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An Evaluation Framework
No full textThere are various solutions expounded upon to address security vulnerabilities and privacy violations of low cost RFID systems. This paper will formulate a framework for defining the problem space around low cost RFID systems to enable the engineering of solutions and for evaluating those solutions for their effectiveness in the contest of networked low cost RFID systems. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.Damith C. Ranasinghe and Peter H. Colehttp://trove.nla.gov.au/work/835244
Introduction from the editors
No full textThis introduction describes the structure of the book, and in particular how it is divided into sections and chapters. It gives an outline of what can be found in each chapter, and gives a description of the origin and structure of the organisation known as the Auto-ID Laboratories whose members have studied the anti-counterfeiting problem and have provided the material for this book. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.Damith C. Ranasinghe and Peter H. Colehttp://www.springer.com/computer/communication+networks/book/978-3-540-71640-2?cm_mmc=Google-_-Book%20Search-_-Springer-_-
A low cost solution to cloning and authentication based on a lightweight primitive
No full textThis paper proposes a solution to address the issue of authentication to prevent counterfeiting in a low cost RFID based system based on using a lightweight primitive, Physically Unclonable Functions. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.Damith C. Ranasinghe, Srinivas Devadas, and Peter H. Col
Maladera cervicornis Ranasinghe, Eberle, Benjamin & Ahrens 2020
No full text<i>Maladera cervicornis</i> Ranasinghe, Eberle, Benjamin & Ahrens, 2020 Material examined <p>SRI LANKA • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0621, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Riverston, Greenview lodge; 7.53827ºN, 80.75ºE; 782m; 14-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0622, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Riverston, Greenview lodge; 7.53827ºN, 80.75ºE; 782m; 14-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0623, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Riverston, Greenview lodge; 7.53827ºN, 80.75ºE; 782m; 14-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0624, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Riverston, Greenview lodge; 7.53827ºN, 80.75ºE; 782m; 14-X- 2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0625, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Riverston, Greenview lodge; 7.53827ºN, 80.75ºE; 782m; 14-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0626, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Riverston, Greenview lodge; 7.53827ºN, 80.75ºE; 782m; 14-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂, “ X-SR0653, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Riverston, Pitawala Pathana; 7.5491ºN, 80.75386ºE; 880m; 15-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂, “ X-SR0867, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Riverston, Pitawala Pathana; 7.5491ºN, 80.75386ºE; 880m; 15-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂, “ X-SR0868, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Riverston, Pitawala Pathana; 7.5491ºN, 80.75386ºE; 880m; 15-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂, “ X-SR0869, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Riverston, Pitawala Pathana; 7.5491ºN, 80.75386ºE; 880m; 15-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂, “ X-SR2237, Matale District, Riverston, Thelgamu oya bungalow; 7.5363ºN, 80.7723ºE; 509m; 02-XII-2020; Ranasinghe & Athukorala leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK.</p>Published as part of <i>Ranasinghe, Sasanka, Eberle, Jonas, Athukorala, Namal, Benjamin, Suresh P. & Ahrens, Dirk, 2022, New species of Sericini from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Part II, pp. 57-101 in European Journal of Taxonomy 821 (1)</i> on page 92, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.821.1799, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/6595468">http://zenodo.org/record/6595468</a>
Maladera galdaththana Ranasinghe, Eberle, Benjamin & Ahrens 2020
No full textMaladera galdaththana Ranasinghe, Eberle, Benjamin & Ahrens, 2020 Material examined SRI LANKA • 1 ♂; “ X-SR2048, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Gannoruwa FR; 7.28342ºN, 80.59840 ºE; 592, 5 m; 14-VII-2020; Ranasinghe & Athukorala leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR2245, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Riverston, Thelgamu oya bangalow; 7.53635ºN, 80.77234ºE; 509 m; 01-XII- 2020; Ranasinghe & Athukorala leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK.Published as part of Ranasinghe, Sasanka, Eberle, Jonas, Athukorala, Namal, Benjamin, Suresh P. & Ahrens, Dirk, 2022, New species of Sericini from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Part II, pp. 57-101 in European Journal of Taxonomy 821 (1) on page 93, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.821.1799, http://zenodo.org/record/659546
Addressing Insecurities and Violations of Privacy
