Melolontha virescens (Brenske, 1896)

(Figs. 2, 14, 42, 54)

Hoplosternus virescens Brenske 1896b: 202 (type locality: Darjeeling, Sikkim); Brenske 1900: 154; Dalla Torre 1912: 265 (catalogue); Zhang 1988: 243 (new record, description in Chinese); Li & Yang 2003: 223 (diagnosis, lectotype designation).

Melolontha virescens: Bezděk 2006: 196 (catalogue); Li et al. 2010: 342 (key), 344 (checklist), fig. 11 [misspelt as Melolontha virescena]; Keith & Saltin 2012: 23 (distribution); Pathania et al. 2015a: 53, 54 (distribution); Pathania et al. 2015b: 131 (distribution); Bezděk 2016: 233 (catalogue).

Melolontha amplipennis Frey 1975: 238 (type locality: Bhutan, Thimpu); Sabatinelli & Migliaccio 1982: 109 (diagnosis), figs. 10, 11; Sabatinelli 1992: 615 (catalogue); Li & Yang 2003: 223 (as a junior synonym of H. virescens).

Material examined. India, West Bengal: Darjeeling, v.1912, 03.v.1912, 1♁, leg. Carmichael (NZSI); Kurseong, 5,000ft. 1♁, leg. Lynch C. [NZSI]; Darjeeling, Sukhipokhari, 18.xi.1994, 1♁, leg. B.C. Nandi [NZSI] . India, Sikkim: Ranipool, 15.iv.1994, 1♀, on grass, leg. P.H. Roy [NZSI] . India, Arunachal Pradesh: district Papumpare, Itanagar, ZSI Complex, 08.ii.2002, 1♁, at light, leg. P.B. Thapa [NZSI]; district Papumpare, Itanagar, ZSI Complex, 19.v.2002, 1♁, leg. P.T. Bhutia [NZSI]; district Tawang, Namtsering, 27.5337N, 91.6736E, 1,428m, 15.iv.2018, 3♀, 17.iv.2018, 1♀, leg. Jagdish Saini [NZSI] .

Diagnosis. Refer to the key to the species groups.

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (new record), Himachal Pradesh (Pathania et al. 2015a, 2015b), Sikkim (Brenske 1896b), and West Bengal (Darjeeling) (Brenske 1896b); Bhutan (Frey 1975), China (Dalla & Torre 1912; Zhang 1988), Nepal (Sabatinelli & Migliaccio 1982), and Pakistan (Keith & Saltin 2012).