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New Sericini from Myanmar (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericinae)
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- 1. Museum Koenig, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Bonn, Germany
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Here we describe seven new Sericini species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericinae) from Myanmar: Lasioserica kanpetlet sp. nov., Amiserica mogok sp. nov., A. curvifemorata sp. nov., Neoserica schillhammeri sp. nov., N. minshia sp. nov., Gynaecoserica loisau sp. nov., and G. shwetharyar sp. nov. We provide images of habitus and male genitalia for the new species and provide further new records for the genera Serica MacLeay, 1819, Lasioserica Brenske, 1896, Amiserica Nomura, 1974, and Gynaecoserica Brenske, 1896.
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