No full textRFID systems, and indeed other forms of wireless technologies, are now a pervasive form of computing. In the context of security and privacy, the most threatening (to privacy) and vulnerable (to insecurity) are the ‘low cost RFID systems’. The problems are further aggravated by the fact that it is this form of RFID that is set to proliferate through various consumer goods supply chains throughout the world. This is occurring through the actions of multinational companies like Wal-Mart, Tesco, Metro UPS and of powerful government organizations such as the United States DOD (Department Of Defence) and FDA (Food and Drug Administration). This paper examines the vulnerabilities of current low cost RFID systems and explores the security and privacy threats posed as a result of those vulnerabilities. The paper will also formulate a framework for defining the problem space constructed around low cost RFID systems, and consider the challenges faced in engineering solutions to overcome the defencelessness of low cost RFID systems. Security issues beyond and including interrogators will not be considered as such concerns may be easily resolved using existing technology and knowledge, and because interrogators are powerful devices where complex encryption and decryption operations may be performed using either the embedded systems, DSPs, or using hardware implementation of encryption engines on a FPGA device onboard a reader.Damith C. Ranasinghe and Peter H. Colehttp://nla.gov.au/anbd.bib-an4269330
Maladera dambullana Ranasinghe & Eberle & Athukorala & Benjamin & Ahrens 2022, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Maladera dambullana</i> sp. nov. <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 0605777D-D598-4210-BC74-4534D46DC2A2</p> <p>Figs 6A–D, 7I, 8H</p> Diagnosis <p> The new species is very similar to <i>M. pubescens</i> (Arrow, 1916). <i>Maladera dambullana</i> sp. nov. differs from <i>M. pubescens</i> by the shape of the aedeagus: the ventral distal lobe (i.e., the fused parameres) is not extended mesally but constant in width over its entire length.</p> Etymology <p>The name of the new species is derived from its type locality ‘Dambulla’ (adjective in nominative case singular).</p> Type material <p> <b>Holotype</b> SRI LANKA • ♂; “ X-SR0269, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum, 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE, 174m, 13-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK.</p> <p> <b>Paratypes</b> SRI LANKA • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0254, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR0257, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13- X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0258, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0259, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0262, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR0264, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13- X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0265, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0266, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0267, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR0271, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13- X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0272, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0279, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0281, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR0282, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13- X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0283, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0284, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0285, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR0286, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13- X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0292, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0297, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0300, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR0486, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13- X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0489, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0490, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0491, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR0501, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13- X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0507, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0510, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR1049, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR0341, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 12-13- X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0363, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 12-13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0414, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85796ºN, 80.67554ºE; 181m; 12-13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ SR0301, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85824ºN, 80.67506ºE; 182m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR0985, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85897ºN, 80.67533ºE; 203m; 11-12- X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0209, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85907ºN, 80.67587ºE; 160m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0210, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85907ºN, 80.67587ºE; 160m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♀; “ X-SR0261, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♀; “ X- SR0263, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 13-X- 2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK.