Maladera cardoni (Brenske, 1896)

Fabrizi, Silvia, Liu, Wan-Gang, Bai, Ming, Yang, Xing-Ke & Ahrens, Dirk, 2021, A monograph of the genus Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871 of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), Zootaxa 4922 (1), pp. 1-400 : 90

Maladera cardoni (Brenske, 1896)

Figures 18 F–I, 90

Serica cardoni Brenske, 1896: 153 .

Serica tsienluana Brenske, 1897: 394 ; syn by Ahrens 2006b: 414.

Serica nuristanica Petrovitz, 1965: 684 ; syn. by Ahrens 2004b: 271.

Cephaloserica bhutanensis Frey, 1975 a: 229 ; syn. by Ahrens 2004b: 271.

Autoserica carinata Khan & Ghai, 1980: 24 ; syn. by Ahrens 2004b: 271.

Maladera cardoni: Ahrens 2004a: 271, 2006b: 414 .

Remarks. For material examined and redescription, see Ahrens (2004a). The distribution of this species is mainly in northern India and the lower Himalaya ( Ahrens 2004a, 2006); in China, it is known only from Ta-tsien-lu, the type locality of Serica tsienluana Brenske, 1897 . No recent records are known.

Distribution. See map ( Fig. 90 ) and Table 1.

Figures

FIGURE 18. A–E: Maladera masumotoi Nomura, 1974 (China: Kiang-Si); F–J: Maladera fusca (Frey, 1972) F–H: China: Fujian: Kuatun; I, J: holotype; K–N: M. cardoni (Brenske, 1896) (India: Almora). A, F, K: aedeagus, left side lateral view; D, H, M: aedeagus, right side lateral view; B, G, I, L: parameres, dorsal view; C: parameres, distal view; E, J, N: habitus. Scale: 0.5 mm. Habitus not to scale.

FIGURE 90. Distribution of the subgenus Omaladera: Maladera anhuiensis sp. n., M. businskyorum sp. n., M. cardoni (Brenske, 1896), M. dahongshanica sp. n., M. diversipes (Moser, 1915).