This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ahrens, Dirk, Fabrizi, Silvia, Nikolaev, Katharina, Knechtges, Lisa, Eberle, Jonas (2019): On the identity of some taxa of Sericinae described by C. P. Thunberg and L. Gyllenhal (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Bonn zoological Bulletin 68 (1): 21-29, DOI: 10.20363/BZB-2019.68.1.021, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.20363/bzb-2019.68.1.021
Abstract. The type specimens of a number of species of Sericinae described by C.P. Thunberg and L. Gyllenhal were revised. The study of the type material of the Zoological Museum of the Uppsala University revealed the identity of these forgotten species and resulted in five new combinations and four new synonymies: Ablaberoides fuliginosus (Thunberg, 1818) comb. n., Ablabera haemorrhoa (Thunberg, 1818) comb. n.; Camenta caffra (Thunberg, 1818) comb. n., Maladera setifera (Gyllenhal, 1817) comb. n., and Microserica pusilla (Thunberg, 1818) comb. n. [= Microserica compressipes (Wiedemann, 1823) syn. n.; Microserica brenskei Reitter, 1896 syn. n.; Microserica pulchella Brenske, 1899 syn. n.; Microserica leopoldiana Balthasar, 1932 syn. n.]. Melolontha fuliginosa Thunberg, 1818 resulted to be a senior primary homonym of Melolontha fuliginosa Fairmaire, 1889 (now Exolontha fuliginosa) for which a replacement name is proposed, Exolontha neofuliginosa Ahrens, nom. nov. Ablabera clypeata (Gyllenhal, 1817) and Ablabera totta (Thunberg, 1818) were removed from synonymy with Ablabera splendida (Fabricius, 1781). We designated lectotypes for Melolontha setifera Gyllenhal, 1817, Trichius pusillus Thunberg, 1818, Melolontha fuliginosa Thunberg, 1818, Melolontha analis Thunberg, 1818, Melolontha haemorrhoa Thunberg, 1818, Melolontha clypeata Gyllenhal, 1817, Melolontha totta Thunberg, 1818, and Melolontha caffra Thunberg, 1818.
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