarks. The species was so far known only from the type locality in Myanmar; first record for China.</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE125FF89FF7FFC389A26F779	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
03DC87BEE125FF88FF7FF92D9AEDF743.text	03DC87BEE125FF88FF7FF92D9AEDF743.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Amiserica costulata (Frey 1969)	<div><p>Amiserica costulata (Frey) group</p> <p>Checklist of the species:</p> <p>Amiserica breviflabellata Ahrens, 2004 a: 136.</p> <p>Amiserica costulata (Frey, 1969): 518 (Lasioserica).</p> <p>Amiserica krausei Ahrens, 2004 a: 130.</p> <p>Amiserica longiflabellata Ahrens, 2004 a: 134.</p> <p>Amiserica patibilis Ahrens, 2004 a: 137.</p> <p>Amiserica recurva Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2009b: 258.</p> <p>Amiserica surda Ahrens, 2004 a: 139.</p> <p>Amiserica taplejungensis Ahrens, 2004 a: 133.</p> <p>Key to species of the Amiserica costulata (Frey) group (♂♂)</p> <p>1 Metasternum caudally strongly elevated, medially concave; with concavity very finely and densely punctate and densely erectly setose. Serrated line of metatibia widely interrupted and incomplete........................................... 2</p> <p>- Metasternum caudally flat, not elevated, median concavity longitudinal and weak, not more densely punctate than the rest of the metasternum. Serrated line of metatibia complete......................................................... 5</p> <p>2 Lateral margins of pronotum strongly curved. Left paramere strongly widened, interiorly with a sharp tooth........................................................................................ A. taplejungensis Ahrens, 2004</p> <p>- Lateral margins of pronotum moderately curved. Left paramere narrow, interiorly without tooth....................... 3</p> <p>3 Left paramere strongly shortened, its basal lobe wider; basal lobe of right paramere distinctly longer.................................................................................................... A. krausei Ahrens, 2004</p> <p>- Left paramere at maximum only little shorter than the right one, its basal lobe narrower; basal lobe of right paramere distinctly shorter.............................................................................................. 4</p> <p>4 Left paramere nearly subequal in length to the right one........................... A. recurva Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2009</p> <p>- Left paramere little shorter than the right one............................................ A. costulata (Frey, 1969)</p> <p>5 Protarsal claws symmetrical. Antennal club much longer than remaining antennomeres combined................................................................................................ A. longiflabellata Ahrens, 2004</p> <p>- Protarsal claws asymmetrical, interior claw hook-like developed. Antennal club not longer than remaining antennomeres combined............................................................................................... 6</p> <p>6 Anterior margin of labroclypeus not reflexed, its anterior angles strongly rounded, anterior margin slightly concavely sinuate medially................................................................... A. breviflabellata Ahrens, 2004</p> <p>- Anterior margin of labroclypeus strongly reflexed........................................................... 7</p> <p>7 Eyes larger (ratio diameter/interocular width: 0.88). Anterior margin of labroclypeus separated by an indistinct incision from the lateral margin of clypeus. Parameres shorter and wider................................... A. surda Ahrens, 2004</p> <p>- Eyes smaller (ratio diameter/interocular width: 0.67). Anterior margin of labroclypeus separated by a distinct incision from the lateral margin of clypeus. Parameres narrow and long..................................... A. patibilis Ahrens, 2004</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC87BEE125FF88FF7FF92D9AEDF743	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Ahrens, Dirk;Liu, Wangang;Pham, Phu Van;Fabrizi, Silvia	Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Pham, Phu Van, Fabrizi, Silvia (2021): An overview on the genus Amiserica Nomura, 1974 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 5050 (1): 1-63, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5050.1.1
