New species and records of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 from Indochina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae)
An update to the taxonomy and distribution of species of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from continental Southeast Asia is given. We present new records of 57 taxa and describe 14 new species: Tetraserica elargata Ahrens, Pacholtko & Pham, sp. nov., T. guidosabatinellii Ahrens, Pacholtko & Pham, sp. nov., T. haucki Ahrens, Pacholtko & Pham, sp. nov., T. konplong Ahrens, Pacholtko & Pham, sp. nov., T. lucieae Ahrens, Pacholtko & Pham, sp. nov., T. misofi Ahrens, Pacholtko & Pham, sp. nov., T. paraspinicrus Ahrens, Pacholtko & Pham, sp. nov., T. pseudospinicrus Ahrens, Pacholtko & Pham, sp. nov., T. quangnam Ahrens, Pacholtko & Pham, sp. nov., T. quangtri Ahrens, Pacholtko & Pham, sp. nov., T. schnelli Ahrens, Pacholtko & Pham, sp. nov., T. similis Ahrens, Pacholtko & Pham, sp. nov., T. sonla Ahrens, Pacholtko & Pham, sp. nov., T. strbai Ahrens, Pacholtko & Pham, sp. nov. The name of Tetraserica semidamaidiensis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019 is emended in respect to its incorrect original spelling: Tetraserica semidamadiensis Fabrizi, Dalstein & Ahrens, 2019. The male genitalia of the new species are illustrated and diagnostic characters to related species are given. The key to species of Asian mainland is updated.
Authors
- Petr Pacholátko
- Phạm Văn Phú (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9369-6649)
- Dirk Ahrens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3524-7153)
Institutions
- Meridian Institute (US)
- Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (DE)
- Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (DE)
- Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (DE)
- Brno University of Technology (CZ)
- Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5691.2.2
- Primary Topic
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00