Serica (Serica) benesi Ahrens 2005
Creators: name: Ahrens, Dirk
name: Zhao, Ming-Zhi
name: Pham, Phu Van
name: Liu, Wan-Gang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Serica
Serica benesi

description: Serica (Serica) benesi Ahrens, 2005
Additional material examined. 1 ♂ [China] “ Mts. Zhibenshan, Yunlong, Yunnan, 21.VI. 1981, 2250m, leg. Wang Shuyong / LW-053/ Asia Sericini 1329 spec.” (IZAS), 1 ♂ [China] “Sanshenggou, Wolong, Sichuan, 9.VIII.1983, 2500m, leg. Niu Chunlai ” (IZAS), 7 ex. “ China: Gansu province, Lazikou valley, 2120–2510m, 34°09.9–10.1′N 103°48.2–51.9′E 28.VI.2005, J. Hájek, D. Král, & J. Růžička leg.” (NMPC), 2 ♂♂ [China] “Jingheyuan, Ningxia, 13.VII. 1980, 1940m, leg. Li Fasheng ” (CAU), 2 ♂♂ [China]“Qihe Forestry Farm, Lushi County, Henan, 20.VII.2001, 1200m, light trap, leg. Dong Kangzhen ” (IZAS), 1 ♂, 1 ♀ [China] “Pangquangou, Shanxi, 14.VII.1996, 1600m, leg. Li Wenzhu ” (IZAS), 1 ♂, 1 ♀ [China] “Diechang, Gansu, 7.VII.1998, 1800m, leg. Yao Jian ” (IZAS), 1 ♂ [China] “Lianzigou, Mts. Gonggashan, Sichuan, 9.VI. 1983, 2350m, leg. Chai Huaicheng ” (IZAS), 1 ♂ [China] “Hongping Forestry Farm, Shennongjia, Hubei, 18.VI. 1987, 1660m, light trap, leg. Han Yinheng ” (IZAS), 2 ♂♂ [China] “ Qinghai, 7.VI.1965, light trap, leg. Qinghai Nongkeyuan, Zhibaisuo ” (IZAS), 1 ♂ [China] “Huoditang, Ningshan, Shaanxi, 14.VIII. 1998, 1580m, light trap, leg. Yuan Decheng ” (IZAS), 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ “ CHINA: Henan, Nanyang, Neixiang, Baotianman N.R., 33°30′0″N, 111°56′2″E, 1386m 2023.VIII.12–16 at light, Yi-Teng Li leg.” (CZMZ), 2 ♂♂ “ CHINA: Henan, Nanyang, Neixiang, Baotianman N.R., Qiulin Resort, ca. 1300 m 2023.VIII.10 at light, Zi-Zhao Wang leg.” (CZMZ), 6 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ “ CHINA, Gansu, Diebu 34.087276°N, 103.17205°E 2367.6 m, 29.VI.2023 at light, Yu-Long Zhang leg.” (CZMZ), 18 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ “ CHINA, Sichuan, Jiuzhaigou Zhangzha Town 33.308098°N, 103.794914°E 2225 m, 3–4.VII.2023 at light, Yu-Long Zhang leg.” (CZMZ), 6 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ “ 2022. VI.19 [China] Sichuan, Heishui County, Luhua Town, Simei Village, Simeigou, 2670 m, Hao Xu, Ting Xiong, Xin-Yuan Zhang MYNU ” (CZMZ, MYNU), 8 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ “ 2022.VI.23 [China] Sichuan, Heishui County, Luhua Town, Rela Village, E’erba, 2640 m, Hao Xu, Ting Xiong, Xin-Yuan Zhang MYNU ” (CZMZ, MYNU), 5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ “ CHINA: Sichuan, Maoxian, Mt. Jiudingshan, 2400 m, 2023.VII.15, Tian-Xuan Gu leg.” (CZMZ).
Remarks. The specimens from Zhibenshan (Yunnan) (Fig. 7A–D), Huoditang (Shaanxi), and Sanshenggou (Sichuan) have remarkably positioned parameres (right paramere slightly rotated externally along longitudinal axis), which makes them look in dorsal view extremely different from the typical S. benesi (Ahrens 2005; Fig. 11; holotype).
description: Published as part of Ahrens, Dirk, Zhao, Ming-Zhi, Pham, Phu Van & Liu, Wan-Gang, 2024, Taxonomic updates on Pachyserica Brenske, 1898 and Serica MacLeay, 1819 reveal 38 new species and new challenges of Sericini systematics regarding DNA barcodes and genus-level diagnostic key characters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae), pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 5491 (1) on pages 52-53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5491.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13211849