Taxonomic changes and an updated catalogue for the Palaearctic Sericini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

This paper presents some results of the ongoing taxonomic investigations of the Asian Sericini (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) beetle fauna with an updated catalogue to the Palaearctic members of this tribe. The following new synonymies and combinations are introduced: Archeohomaloplia Nikolajev, 1982 (= Melanomaladera Miyake & Yamaya, 2001, new synonymy); Trioserica Moser, 1922 (= Sinoserica Miyake & Yamaya, 2001, new synonymy); Nipponoserica koltzei ( Reitter, 1897) (= Nipponoserica opacicarina Kim & Kim, 2003, new synonymy); Maladera lignicolor ( Fairmaire, 1887) (= Autoserica laboriosa Brenske, 1897, Aserica fusiana Murayama, 1934, and Serica tenebrosa Frey, 1972, new synonymy); Neosericania nitida ( Kobayashi, 1985) new combination; Eumaladera subrugata ( Moser, 1926) new combination; Eumaladera opaciventris ( Moser, 1915) new combination (= Maladera coreana Kim & Kim, 2003, new synonymy); Maladera verticalis ( Fairmaire, 1888) (= Maladera castanea koreana Kim & Kim, 2003, new synonymy); Archeohomaloplia abbreviata ( Fairmaire, 1897) new combination (= Areohomaloplia potanini Nikoleav, 1982, new synonymy); Archeohomaloplia yunnana ( Miyake & Yamaya, 2001) new combination; Trioserica maculipennis ( Miyake & Yamaya) new combination; Serica ( Taiwanoserica) anmashana ( Kobayashi, 1993) new combination; S. ( T.) bihluhensis ( Kobayashi & Yu, 2000) new combination; S. ( T.) chunlinlii ( Ahrens, 2002) new combination; S. ( T.) elongata ( Nomura, 1974) new combination; S. ( T.) gracilipes ( Nomura, 1974) new combination; S. ( T.) kubotai ( Kobayashi, 1983) new combination; S. ( T.) lishana ( Nomura, 1974) new combination; S. ( T.) monticola ( Kobayashi & Yu, 2000) new combination; S. ( T.) nitidipes ( Nomura, 1974) new combination; S. ( T.) ovata ( Nomura, 1974) new combination; S. ( T.) pubisterna ( Nomura, 1974) new combination; S. ( T.) shinanshana ( Kobayashi, 1988) new combination; S. ( T.) simillima ( Kobayashi, 1983) new combination; S. ( T.) sinuosa ( Kobayashi & Yu, 2000) new combination; S. ( T.) suturalis ( Nomura, 1974) new combination; S. ( T.) suzukii ( Kobayashi, 1983) new combination; S. ( T.) taiyal ( Kobayashi & Yu, 2000) comb. n.; S. ( T.) variegata ( Nomura, 1974) new combination; S. ( T.) yui ( Kobayashi, 1993) new combination. The errorneous spelling of Neosericania exisoclypeata Miyake & Yamaya, 1994 is corrected to Neosericania excisoclypeata.