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Oxyserica elegans Ahrens & Liu & Lukic & Bai 2023, new combination

Description

Oxyserica elegans (Frey, 1975) new combination

Autoserica elegans Frey, 1975b: 224.

Microserica elegans: Ahrens 1998 a: 38, 2004b: 184.

Material examined. See Ahrens (1998 a: p. 38).

Aedeagus. See Ahrens (1998 a: p. 40, figs 20–22).

Distribution. Bhutan.

Notes

Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Liu, Wangang, Lukic, Daniel & Bai, Ming, 2023, A taxonomic review of Microserica Brenske, 1894 from continental Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), pp. 1-115 in Zootaxa 5241 (1) on pages 72-73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5241.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639734

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ahrens & Liu & Lukic & Bai
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Melolonthidae
Genus
Oxyserica
Species
elegans
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxonomic concept label
Oxyserica elegans (Frey, 1975) sec. Ahrens, Liu, Lukic & Bai, 2023

References

  • Frey, G. (1975 b) Ergebnisse der Bhutan Expedition 1972 des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel. Col.: Fam. Scarabaeidae subf. Melolonthidae. Entomologica Basiliensia, 1, 223 - 241.
  • Ahrens, D. (1998) Revision der Sericinae des Himalaya-Gebiets. Neue Arten der Microserica marginata (Brsk.) - Gruppe (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea). Entomologische Abhandlungen, 58 (1), 29 - 51.
  • Ahrens, D. (2004 b) Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation. de - Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.