Microserica avicula Ahrens & Liu & Lukic & Bai 2023
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Liu, Wangang
name: Lukic, Daniel
name: Bai, Ming
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Melolonthidae
Microserica
Microserica avicula

description: Microserica avicula group
Key to species of the Microserica avicula group (♁♁):
1 Phallobase at apex with one or two dorsal processes.......................................................... 2
- Phallobase at apex without dorsal processes................................................................. 4
2 Dorsal process simple, not split at apex........................ Mic. multipunctata Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species
- Dorsal process double or split at apex..................................................................... 3
3 Phallobase at apex with two dorsal processes...................... Mic. paravicula Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species
- Phallobase at apex with one dorsal process that is split into two tips before apex. ................................................................................................. Mic. avicula (Arrow, 1946) new combination
4 Dorsal surface and elytra yellow, with multiple small dark spots, almost glabrous.................................. 5
- Dorsal surface and elytra brown, without dark spots, elytra with sparse white scales................................. 8
5 Insertion of left paramere displaced dorsally at phallobase..................................................... 6
- Insertion of left paramere lateral......................................................................... 7
6 Left paramere subequal in length to the right one. Antennal club 1.5 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined.............................................................. Mic. cucphuong Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species
- Left paramere much shorter than the right one. Antennal club little longer than remaining antennomeres combined................................................................... Mic. ferestictica Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species
7 Antennal club slightly shorter, 1.7 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Left paramere shorter and stouter........................................................... Mic. hieroglyphica Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species
- Antennal club longer, twice as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Left paramere longer and narrower................................................................... Mic. caiyangheana Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species
8 Left paramere very short, less than half as long as right one................................................................................................ Mic. costisquamosa (Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2019) new combination
- Left paramere longer, subequal in length to the right one................ Mic. vinden Ahrens, Lukic & Liu, new species
description: 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 page 37, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5241.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7639734