</p> Description <p>MEASUREMENTS. Length: 5.6 mm, length of elytra: 4.1 mm, width: 3.1 mm.</p> <p>HABITUS (Fig. 6D) AND COLOURATION. Body short oval, yellowish brown, antenna yellow, dorsal surface shiny, densely finely setose.</p> <p>HEAD. Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, distinctly wider than long, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and strongly convergent to widely rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing an indistinct blunt angle, margins weakly reflexed, anteriorly shallowly sinuate medially; surface slightly convex, finely and densely punctate, distance between punctures smaller than their diameter, with numerous erect setae in larger punctures; frontoclypeal suture almost invisible and strongly angled medially; smooth area in front of eye approximately twice as wide as long; ocular canthus short and narrow, minutely and superficially punctate, with a single short terminal seta. Frons with fine, dense punctures, with long erect setae in the punctures. Eyes large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.85. Antenna yellow, with ten antennomeres; club with three antennomeres, as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and anteriorly flattened.</p> <p>PRONOTUM. Moderately wide, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and evenly narrowed to the anterior third, anteriorly stronger convex, anterior angles strongly produced and sharp, anterior marginal line fine but complete medially, anterior margin weakly produced medially; surface finely and densely punctate, with dense moderately long setae being bent posteriorly on entire disc and with a few sparse longer setae being directed anteriorly; anterior and lateral borders setose, basal margin without marginal line; hypomeron ventrobasally carinate and slightly produced ventrally. Scutellum short and wide, triangular, with fine and dense punctures, with fine and dense adjacent setae.</p> <p>ELYTRA. Short oval, widest shortly behind middle, striae indistinctly impressed, finely and densely punctate, intervals flat, with fine, very dense punctures, with numerous fine setae similar to those of the pronotum and a few sparser ones being longer and erect or directed anteriorly, in particular on lateral intervals; epipleural edge fine, ending at the weakly convex external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose; apical border narrowly membranous, apex covered with short microtrichomes.</p> <p>VENTRAL SURFACE. Moderately shiny, thorax and metacoxa with large and dense punctures, densely setose, metacoxa glabrous except for numerous long setae laterally; each abdominal sternite, in addition to evenly distributed fine and dense punctures bearing each a fine seta, with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a long and more robust seta, penultimate sternite apically with a shiny smooth chitinous border, which is a quarter as long as the sternite. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur, with a semi-circular ridge bearing robust setae. Ratio of length of metepisternum/ metacoxa: 1/1.93. Pygidium moderately convex, finely and very densely punctate, without smooth midline, punctures with short and moderately dense, adjacent setae, along the apical margin with a few long erect setae.</p> <p>LEGS. Short and wide; femur with two longitudinal rows of setae, finely and densely punctate, densely setose; metafemur shiny, anterior edge acute, lacking an adjacent serrated line, ventral surface densely punctate and setose, posterior ventral margin straight, only little widened in apical half and very indistinctly serrate apically, dorsally not serrated, glabrous. Metatibia short, widest at middle, posteriorly slightly narrowed, ratio width/length: 1/2.18, dorsally sharply carinate, with two groups of spines, basal one at middle, apical one at three quarters of metatibial length, basally beside dorsal margin with two single punctures with serrated margins, each bearing single spines and beside them a longitudinal serrated line; lateral face almost flat, with dense, fine punctures and with minute setae in the punctures; ventral margin with five strong spines equidistant from each other, medial face smooth, apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly truncate. Meso- and metatarsomeres finely and densely punctate and setose dorsally, ventrally with sparse, short setae; metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, beside which is a strong longitudinal carina; first metatarsomere as long as following two tarsomeres combined and a little longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia short, bidentate. All claws symmetrical, feebly curved and long, with normally developed basal tooth.</p> <p>AEDEAGUS. Fig. 6A–C.</p> Variation <p>Length: 5.6–6.7 mm, length of elytra: 4.1–4.6 mm, width: 3.1–3.5 mm.</p> <p> <b>Female</b></p> <p>Length: 6.0– 6.5 mm, length of elytra: 4.7–4.9 mm, width: 3.7–3.8 mm. Eyes slightly smaller than in male; antennal club little shorter than remaining antennomeres combined.</p> Distribution <p>See Fig. 7I.</p>Published as part of <i>Ranasinghe, Sasanka, Eberle, Jonas, Athukorala, Namal, Benjamin, Suresh P. & Ahrens, Dirk, 2022, New species of Sericini from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Part II, pp. 57-101 in European Journal of Taxonomy 821 (1)</i> on pages 81-85, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.821.1799, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/6595468">http://zenodo.org/record/6595468</a>
