taxonID	type	description	language	source
03C4F00DFFF7B14DFF0A0C94B9C2FCB7.taxon	description	(Fig. 2 A – F)	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF7B14DFF0A0C94B9C2FCB7.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. India: Telangana, Vikkarabad, Rampur, 17 ° 24 ’ N; 77 ° 45 ’ E. Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ INDIA: Telangana, Vikkarabad, Rampur, 17 ° 24 ’ N; 77 ° 45 ’ E, 21. vi. 2025, leg. Jayashree. S / KS 2029 / ICAR-NBAIR / S 26 ” (NBAIR). [The specimen bears a red printed label: “ Holotype Neoserica telangana Jayashree, Sreedevi & Ahrens sp. nov., Det. 2026 ”]. Paratypes: 8 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Telangana, Vikkarabad, Rampur, 17 ° 24 ’ N; 77 ° 45 ’ E, 21. vi. 2025, leg. Jayashree. S / ICAR-NBAIR / S 27 - 34 ” (NBAIR). [Each specimen bears a yellow printed label: “ Paratype Neoserica telangana Jayashree, Sreedevi & Ahrens sp. nov., Det. 2026 ”].	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF7B14DFF0A0C94B9C2FCB7.taxon	description	Description of the holotype, male. Body length: 6.2 mm, elytral length: 3.5 mm, width: 4.1 mm. Body oblong, reddish brown, dorsal surface shiny, glabrous, finely and densely punctate. Head. Labroclypeus distinctly wider than long, trapezoidal, sides convergent, anterior angles convex; anterior margin slightly concave medially, margins weakly reflexed, lateral margins and occular canthus produce an indistinct angle; surface shiny, moderately convex medially, with rough and dense punctures, few yellow setae anteriorly; frontoclypeal suture distinct, bluntly angled medially. Frons with fine and moderately dense punctures, glabrous, bearing two setae besides eyes. Antenna yellow, with ten antennomeres, club with five antennomeres, slightly reflexed, slightly longer than remaining antennomeres combined. Eyes large, ratio diameter / interocular width: 0.56. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly; anterior surface of labrum concavely emarginated. Pronotum moderately wide, widest at base, lateral margins straight and subparallel in basal half, convex and weakly convergent anteriorly; anterior angles sharp and distinctly produced, posterior angles nearly right-angled and blunt; basal margin without marginal line; anterior margin with a fine marginal line, weakly convex medially; surface glabrous, with fine, deep and evenly dense punctures bearing white microsetae; with sparse, long, yellow setae at anterior and lateral margins. Scutellum short, triangular, with a few fine punctures. Elytra elongate, widest at middle, striae distinctly impressed, finely punctate, intervals flat, densely and finely punctate, with sparse, short setae; epipleura ending at convex external apical angle of elytra; apex with fine membraneous rim of short microsetae. Ventral surface yellowish brown, thorax and metacoxa with dense punctures; hypomeron and metepisternum with large punctures and numerous small setae, few long setae laterally; mesosternum and metasternum with few robust setae; metacoxa with white, short setae, laterally with a few more robust, brown setae; abdominal sternites finely and moderately densely punctate, each sternite with a transverse row of moderately long setae. Mesosternum between mesocoxae little wider than mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum / metacoxa: 1 / 1.64. Pygidium moderately convex, finely and densely punctate, lateral and apical margins with few medium-size to long setae. Legs long and wide; femora shiny, with two longitudinal row of setae, finely and sparsely punctate laterally, medially impunctate. Metafemur shiny, anterior margin acute, without serrated line; posterior ventral margin slightly curved and moderately widened in apical half, neither dorsally nor ventrally serrated but smooth, with a few robust longitudinal setae medially. Metatibia widest at apex, flattened, ratio width / length: 1 / 3.3, dorsal margin sharply carinate, with two groups of spines, basal group at one third, apical group at two thirds of metatibial length, glabrous basally; lateral face longitudinally convex, densely punctate, glabrous, smooth along middle in apical half; ventral margin finely serrate, with five robust equidistant setae; medial face smooth and glabrous; apex finely serrate, moderately truncate interiorly near tarsal articulation. Tarsomeres impunctate dorsally with setae at apex; metatarsomeres ventrally glabrous, first metatarsomere longer and wider than following tarsomere. Protibia short, bidentate. All claws symmetrical. Aedeagus: Fig. 2 A – E. Habitus: Fig. 2 F. Female unknown.	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF7B14DFF0A0C94B9C2FCB7.