Maladera allopruinosa (Ahrens, 1998)

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 : 354-355

Maladera allopruinosa (Ahrens, 1998)

( Figs 13–16 , 98 )

Serica allopruinosa Ahrens, 1998a: 42 (replacement name for Serica pruinosa Burmeister, 1855: 165 ).

Serica pruinosa Burmeister, 1855: 165 (primary junior homonym of Serica pruinosa Hope, 1831 and Serica pruinosa Saylor, 1935 ); Barlow 1899: 245.

Maladera allopruinosa: Ahrens 2004: 318 ; Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016: 215.

Material examined. 2 ♂ ♂ “ India: West Bengal, Purba Bardhaman, Purbasthali, Chupir Char , 26.ii.2022, leg. Debika. Bhunia ” ( NZCI) , 1 ♂ “ India, Bihar, Purnia , 21.ix.2022, leg. C. Paiva ” ( NZCI) .

Distribution. India: Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and West Bengal (Darjeeling); Nepal ( Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).

Remarks. This is the first record of this species for West Bengal.

Figures

FIGURE 98. (A–B). A. Gangetic plains biogeographic zone of India; B. Map of Lower Gangetic plains showing sample localities of the species: Maladera kolkataensis, Gynaecoserica perdita, Maladera affinis, M. allopruinosa, M. bengalensi, M. burmeisteri burmeisteri, M. cardoni.

FIGURES 13–25. (13–16). Maladera allopruinosa (Ahrens, 1998) (Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal); (17–21). Maladera bengalensis (Brenske, 1898) (West Champaran, Bihar); (22–25). Maladera burmeisteri burmeisteri (Brenske, 1898) (Purba bardhaman, west Bengal); (13, 17, 22) Aedeagus in lateral view (left); (14, 18, 23) Aedeagus in dorsal view; (19) Aedeagus in ventral view; (15, 20, 24) Aedeagus in lateral view (right); (16, 21, 25) Habitus, dorsal view. Scale 0.5 mm. Habitus not to scale.