Maladera kishi Ranasinghe & Eberle & Athukorala & Benjamin & Ahrens 2022, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Maladera kishi</i> sp. nov. <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 35A181EA-5701-48E5-9A1F-75906A829611</p> <p>Figs 4E–H, 7E, 8D</p> Diagnosis <p> <i>Maladera kishi</i> sp. nov. is in external morphology very similar to <i>M. haniel</i> sp. nov. and differs by the lack of a tubercle on abdominal sternite III as well as by the shape of parameres: the fused parameres (distal aedeagal process) is simply pointed and not bifurcate, while the lateral process on the left side is more robust.</p> Etymology <p>The new species is named for Suresh Benjamin’s daughter, Kishi P.L. Benjamin (noun in apposition).</p> Type material <p> <b>Holotype</b> SRI LANKA • ♂; “ X-SR0724, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK.</p> <p> <b>Paratypes</b> SRI LANKA • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0730, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0731, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0736, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0737, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0738, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0739, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0740, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0741, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0742, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0743, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0749, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0750, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0697, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0701, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0924, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0925, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0926, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0927, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0929, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m, 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0565, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.33616ºN, 80.85907ºE; 1197m; 17-18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0566, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.33616ºN, 80.85907ºE; 1197m; 17-18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0936, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.33616ºN, 80.85907ºE; 1197m; 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0546, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.33501ºN, 80.85966ºE; 1171m; 17-18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0548, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.33501ºN, 80.85966ºE; 1171m; 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♀; “ X-SR0545, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.33501ºN, 80.85966ºE; 1171m; 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♀; “ X-SR0567, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.33616ºN, 80.85907ºE; 1197m; 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♀; “ X-SR0700, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m; 17-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♀; “ X-SR0725, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.3389ºN, 80.8510ºE, 1192m; 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♀; “ X-SR0799, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.33501ºN, 80.85966ºE; 1171m; 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♀; “ X-SR0800, Sri Lanka, Kandy District, Deenston, Knuckles South, 7.33501ºN, 80.85966ºE; 1171m; 18-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK.</p> Description <p>MEASUREMENTS. Length: 9.2 mm, length of elytra: 6.6 mm, width: 5.2 mm. HABITUS (Fig. 4H) AND COLOURATION. Body short oval, dark brown, antenna yellow, dorsal surface shiny, finely densely setose.</p> <p>HEAD. Labroclypeus short and trapezoidal, wider than long, widest at base, lateral margins strongly convex and convergent to widely rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing an indistinct blunt angle, margins weakly reflexed, anterior margin not sinuate medially; surface slightly convex, finely and densely punctate, distance between punctures smaller than their diameter, with numerous erect setae in larger punctures; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly incised and bluntly bent medially; smooth area in front of eye approximately three times as wide as long; ocular canthus long and narrow, minutely and superficially punctate, without a short terminal seta. Frons with fine, dense punctures, with a few long erect setae in larger punctures. Eyes large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.81. Antenna yellow, with ten antennomeres; club with three antennomeres, little longer than remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and anteriorly flattened.</p> <p>PRONOTUM. Wide, widest at base, lateral margins in basal half straight and weakly convergent, in anterior half weakly convex and narrowed to anterior angles, anterior angles moderately produced and sharp, anterior marginal line fine and complete, anterior margin convexly produced medially; surface finely densely punctate, with moderately dense, short and fine setae and dense long erect setae being directed anteriorly; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose, basal margin without marginal line; hypomeron ventrobasally carinate and slightly produced ventrally. Scutellum short and wide, triangular, with fine and dense punctures, with short, dense, fine setae.