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. The new species differs from the similar Neoserica rajasthanica Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2016 by the slightly longer left paramere, which is strongly curved dorsally at apex (lateral view). The new species differs also by the shorter right paramere, which is abruptly bent laterally behind base, wider and evenly narrowed towards the straight apex. Finally, the new species can be distinguished by the less deeply excavate mesal mesoapical emargination of dorsal phallobase, from N. rajasthanica. From the other two similar species, N. sforziae Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2016 and N. pushkarensis Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2016, the two former species differ by the more asymmetric apex of the dorsal phallobase, which is also in distal half (lateral view) not narrowed as in N. sforziae and N. pushkarensis.	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF7B14DFF0A0C94B9C2FCB7.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species is named after its occurrence in the Telangana state (noun in apposition).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF7B14DFF0A0C94B9C2FCB7.taxon	distribution	Distribution. The species is known from the type locality only (Fig. 3).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF6B14BFF0A0DEEB9C2FF5B.taxon	description	(Fig. 2 G – K)	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF6B14BFF0A0DEEB9C2FF5B.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. India: Telangana, Vikkarabad, Rampur, 17 ° 24 ’ N; 77 ° 45 ’ E. Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ INDIA: Telangana, Vikkarabad, Rampur, 17 ° 24 ’ N; 77 ° 45 ’ E, 21. vi. 2025, leg. Jayashree. S (NBAIR) / KS 2030 / ICAR-NBAIR / S 35 ” (NBAIR). [The specimen bears a red printed label: “ Holotype Maladera rampurensis Jayashree, Sreedevi & Ahrens sp. nov., Det. 2026 ”]. Paratypes: 4 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Telangana, Vikkarabad, Rampur, 17 ° 24 ’ N; 77 ° 45 ’ E, 21. vi. 2025, leg. Jayashree. S (NBAIR) / KS 2030 / ICAR-NBAIR / S 36 - 39 ” (NBAIR). [Each specimen bears a yellow printed label: “ Paratype Maladera rampurensis Jayashree, Sreedevi & Ahrens sp. nov., Det. 2026 ”].	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF6B14BFF0A0DEEB9C2FF5B.taxon	description	Description of the holotype, male. Body length: 6.2 mm, elytral length: 3.5 mm, width: 4.0 mm. Body short oval, head, prothorax and scutellum light brown, legs dark brown with dark margins, tarsomeres dark brown, elytra yellowish brown, dorsal surface glabrous, finely and densely punctate, with weak iridescent shine. Head. Labroclypeus wide, distinctly wider than long, lateral margins strongly convergent and straight, anterior angles moderately convex; margins weakly reflexed, anterior margin distinctly emarginated medially, occular canthus and lateral margin produce an indistinct angle; surface shiny, convex, with slightly elevated, longitudinal carina medially, with deep and dense punctures, few erect setae; prominent frontoclypeal suture, curved; ocular canthus bears a single hair on both sides. Frons convex, with fine and moderate punctures, glabrous. Antenna yellow, with ten antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, little longer than remaining antennomeres combined. Eyes small, ratio diameter / interocular width: 0.58. Pronotum convex, widest at middle, lateral margins evenly convex, distinctly converging towards anterior angles, weakly narrowed towards posterior angles; anterior angles acute and distinctly produced, posterior angles blunt; basal marginal line absent; surface deeply and densely punctate, anterior margin sparsely setose, with a fine marginal line, almost straight medially; lateral and posterior margin glabrous; pronotal surface with minute setae in punctures. Scutellum triangular, short, with moderately dense punctures. Elytra widest at middle, striae finely impressed, with deep and dense punctures, puntures white fine microsetae, otherwise glabrous; elytral suture darker, epipleura ending at smoothly rounded external elytral apical angle; apex of elytra with a fine membraneous rim. Ventral surface dull, light brown, with moderately dense punctures; hypomeron and metepisternum with large punctures and moderately long yellow setae; metasternum sparsely covered with fine, short setae; metacoxa glabrous, with a few setae beside lateral margin; Abdominal sternites finely punctate, with a transverse row of moderately short setae in coarse punctures on each sternite. Mesosternum between mesocoxae slightly wider than mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum / metacoxa: 1 / 1.7. Pygidium convex, finely and densely punctate, glabrous. Legs wide, shiny; femora with two longitudinal rows of setae, sparsely and finely punctate on side, medially almost impunctate. Anterior margin of metafemur acute, without serrated line; with an anterior and posterior longitudinal, row of robust setae. Metatibia short, flattened, widest at middle, with coarse punctures, glabrous, ratio width / length: 1 / 3.0, dorsal margin sharply carinated, lateral face longitudinally convex; with two groups of spines, basal group at one third, apical group at two thirds of metatibial length; ventral margin slightly serrated with five long equidistant setae, apex truncated near tarsal articulation. Tarsomeres impunctate dorsally with few setae at apex; metatarsomeres glabrous ventrally, first metatarsomere slightly longer than dorsal tibial spur, shorter than following two tarsomeres combined. Protibia short, bidentate. All claws symmetrical. Aedeagus: Fig. 2 G – J. Habitus: Fig. 3 K. Female unknown.	