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Tetraserica yaoanica Liu, Fabrizi, Bai, Yang & Ahrens 2014

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Body length: 7.2 mm, length of elytra: 5.4 mm, width: 4.3 mm. Body reddish brown. Labroclypeus surface with a few erect setae. Disc of frons with a few single setae. Smooth area in front of eye approximately 4 times as wide as long. Eyes large; ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.86. Antennal club 1.3 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.68. Metafemur with a serrated continuous line beside anterior margin, with fine sparse punctures behind line each bearing a short seta. Metatibia moderately long, ratio width/length: 1/3.82; basal group of dorsal spines of metatibia behind middle; beside dorsal margin in basal half with a blunt carina being partly finely serrate. Aedeagus. Fig. 10I–K. Habitus: Fig. 10L. Female unknown.
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Wan-Gang Liu, Silvia Fabrizi, Ming Bai, Xing-Ke Yang, Dirk Ahrens
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Liu W, Fabrizi S, Bai M, Yang X, Ahrens D (2014) A taxonomic review on the species of Tetraserica Ahrens, 2004, of China (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Sericini) ZooKeys (448): 83–121
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Wan-Gang Liu
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Silvia Fabrizi
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Ming Bai
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Xing-Ke Yang
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Dirk Ahrens
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