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

Serica (s. I.) formosana MOSER Serica formosana MOSER, 1915: 338. Maiadéra curvifemora NOMURA, 1974: 103, 107, syn. n. Maiadéra brevipilosa KOBAYASHI, 1985: 13, 14, syn. n. Type material - Holotype: S "Formosa Tainan/ Serica formosana Type Mos./ formosana Mos." (ZMHB). Additional material examined - 4 ex. "Wushe, Taiwan, 1150 m, 23.III.

83 H. & M. Townes" (HAHC), 4 ex. "Wushe, Taiwan, 1150 m, 16.IH.83 H. & M. Townes" (HAHC), 1 ex. "Taiwan, Wushe, 1150 m, 7.IV.83H. Townes" (HAHC), lex. "Taiwan, Wushe, 1150 m, 13.IV.83 H. Townes" (HAHC), 1 ex. "Taiwan, Wushe, 1150 m, 29.IV.83 H. Townes" (HAHC), 1 ex. "Taiwan, Wushe, 1150 m, 29.V.83 H. Townes" (HAHC), 1 ex. "Wushe, Taiwan, 1150 m, 29.IV.83 H. Townes" (HAHC), 1 ex. "Taiwan, Ilan Pr., Chihtuan, Ming-Chyr Forest Reer. Area, 1200 m, 12.VI.1997 B. Herczig & L. Ronkay" (HNHM) Notes -Illustrations of genitalia by NOMURA (1974) and KOBAYASHI (1985) present one and the same species without any doubt. Both descriptions and figures fit the type specimen of Serica formosana MOSER, which was examined by the author. Acknowledgements -1 wish to express my cordial thanks to the following persons and their institutions for loaning the material: A. BELLMANN (Bremen), Y. CAMBEFORT (MNHN), H. HOWDEN (Ottawa), H. KOBAYASHI (Tokyo), M. D. KERLEY (BMNH), C.-L. Li (Taipei), I. LÖBL (MHNG), O. MERKL (HNHM), S. NAKAMURA (HMNH), A. NAPOLOV (Riga), M. NIKODYM (Prague), P. PACHOLÁTKO (Brno), G.A. SAMUELSON (BPBM), E. SPRECHER, M. BRANCUCCI (CF, NHMB), and L. ZERCHE (DEI). I am very grateful to PAUL LAGO (Mississippi) for reviewing the early draft of manuscript. The material brought back from Taiwan by Hungarian collectors between 1996 and 2000 was collected within the framework of a joint project of the HNHM and the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute (Taipei), entitled "Biodiversity studies on the Lepidoptera fauna of Taiwan: taxonomy, faunagenetics and inventory of selected lepidopteran families". REFERENCES BRENSKE, E. ( 1897): Die Serica-Arten der Erde. I. - Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 42: 345-438. FAIRMAIRE, M. L. (1891): Coléoptères de l'Intérieur de la Chine. (7). - Annales de la Société entomologique de Belge 35: 187-219. FREY, G. (1972): Neue Sericinen der Klapperich-Ausbeute aus Fukien des Alexander Koenig Museum in Bonn (Col., Scarab., Melolonth.). - Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum Frey 23: 162-177. HlRASAWA, H. (1985): Description of a new beetle belonging to the genus Gastromaladera from Taiwan (Sericinae). - Lamellicornia 1: 13-15.