Maladera reyaensis Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra & Ahrens, 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 : 360

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
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scientific name	Maladera reyaensis Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra & Ahrens, 2021
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Maladera reyaensis Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra & Ahrens, 2021 View in CoL

( Figs 58–61 View FIGURES 50–61 , 100 View FIGURE 100 )

Maladera reyaensis Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra & Ahrens, 2021: 596 View in CoL .

Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ India: West Bengal, Purba Bardhaman, Purnasthali, Chupir Chor , 26.ii.2022, leg. Debika Bhunia ” ( NZCI) .

Distribution. India: Bihar and West Bengal (Purba Bardhaman) ( Bhunia et al. 2021; this paper).

Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Bihar, until now it was only reported from the type locality.

Bhunia, D., Gupta, D., Chandra, K. & Ahrens, D. (2021) New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) II. Zootaxa, 5081 (4), 594 - 600. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 5081.4.10

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 100. (A–B). A. Gangetic plains biogeographic zone of India; B. Map of Lower Gangetic plains showing sample localities of the species: Maladera proxima, M. reyaensis, M. rufocuprea, M. schenklingi, M.setosa, M. siniaevi.

FIGURES 50–61. (50–53). Maladera marginella (Hope, 1831) (Tarekaswar, West Bengal); (54–57). Maladera proxima (Burmeister, 1855) (Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal); (58–61). Maladera reyaensis Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra & Ahrens, 2021 (West Champaran, Bihar); (50, 54, 58) Aedeagus in lateral view (left); (51, 55, 59) Aedeagus in dorsal view; (52, 56, 60) Aedeagus in lateral view (right); (53, 57, 61) Habitus, dorsal view. Scale 0.5 mm. Habitus not to scale.