</p> <p>ELYTRA. Short oval, widest shortly behind middle, striae distinctly impressed, finely and densely punctate, intervals weakly convex, with moderately fine, dense punctures and with dense, fine, short setae as well as with sparse long erect setae; epipleural edge fine, ending at the weakly convex external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose; apical border narrowly membranous, apex covered with short microtrichomes.</p> <p>VENTRAL SURFACE. Shiny, thorax and metacoxa with large and dense punctures, sparsely setose, metacoxa with minute adjacent setae in the punctures except for numerous long setae laterally, apical margin weakly convex, without a wide rim of long white microtrichomes; each abdominal sternite, in addition to evenly distributed fine and dense punctures bearing each a fine seta, with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a long and more robust seta, penultimate sternite apically with a shiny smooth chitinous border, which is a quarter as long as the sternite. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur, with a semi-circular ridge bearing robust setae. Ratio of length of metepisternum/ metacoxa: 1/1.8. Pygidium moderately convex, moderately finely and densely punctate, without smooth midline, punctures with short and dense, adjacent setae as well as with dense, long, erect setae.</p> <p>LEGS. Short and wide; femur with two longitudinal rows of setae, finely and densely punctate; metafemur shiny, anterior edge acute, lacking an adjacent serrated line, ventral surface densely punctate and setose, posterior ventral margin straight, only little widened in apical half, finely indistinctly serrate apically, dorsally not serrated, glabrous. Metatibia short, widest at middle, posteriorly only very slightly narrowed, ratio width/length: 1/2.4, dorsally sharply carinate, with two groups of spines, basal well behind middle, apical one at four fifths of metatibial length, basally beside dorsal margin with two single punctures with serrated margins, each bearing a single robust spine and beside them a longitudinal serrated line; lateral face almost flat, with dense, large punctures and with fine setae in the punctures; ventral margin with five strong spines equidistant from each other, medial face smooth, apex interiorly near tarsal articulation shallowly concave. Meso- and metatarsomeres finely and sparsely punctate but glabrous dorsally, ventrally with sparse, short setae; metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, beside which is a strong longitudinal carina; first metatarsomere little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and as long as dorsal tibial spur. Protibia short, bidentate. All claws symmetrical, feebly curved and long, with normally developed basal tooth.</p> <p>AEDEAGUS. Fig. 4E–G.</p> Variation <p>Length: 8.9–9.2 mm, length of elytra: 6.6–7.1 mm, width: 5.1–5.6 mm.</p> <p> <b>Female</b></p> <p>Length: 9.0– 9.3 mm, length of elytra: 7.0– 7.5 mm, width: 5.4–5.7 mm. Eyes as large as in male; antennal club little shorter than the remaining antennomeres combined.</p> Distribution <p>See Fig. 7E.</p>Published as part of <i>Ranasinghe, Sasanka, Eberle, Jonas, Athukorala, Namal, Benjamin, Suresh P. & Ahrens, Dirk, 2022, New species of Sericini from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Part II, pp. 57-101 in European Journal of Taxonomy 821 (1)</i> on pages 72-75, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.821.1799, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/6595468">http://zenodo.org/record/6595468</a>
Neoserica pophami Ranasinghe & Eberle & Athukorala & Benjamin & Ahrens 2022, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Neoserica pophami</i> sp. nov. <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 86E89148-395A-4509-A223-69CBAC480FBE</p> <p>Figs 3I–L, 7C, 8C</p> Diagnosis <p> <i>Neoserica pophami</i> sp. nov. differs from the very similar <i>N. kalaarensis</i> Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2014 in shape of parameres: the right paramere is slightly longer, medially distinctly bent (lateral view) and much wider (dorsal view).</p> Etymology <p>The new species is named after Mr Sam Popham, founder of the NIFS Arboretum (noun in the genitive case).</p> Type material <p> <b>Holotype</b> SRI LANKA • ♂; “ X-SR0346, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum, 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE, 167m, 13-X-2019, Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK.</p> <p> <b>Paratypes</b> SRI LANKA • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0332, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR0333, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13- X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0348, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0353, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0357, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR0360, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13- X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0365, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0369, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0370, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR0380, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13- X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0383, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0384, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0388, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR0393, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13- X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0394, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0401, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR1081, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR0471, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 