Maladera kaimurensis Chandra, Ahrens, Bhunia, Sreedevi & Gupta, 2021

Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar & Ahrens, Dirk, 2023, A new species and new records of Sericini chafers from the Lower Gangetic Plains in India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae), Zootaxa 5353 (4), pp. 351-371 : 359

Maladera kaimurensis Chandra, Ahrens, Bhunia, Sreedevi & Gupta, 2021

( Figs 42–45 , 99 )

Maladera kaimurensis Chandra, Ahrens, Bhunia, Sreedevi & Gupta, 2021: 493 .

Material examined. 1 ♂ “ India: Bihar, Kaimur, Kudra , 22.xii.2021, leg. Devanshu Gupta & Party” ( NZCI) .

Distribution. Until now, the species was only reported from the type locality (Uttar Pradesh).

Remarks. This is the first record of this species for Bihar.

Figures

FIGURE 99. (A–B). A. Gangetic plains biogeographic zone of India; B. Map of Lower Gangetic plains showing sample localities of the species: M. drescheri, M. freyi, M. iridescens, M. kaimurensis, M. lugubris, M. marginella.

FIGURES 38–49. (38–41). Maladera iridescens (Blanchard, 1850) (Bankura, West Bengal); (42–45). Maladera kaimurensis Chandra, Ahrens, Bhunia, Sreedevi & Gupta, 2021 (Kaimur, Bihar); (46–49). Maladera lugubris (Brenske, 1896) (Bankura, West Bengal); (38, 42, 46) Aedeagus in lateral view (left); (39, 43, 47) Aedeagus in dorsal view; (40, 44, 48) Aedeagus in lateral view (right); (41, 45, 49) Habitus, dorsal view. Scale 0.5 mm. Habitus not to scale.