Neoserica (s.l.) hainana (Brenske, 1898) Brenske, 1898

Liu, Wan-Gang, Fabrizi, Silvia, Bai, Ming & Ahrens, Dirk, 2016, A taxonomic revision of Neoserica (sensu lato): the species groups N. lubrica, N. obscura, and N. silvestris (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini), ZooKeys 635, pp. 123-160 : 139-140

Neoserica (s.l.) hainana (Brenske, 1898) comb. n. Figs 3 A–D, 6

Microserica hainana Brenske, 1898: 216.

Type material examined.

Lectotype (here designated): ♂ "Hainan Schmack/ Serica hainana var. type Brsk./ Coll. v. Schönfeldt” (SMFD). Paralectotypes: 4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ "Hainan Schmack/ Coll. v. Schönfeldt” (SMFD), 1 ♂ " hainana var. type/ Coll. v. Schönfeldt” (SMFD), 1 ♂ "Hainan Schmack/ Serica hainana type Brsk./ Coll. v. Schönfeldt / hainana Brske" (SMFD), 1 ♀ "Hainan v. Schönfeldt / Serica hainana type Brsk." (ZMHB), 1 ♂ "19./ Hainan Schmack/ Serica hainana var. type Brsk./ Coll. v. Schönfeldt” (SMFD).

Additional material examined.

1 ♂ "Qiongzhong, Hainan, Guangdong, 17.VII.1960, 400m, leg. Zhang Xuezhong" (IZAS), 1 ♂, 1 ♀ "Bawangzhen, Changjiang, Hainan, 5-7.VI.2008, leg. Ba Yibin, Lang Juntong" (HBUM), 3 ♂♂ "Bawangzhen, Changjiang, Hainan, 5-7.VI.2008, leg. Ba Yibin, Lang Juntong" (HBUM).

Redescription.

Body length: 6.8 mm, length of elytra: 4.8 mm, body width: 4.2 mm. Body short-oval, black, elytra reddish brown, dorsal surface except anterior labroclypeus dull, pronotum and elytra glabrous.

Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, distinctly wider than long, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex, convergent anteriorly; anterior angles strongly rounded; anterior margin shallowly sinuate medially, margins moderately reflexed; surface weakly convex, shiny, base dull, coarsely and densely punctate, with numerous erect setae; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly incised, nearly vanishing under dull toment; smooth area in front of eye convex, nearly as long as wide; ocular canthus short and triangular (1/3 of ocular diameter), sparsely punctate, terminal setae in lectotype lacking. Frons with fine and moderately dense punctures, without erect setae. Eyes small, ratio diameter/ interocular width: 0.4. Antenna with ten antennomeres, yellowish, club (♂) with four antennomeres and straight, as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum convexly elevated and flattened anteriorly.

Pronotum transverse, widest shortly before base, lateral margins in basal half nearly straight and moderately convergent to middle, evenly convex and weakly convergent anteriorly; anterior angles distinctly produced and sharp, posterior angles blunt and weakly rounded at tip; anterior margin straight, with a fine complete marginal line; surface densely and finely punctate, glabrous, with minute setae in punctures (100 × magnification); lateral border densely setose; hypomeron distinctly carinate basally, not produced ventrally. Scutellum triangular, with fine, dense punctures, glabrous.

Elytra short-oval, widest shortly behind middle, striae finely impressed, finely and densely punctate, intervals weakly convex, with sparse, fine punctures concentrated along striae, glabrous except a few single, short setae on odd intervals; epipleural edge robust, ending at nearly blunt external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose; apical border without a fine fringe of microtrichomes (visible at 100 × magnification).

Ventral surface dull, finely and densely punctate; metasternum nearly glabrous except a few long robust setae on disc, punctures with minute setae (100 × magnification); metacoxa glabrous, with a few single setae laterally; abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate, with a transverse row of coarse punctures, each bearing a short robust seta, last sternite half as long as penultimate one. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as the mesofemur, with a semi-circular ridge bearing long setae. Ratio of length of metepisternum/ metacoxa: 1/ 2.0. Pygidium dull, moderately convex, finely and densely punctate, without smooth midline, with a few long setae along apical margin.

Legs short; femora moderately shiny, with two rudimentary longitudinal rows of setae, finely and sparsely punctate, glabrous; metafemur with anterior margin acute, without serrated line behind anterior edge, posterior margin smooth ventrally, in apical half only weakly widened, posterior margin smooth dorsally. Metatibia wide and short, widest at middle, ratio of width/ length: 1/ 2.8; dorsal margin sharply carinate, with two groups of spines, basal group at one third, apical group at three quarters of metatibial length, basally with a few short single setae; lateral face weakly convex, finely and sparsely punctate, smooth along middle; ventral edge finely serrated, with three robust nearly equidistant setae; medial face smooth, apex interiorly near tarsal articulation bluntly truncate and slightly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres ventrally with sparse, short setae, smooth, neither laterally nor dorsally carinate; metatarsomeres with a strongly serrated ridge ventrally, glabrous; first metatarsomere slightly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and slightly longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia short, bidentate, distal tooth sharply pointed at apex; anterior claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw sharply truncate at apex.

Aedeagus: Fig. 3 A–C. Habitus: Fig. 3D.

Variation.

The colour varies from an entirely black body, or a blackish anterior body (head and pronotum) with reddish elytra, to a nearly entirely reddish body with dark head and anterior pronotum, dorsal surface sometimes with greenish shine. Female: pygidium moderately convex, at middle strongly shiny and finely punctate; antennal club slightly shorter than the remaining antennomeres combined, composed of 4 antennomeres.