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF6B14BFF0A0DEEB9C2FF5B.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. Maladera rampurensis sp. nov. differs from the other species of the subgenus Cephaloserica Brenske, 1900 by the extremely reduced length of the left paramere in which it resembles to the Himalayan species of the subgenus Omaladera Reitter, 1901. From the latter group it differs by the elongate, tubular phallobase. Morphologically, it might be the “ missing link ” between the two related lineages.	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF6B14BFF0A0DEEB9C2FF5B.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species is named after the type locality Rampur (adjective in the nominative singular).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF6B14BFF0A0DEEB9C2FF5B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. The species is known from the type locality only (Fig. 3).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF0B14BFF0A0B03B9B5F9F0.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined. 4 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati, Regional Agricultural Research Station, 13 ° 37 ’ N 79 ° 22 ’ E, 26. v. 2025, leg. Jayashree S. ” (NBAIR); 4 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati, Regional Agricultural Research Station, 13 ° 37 ’ N 79 ° 22 ’ E, 14. v. 2025, leg. Harathi ” (NBAIR); 3 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati, Regional Agricultural Research Station, 13 ° 37 ’ N 79 ° 22 ’ E, 21 - 22. v. 2025, leg. Harathi ” (NBAIR).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF0B14BFF0A0B03B9B5F9F0.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The species is known from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016) and Andhra Pradesh (Sreedevi et al. 2018; Sreedevi & Ahrens 2025).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF0B14BFF0A08ABB91DF813.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati, Regional Agricultural Research Station, 13 ° 37 ’ N 79 ° 22 ’ E, v. 2025, leg. Harathi ” (NBAIR).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF0B14BFF0A08ABB91DF813.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The species is known to occur in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Pondicherry (Fabrizi & Ahrens 2014; Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016) and Andhra Pradesh (Sreedevi et al. 2018).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF3B148FF0A0EF3B864FE5F.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined. 8 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Sri Sathya Sai, Kadiri, Mittapalli, 14 ° 05 ’ N 77 ° 59 ’ E, 24. v. 2025, leg. K. Sreedevi and Jayashree, S. ” (NBAIR); 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Sri Sathya Sai, Kadiri, Agricultural Research Station, 14 ° 06 ’ N 78 ° 08 ’ E, 24. v. 2025, leg. Judith and Gowri ” (NBAIR); 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati, Regional Agricultural Research Station, 13 ° 37 ’ N 79 ° 22 ’ E, 08. iv. 2025, leg. Jayashree, S. and Gowri ” (NBAIR).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF3B148FF0A0EF3B864FE5F.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The species is known to occur in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Pondicherry (Fabrizi & Ahrens 2014) and Andhra Pradesh (Sreedevi et al. 2018).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF3B148FF0A0C7CB817FD69.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati, Regional Agricultural Research Station, 13 ° 37 ’ N 79 ° 22 ’ E, 21 - 22. v. 2025, leg. Harathi ” (NBAIR).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF3B148FF0A0C7CB817FD69.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Andhra Pradesh. So far this species was known from Karnataka (Sreedevi & Ahrens 2025).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF3B148FF0A0D49B82BFBAF.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Telangana, Vikarabad, Rampur, 17 ° 24 ’ N; 77 ° 45 ’ E, 21. vi. 2025, leg. Jayashree, S. ” (NBAIR).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF3B148FF0A0D49B82BFBAF.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Telangana. So far this species was known from New Delhi (Sreedevi et al. 2018), West Bengal, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016; Sreedevi & Ahrens 2025).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF3B148FF0A0A15B9FAFA22.