12- X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0473, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 12-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0474, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 12-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0475, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 167m; 12-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR0488, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85766ºN, 80.67474ºE; 174m; 12-13- X _2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0417, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85796ºN, 80.67554ºE; 181m; 12-13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR0423, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85796ºN, 80.67554ºE; 181m; 12-13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR1014, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85824ºN, 182m; 80.67506ºE; 13-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♀; “ X- SR1042, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 174m; 12- X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♀; “ X-SR1056, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 174m; 12-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♀; “ X-SR1067, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 174m; 12-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♀; “ X-SR1068, Sri Lanka, Matale District, Dambulla, NIFS Arboretum; 7.85783ºN, 80.67391ºE; 174m; 12-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe leg.; Black light ”; ZFMK.</p> Description <p>MEASUREMENTS. Length: 6.1 mm, length of elytra: 4.4 mm, width: 3.5 mm.</p> <p>HABITUS (Fig. 3L) AND COLOURATION. Body oval, light reddish brown, antenna yellow, dorsal completely shiny, except a few setae on head almost glabrous.</p> <p>HEAD. Labroclypeus wide and subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins convex and convergent anteriorly, anterior angles moderately rounded, anterior margin slightly sinuated medially, all margins moderately reflexed, lateral margins produce an indistinct angle with the ocular canthus; surface weakly convex medially, densely punctate, coarse and fine punctures mixed, with numerous erect setae; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly incised, not elevated and weakly angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye flat, three times as wide as long; ocular canthus moderately long and wide (one third of ocular diameter), finely and densely punctate, with a single terminal seta. Frons with fine, sparse punctures, with a few erect setae beside eyes. Eyes moderately large, ratio diameter/interocular width: 0.75. Antenna with ten antennomeres; club with five antennomeres and straight, as long as the remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and slightly flattened anteriorly.</p> <p>PRONOTUM. Moderately transverse, widest at base, lateral margins in basal half almost straight and moderately convergent anteriorly, in anterior half weakly convex and evenly convergent anteriorly, anterior angles distinctly produced and moderately acute, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin almost not produced medially, with a robust and complete marginal line, base of pronotum without marginal line; surface finely and densely punctate, punctures glabrous; lateral and lateral anterior margin sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, not ventrally produced. Scutellum wide, triangular, at apex moderately pointed, with fine, moderately dense punctures, glabrous.</p> <p>ELYTRA. Widest shortly behind the middle, striae weakly impressed, finely and moderately densely punctate, intervals flat, with fine and evenly moderately dense punctures, except a few short setae on lateral intervals glabrous; epipleural edge robust, ending at strongly curved external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose; apical border of elytra with a fine rim of microtrichomes (100 ×).</p> <p>VENTRAL SURFACE. In major part dull, some parts shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, metasternum sparsely covered with fine, short or very minute setae, metacoxa glabrous, with a few long setae laterally; abdominal sternites finely and densely punctuate, with a transverse row of coarse punctures, each bearing a robust seta, the row of punctures on the first visible basal sternite fused to a robust transverse carina bearing the setae, before the carina the fine punctation extremely dense but glabrous. Mesosternum between mesocoxae 1.5 times as wide as the width of mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/ metacoxa: 1/1.65. Pygidium strongly convex and shiny, finely and moderately densely punctate, without smooth midline, glabrous except some longer setae along the apical margin.