Melolontha flabellata Sharp, 1876

Gupta, Devanshu, Keith, Denis, Bhunia, Debika, Das, Priyanka, Ghosh, Joyjit & Chandra, Kailash, 2023, Review of Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from India with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 5263 (2), pp. 191-216 : 212-213

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( Figs. 11 View FIGURES 9–12 , 23 View FIGURES 19–24 , 51 View FIGURES 47–52 , 63 View FIGURES 53–64 )

Melolontha (Oplosternus) flabellata Sharp 1876: 86 (type locality: Bengal).

Melolontha flabellata: Sabatinelli 1992: 615 (catalogue); Bezdĕk 2006: 194 (catalogue); Krajčík 2012: 158 (checklist); Bezdĕk 2016: 231 (catalogue).

Melolontha flabelata: Li et al. 2010: 344 , fig. 10 (misspelling).

Hoplosternus flabellata: Nonfried 1892: 285 (checklist); Brenske 1896a: 164 (brief description, H. flabellatus ); Barlow 1899: 269 (checklist); Dalla Torre 1912: 264 (catalogue as H. flabellatus ); Zhang 1988: 243 (new record, brief description as H. flabellatus ).

Material examined. India, West Bengal: Govt. House Compound, Darjeeling, 2♁, May – June, 1912, leg. Lord Garmichael Collection [ NZSI]; Darjeeling , 7000 ft, E. Himalayas, 1♁, 20.iv.2014, leg. F.H. Gravely [ NZSI]; Kurseong, E. Himalayas, 5000 ft., 1♁, leg. Jahans [ NZSI]; Darjeeling, Ghumti, 4000 ft., vi.1912, leg. unknown [ NZSI]; Darjeeling, East Himalaya , 1 – 3000ft. v.1912, 1♁, leg. unknown [ NZSI] .

Diagnosis. Refer to species key.

Distribution. India: Sikkim ( Brenske 1896a) and West Bengal (Darjeeling); Bangladesh ( Sharp 1876) and China ( Zhang 1988).

References

Barlow, E. (1899) List of the Melolonthini contained in the collection of the Indian Museum. Indian Museum Notes, 4 (5), 234 - 273.

Bezdek, A. (2006) Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, S. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera 3. Apollo Books, Stenstrup and Denmark, pp. 181 - 228.

Bezdek, A. (2016) Melolonthini. In: Lobl, I. & Lobl, D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera 3 Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Revised and updated edition. Brill, Leiden and Boston, pp. 226 - 236.

Brenske, E. (1896 a) Insectes du Bengale. (37 e Memoire.) Melolonthidae. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 40, 150 - 164.

Dalla Torre, K. W. von (1912) Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae I. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 49. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1 - 290.

Krajcik, M. (2012) Checklist of the World Scarabaeoidea. Animma. x, Supplement 5, 1 - 278.

Li, C. - L., Yang, P. - S. & Wang, C. - C. (2010) Revision of the Melolontha guttigera group with a key and an annotated checklist of the East and South-East Asian Melolontha groups. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 103 (3), 341 - 359. https: // doi. org / 10.1603 / AN 09088

Nonfried, A. F. (1892) Verzeichniss der seit 1871 neu beschriebenen Glaphyriden, Melolonthiden und Euchiriden. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 37 (3), 249 - 290. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 18920370302

Sabatinelli, G. (1992) Catalogue of the Scarabaeoidea Melolonthidae from Himalaya and North India: Macrodactylini, Hopliini, Diplotaxini, Melolonthini and Sericini (Coleoptera). Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 71 (2), 593 - 636.

Sharp, D. (1876) Descriptions of some new species of Scarabaeidae from tropical Asia and Malaysia. Coleopterologische Hefte, 15, 65 - 90.

Zhang, Y. W. (1988) Scarabaeidae. In: Huang, F. S., Wang, P. Y., Yin, W. Y., Yu, P. Y., Lee, T. S., Yang, C. K. & Wang, X. J. (Eds.), Insects of Mt. Namjagbarwa region of Xizang. Beijing Science Press, Beijing, pp. 227 - 248. [in Chinese with English translation]

Figures

FIGURES 9–12. Habitus of Melolontha species. 9, M. carinata; 10, M. indica; 11, M. flabellata; 12, M. furcicauda.

FIGURES 19–24. Pygidium of Melolontha species. 19, M. chinensis; 20, M. nepalensis; 21, M. carinata; 22, M. indica; 23, M. flabellata; 24, M. furcicauda.

FIGURES 47–52. Parameres of Melolontha species in dorsal view. 47, M. chinensis; 48, M. nepalensis; 49, M. carinata; 50, M. indica; 51, M. flabellata; 52, M. furcicauda.

FIGURES 53–64. Parameres of Melolontha species in lateral view. 53, M. guttigera; 54, M. virescens; 55, M. arunachalensis new species (holotype); 56, M. lachungensis new species (holotype); 57, M. aeneicollis; 58, M. cuprescens; 59, M. chinensis; 60, M. nepalensis; 61, M. carinata; 62, M. indica; 63, M. flabellata; 64, M. furcicauda.