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Taxonomic revision of Serica MacLeay, 1819 (sensu lato) from China and adjacent areas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), with updates on Nipponoserica Nomura, 1972

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Ahrens, Dirk, Fabrizi, Silvia, Bai, Ming, Liu, Wangang (2022): Taxonomic revision of Serica MacLeay, 1819 (sensu lato) from China and adjacent areas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), with updates on Nipponoserica Nomura, 1972. Zootaxa 5186 (1): 1-83, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5186.1.1

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