</p> <p>LEGS. Wide and moderately long; femur with two longitudinal row of setae, finely and sparsely punctate; metafemur shiny, behind the posterior longitudinal row of setae punctures finer and slightly denser, anterior margin acute, without serrated line behind anterior edge, posterior margin smooth ventrally, strongly widened, posterior margin finely serrated over its entire length dorsally, with just a few short setae basally. Metatibia wide and flattened, short, widest at apical second third of metatibial length, ratio of width/length: 1/2.8, sharply carinate dorsally, with two groups of spines, basal group at first third, apical group at two thirds of metatibial length, basally with a few short robust single spines, on basal quarter beside dorsal margin with a short serrated line; lateral face weakly longitudinally convex, finely, superficially and sparsely punctate, glabrous, widely smooth along the middle; ventral margin finely serrated, with four robust equidistant setae; medial face smooth and glabrous; apex finely serrated, interiorly near tarsal articulation weakly concavely sinuate. Tarsomeres dorsally smooth and glabrous, neither laterally nor dorsally carinate, ventrally robustly densely setose; metatarsomeres with a strongly serrated ridge and a smooth subventral longitudinal carina; first metatarsomere slightly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and slightly longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia short, bidentate; anterior claws symmetrical, basal tooth of both claws bluntly truncate at apex.</p> <p>AEDEAGUS. Fig. 3I–K.</p> Variation <p>Length: 6.0– 6.8 mm, length of elytra: 4.3–4.7 mm, width: 3.2–3.6 mm.</p> <p> <b>Female</b></p> <p>Length: 6.8–7.2 mm, length of elytra: 4.6–5.0 mm, width: 3.7–4.0 mm. Eyes as large as in male; antennal club shorter little than remaining antennomeres combined, the basal joint of club equals only ⅓ of the length of the club; pygidium weakly convex.</p> Distribution <p>See Fig. 7C.</p>Published as part of <i>Ranasinghe, Sasanka, Eberle, Jonas, Athukorala, Namal, Benjamin, Suresh P. & Ahrens, Dirk, 2022, New species of Sericini from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Part II, pp. 57-101 in European Journal of Taxonomy 821 (1)</i> on pages 66-69, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.821.1799, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/6595468">http://zenodo.org/record/6595468</a>
Selaserica fabriziae Ranasinghe & Eberle & Athukorala & Benjamin & Ahrens 2022, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Selaserica fabriziae</i> sp. nov. <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 12205E52-C260-4128-9A23-4A7F6D9D2067</p> <p>Figs 3A–D, 7A, 8A</p> Diagnosis <p> <i>Selaserica fabriziae</i> sp. nov. is in shape of aedeagus rather similar to <i>Sel. sericea</i> (Arrow, 1916), it differs by the shiny dorsal body surface and the shape of the parameres and phallobase: the median dorsoapical sinuation of the phallobase is much narrower (than in <i>Sel. sericea</i>), the parameres are bent dorsally at the apex (not bent in <i>Sel. sericea</i>).</p> Etymology <p>The new species is dedicated to Silvia Fabrizi, who passed away too early, in memory of her and for all her efforts for Sericini taxonomy (noun in genitive singular case). We will not forget you, Silvia!</p> Type material <p> <b>Holotype</b> SRI LANKA • ♂; “ X-SR0859, Sri Lanka, Galle District, Kottawa FR, 6.09812ºN, 80.31610ºE, 44m, 26-X-2019; Eberle, Bohacz & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK.</p> <p> <b>Paratypes</b> SRI LANKA • 1 ♂; “ X-SR1948, Sri Lanka, Galle District, Kottawa FR, 6.09712ºN, 80.31666ºE; 46m, 29-30-VI-2020, Benjamin & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR1956, Sri Lanka, Galle District, Kottawa FR, 6.09712ºN, 80.31666ºE; 46m, 29-30-VI-2020, Benjamin & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR1957, Sri Lanka, Galle District, Kottawa FR, 6.09712ºN, 80.31666ºE; 46m, 29-30-VI-2020, Benjamin & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR1958, Sri Lanka, Galle District, Kottawa FR, 6.09712ºN, 80.31666ºE; 46m, 29-30-VI-2020, Benjamin & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X-SR1959, Sri Lanka, Galle District, Kottawa FR, 6.09712ºN, 80.31666ºE; 46m, 29-30-VI-2020, Benjamin & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR1960, Sri Lanka, Galle District, Kottawa FR, 6.09712ºN, 80.31666ºE; 46m, 29-30-VI-2020, Benjamin & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR2118, Sri Lanka, Galle District, Kottawa FR, 6.09812ºN, 80.31610ºE, 44m, 11-XII-2020; Ranasinghe & Athukorala, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR2119, Sri Lanka, Galle District, Kottawa FR, 6.09812ºN, 80.31610ºE, 44m, 11-XII-2020; Ranasinghe & Athukorala, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR2120, Sri Lanka, Galle District, Kottawa FR, 6.09812ºN, 80.31610ºE, 44m, 11-XII-2020; Ranasinghe & Athukorala, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR2121, Sri Lanka, Galle District, Kottawa FR, 6.09812ºN, 80.31610ºE, 44m, 11-XII-2020; Ranasinghe & Athukorala, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♂; “ X- SR2122, Sri Lanka, Galle District, Kottawa FR, 6.09812ºN, 80.31610ºE, 44m, 11-XII-2020; Ranasinghe & Athukorala, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♀; “ X- SR1961, Sri Lanka, Galle District, Kottawa FR, 6.09812ºN, 80.31610ºE, 44m, 30-VI-2020, Benjamin & Ranasinghe, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♀; “ X- SR2123, Sri Lanka, Galle District, Kottawa FR, 6.09812ºN, 80.31610ºE, 44m, 11-XII-2020; Ranasinghe & Athukorala, Black light ”; ZFMK • 1 ♀;“ X- SR2104, Sri Lanka, Galle District, Kottawa FR, 6.09712ºN, 80.31666ºE; 46m, 11-XII-2020; Ranasinghe & Athukorala, Black light ”; ZFMK.