Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 94. (Budapest 2002)

Ahrens, D.: Notes on distribution and synonymy of sericid beetles of Taiwan, with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae)

Notes - This species differs from the other Eumaladera with shiny dorsal surface, by having long pilosity on the frons, the metatibia short and very broad, and a smaller body size. The parameres are generally similar to those of E. planiuscula NOMURA, but are distinctly different in shape. Eumaladera puliensis sp. n. (Figs 28-30) Type material - Holotype: S "C. Taiwan: Nan Tou Co. near Puli, alt. 550 m 30.IV. 1994 collr. C. C. Chen" (CA). Description - Length: 8.7 mm, width: 4.7 mm, length of elytra: 5.8 mm. Body oblong, blackish brown, antenna brown, dorsal and ventral surface very shiny, except a few hairs on head glabrous. Labroclypeus short, transversely subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins straight and convergent to broadly rounded anterior angles, lateral margin and ocular canthus produce an indistinct blunt angle, margins moderately reflexed, anterior margin very shallowly sinuate medially; surface at middle slightly convex, very coarsely and densely punctate, distance between punctures less than their diameter, with a few moderately long, erect hairs; frontoclypeal suture feebly incised and weakly angled medially; smooth area in front of eye approximately three times as wide as long; ocular canthus moderately short and broad, very densely and coarsely punctate, with a single terminal hair. Frons coarsely and densely punctate, vertex very densely transversely ocellously punctate, with a few single long hairs beside eyes. Eyes large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.77. Antenna 10-segmented; club with three segments, in male distinctly longer than the remaining segments combined. Mentum anteriorly elevated and flattened. Pronotum moderately transverse, widest at base, lateral margins in basal half subparallel and straight, in anterior half slightly curved and convergent anteriorly, anterior angles strongly produced and sharp, anterior margin weakly convexly produced medially and with a fine marginal line; surface very densely and coarsely punctate, with microscopic hairs in the punctures; anterior and lateral margins densely setose. Scutellum slender, triangular, with coarse, dense punctures, the punctures with microscopic hairs. Elytra oblong, posteriorly distinctly widened, striae indistinctly impressed and coarsely and densely punctate, intervals flat, with coarse and dense punctures, punctures concentrated along striae on odd intervals, penultimate external interval with a few fine and long hairs, some punctures with microscopic setae; epipleural edge robust, ending at strongly curved external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border chitinous, covered with very short microtrichomes. Ventral surface with very large and dense punctures, sparsely hairy, metacoxal plates laterally with numerous long hairs; each abdominal sternite with a transversal row of coarse punctures bearing short hairs between fine and dense punctation, penultimate sternite apically with a very narrow smooth chitinous border, not a quarter as long as sternite. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.56. Pygidium strongly convex, coarsely and densely punctate, without smooth midline, with numerous long hairs, some punctures with microscopic setae. Legs moderately slender; femora with two longitudinal rows of hairs, finely and moderately densely punctate; metafemur shiny, anteriorly sharply edged, immediately beside anterior edge with a continuously serrated line, behind posterior longitudinal row of hairs punctation denser, posterior