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Telangana, Vikarabad, Rampur, 17 ° 24 ’ N; 77 ° 45 ’ E, 21. vi. 2025, leg. Jayashree, S. ” (NBAIR); 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati, Regional Agricultural Research Station, 13 ° 37 ’ N 79 ° 22 ’ E, 08. iv. 2025, leg. Jayashree, S. ” (NBAIR); 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati, Regional Agricultural Research Station, 13 ° 37 ’ N 79 ° 22 ’ E, 27. v. 2025, leg. Jayashree, S. ” (NBAIR); 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Sri Sathya Sai, Kadiri, Mittapalli, 14 ° 05 ’ N 77 ° 59 ’ E, 24. v. 2025, leg. Sreedevi and Jayashree, S. ” (NBAIR).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF3B148FF0A0A15B9FAFA22.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. So far the species known from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF3B148FF0A0B99BE13F942.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Telangana, Vikarabad, Rampur, 17 ° 24 ’ N; 77 ° 45 ’ E, 21. vi. 2025, leg. Jayashree, S ” (NBAIR).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF3B148FF0A0B99BE13F942.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Telangana. So far this species was known from West Bengal (Bhunia et al. 2023 a), Tamil Nadu and Karnataka (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF3B148FF0A0979BF49F862.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 6 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Telangana, Vikarabad, Rampur, 17 ° 24 ’ N; 77 ° 45 ’ E, 21. vi. 2025, leg. Jayashree, S. ” (NBAIR).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF3B148FF0A0979BF49F862.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Telangana. So far this species was known from Madhya Pradesh (Chandra et al. 2021), Tamil Nadu (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016) and Karnataka (Fabrizi & Ahrens 2014).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF2B149FF0A0EF3B85DFE5F.taxon	materials_examined	Materials examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Telangana, Vikarabad, Rampur, 17 ° 24 ’ N; 77 ° 45 ’ E, 22. vi. 2025, leg. Jayashree, S. ” (NBAIR); 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Chittoor, Regional Agricultural Research Station, 13 ° 37 ’ N 79 ° 22 ’ E, 21 - 22. v. 2025, leg. Harathi ” (NBAIR); 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati, Regional Agricultural Research Station, 13 ° 37 ’ N 79 ° 22 ’ E, 14. v. 2025, leg. Harathi, P. N. ” (NBAIR).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF2B149FF0A0EF3B85DFE5F.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Telangana. So far this species was known from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF2B149FF0A0C47BE5EFC98.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 48 ♂♂, 26 ♀♀, “ INDIA: Telangana, Vikkarabad, Rampur, 17 ° 24 ’ N; 77 ° 45 ’ E, 21. vi. 2025, leg. Jayashree, S. ” (NBAIR).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF2B149FF0A0C47BE5EFC98.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Telangana. So far this species was known from Uttarakhand, Odisha (Ahrens 2004), Pondicherry (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016), Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh (Chandra et al. 2021), Bihar (Bhunia et al. 2023 a) and Andhra Pradesh (Sreedevi & Ahrens 2025).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF2B149FF0A0D03B86FFBBB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Telangana, Vikkarabad, Rampur, 17 ° 24 ’ N; 77 ° 45 ’ E, 21. vi. 2025, leg. Jayashree, S. ” (NBAIR).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF2B149FF0A0D03B86FFBBB.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Telangana. So far this species was known from Maharashtra (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF2B149FF0A0AE3BAC8FA4F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. 6 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Telangana, Vikarabad, Rampur, 17 ° 24 ’ N; 77 ° 45 ’ E, 21. vi. 2025, leg. Jayashree, S. ” (NBAIR); 39 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Telangana, Vikarabad, Rampur, 17 ° 24 ’ N; 77 ° 45 ’ E, 22. vi. 2025, leg. Jayashree, S. ” (NBAIR); 4 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh, Sri Sathya Sai, Kadiri, Agricultural Research Station, 14 ° 06 ’ N 78 ° 08 ’ E, 24. v. 2025, leg. Judith and Gowri ” (NBAIR).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
03C4F00DFFF2B149FF0A0AE3BAC8FA4F.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. So far this species was known from Bihar (Bhunia et al. 2023 a), Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha and New Delhi (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016).	en	Jayashree, Selvaraj, Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2026): New species and distributional records of Sericini from groundnut ecosystem in South India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5782 (3): 581-590, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5782.3.10