</p> Description <p>MEASUREMENTS. Length: 8.9 mm, length of elytra: 6.1 mm, width: 5.2 mm.</p> <p>HABITUS (Fig. 3D) AND COLOURATION. Body oval, dark brown, antenna yellow, dorsal surface shiny and glabrous.</p> <p>HEAD. Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, wider than long, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing a blunt angle, margins weakly reflexed, anterior margin shallowly sinuate medially; surface strongly convex medially, weakly shiny, anterior half nearly impunctate, behind finely and densely punctate, distance between punctures subequal to their diameter, with a few fine setae behind anterior margin; frontoclypeal suture very feebly impressed and weakly angled medially; smooth area in front of eye approximately three times as wide as long; ocular canthus moderately long and narrow, impunctate but surface slightly concave, with a single short terminal seta. Frons with fine, moderately dense punctures, posterior half impunctate, surface glabrous except for a few setae anteriorly beside eyes. Eyes moderately large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.7. Antenna yellowish brown, with ten antennomeres; club with four antennomeres, 1.3 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and anteriorly flattened.</p> <p>PRONOTUM. Moderately wide, widest at base, lateral margins evenly convex and narrowed to anterior angles, anterior angles strongly produced and sharp, anterior marginal line widely incomplete medially, anterior margin moderately produced medially; surface densely and coarsely punctate, glabrous; anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose, basal margin without marginal line; hypomeron ventrobasally carinate and but not produced ventrally. Scutellum wide, triangular, with fine and dense punctures, each bearing a single very minute seta.</p> <p>ELYTRA. Oblong, widest in posterior third, striae indistinctly impressed, finely and densely punctate, intervals flat, with fine, moderately dense punctures concentrated along striae, punctures partly with minute setae, without longer erect setae; epipleural edge fine, ending at the convex external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border membranous, apex covered with short microtrichomes.</p> <p>VENTRAL SURFACE. Dull, thorax and metacoxa with large and dense punctures, sparsely finely setose, metacoxa glabrous except for numerous short setae laterally; each abdominal sternite with generally distributed fine and dense punctures, without a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short seta, punctures with very short or minute setae, penultimate sternite apically with a shiny smooth but very short chitinous border. Mesosternum between mesocoxae little wider than mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.15. Pygidium lost in holotype.</p> <p>LEGS. Moderately wide;femur with two longitudinal rows of setae, finely and moderately densely punctate; metafemur dull, anterior edge acute, with adjacent continuously serrated line, anterior longitudinal row of setae complete; posterior ventral margin almost straight, weakly widened in apical half, nor ventrally nor dorsally serrated, glabrous. Metatibia moderately wide and long, widest behind middle, dorsal and ventral margins in posterior two thirds subparallel, ratio width/length: 1/3.2, dorsally weakly edged, with two groups of spines, basal one at first quarter, apical one at three quarters of metatibial length, basally beside dorsal margin with a very short serrated line; lateral face longitudinally convex, with very sparse and fine punctures, punctures glabrous; ventral margin with three strong spines equidistant from each other, medial face smooth, apex interiorly near tarsal articulation distinctly concave. Tarsomeres impunctate dorsally, ventrally with dense, fine setae; metatarsomeres ventrally with a strongly serrated ridge, beside which is no strong longitudinal carina, first metatarsomere one quarter of its length longer than dorsal tibial spur, subsequent tarsomeres lacking in holotype. Protibia moderately long, tridentate. Protarsomeres lacking in holotype.</p> <p>AEDEAGUS. Fig. 3A–C.</p> Variation <p>Length: 8.2–8.8 mm, length of elytra: 6.1–6.25 mm, width: 5.2–5.3 mm. Pygidium moderately convex, shiny, finely densely punctate, without smooth midline, glabrous except some longer setae along the apical margin. First metatarsomere one quarter of its length longer than dorsal tibial spur, slightly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined. Protibia moderately long, tridentate. Protarsomeres ventrally with some yellow setae, protarsal claws symmetrical, feebly curved and short, with normally developed basal tooth.</p> <p> <b>Female</b></p> <p>Length: 8.8–9.2 mm, length of elytra: 6.2–7.0 mm, width: 5.5–5.7 mm. Eyes as large as in male; antennal club as long as remaining antennomeres combined.</p> Distribution <p>See Fig. 7A.</p>Published as part of <i>Ranasinghe, Sasanka, Eberle, Jonas, Athukorala, Namal, Benjamin, Suresh P. & Ahrens, Dirk, 2022, New species of Sericini from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Part II, pp. 57-101 in European Journal of Taxonomy 821 (1)</i> on pages 60-63, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.821.1799, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/6595468">http://zenodo.org/record/6595468</a>
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