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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8430710
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scientific name	Maladera kaimurensis Chandra, Ahrens, Bhunia, Sreedevi & Gupta, 2021
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Maladera kaimurensis Chandra, Ahrens, Bhunia, Sreedevi & Gupta, 2021 View in CoL

( Figs 42–45 View FIGURES 38–49 , 99 View FIGURE 99 )

Maladera kaimurensis Chandra, Ahrens, Bhunia, Sreedevi & Gupta, 2021: 493 View in CoL View Cited Treatment .

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.

Chandra, K., Ahrens, D., Bhunia, D., Sreedevi, K. & Gupta, D. (2021) New species and records of Sericini from India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Zootaxa, 4951 (3), 492 - 510. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4951.3.4

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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.