Neoserica quadrilamellata ( Brenske, 1896 )

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 : 366

Neoserica quadrilamellata ( Brenske, 1896)

( Figs 90–93 , 101 )

Serica quadrilamellata Brenske, 1896: 154 .

Neoserica quadrilamellata: Brenske 1898: 253 .

Meriserica chilkensis Arrow, 1923: 260 , synonymized by Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016: 116.

Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ India: Bihar, West Champaran , 04.x.2016, leg. R. S. Mridha ” ( NZCI) .

Distribution. India: Bihar, Delhi, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Tamil Nadu ( Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016; Sreedevi et al. 2018; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).

Remark. This is the first record of this species for Bihar.

Figures

FIGURE 101. (A–B). A. Gangetic plains biogeographic zone of India; B. Map of Lower Gangetic plains showing sample localities of the species: Maladera sprecherae, M. submucronata, Microsericaria quadripunctata, Neoserica quadrilamellata, Oxyserica darjeelingia.

FIGURES 86–97. (86–89). Microsericaria quadripunctata (Brenske, 1896) (Bankura, West Bengal); (90–93). Neoserica quadrilamellata (Brenske, 1896) (West Champaran, Bihar); (94–97). Oxyserica darjeelingia (Brenske, 1898) (West Champaran, Bihar); (86, 90, 94) Aedeagus in lateral view (left); (86, 90, 94) Aedeagus in dorsal view; (87, 91, 95) Aedeagus in lateral view (right); (88, 92, 96) Habitus, dorsal view. Scale 0.5 mm. Habitus not to scale.