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BC1F87FF137FFFF9FF74FD0EFA6EBF8C.text	BC1F87FF137FFFF9FF74FD0EFA6EBF8C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha Fabricius 1775	<div><p>Key to species groups of Melolontha known from India (adopted and modified from Li et al. 2010)</p> <p>1. Elytral disc glabrous or setiferous; colour of elytra light olive to dark green........................................ 2</p> <p>– Elytral disc with dense setae; colour of elytra dark brown to yellowish-brown...................................... 3</p> <p>2. Pronotum shining dorsally, lacking metallic reflection; elytron with one post-humeral and 2 to 3 basal setiferous patches (Fig. 1); apex of interval one deeply depressed along elytral disc; parameres with ventroapical process, distinctly elongate and gradually acuminate in lateral view (Fig. 53), lateral convexity completely absent (Fig. 41)............... guttigera group</p> <p>– Pronotum with dorsal metallic with green reflection; elytra without patches of setae at base (Fig. 2); apex of interval one weakly depressed along elytral disc; parameres without a ventroapical process (Fig. 54), lateral convexity weakly developed (Fig. 42)........................................................................................ virescens group</p> <p>3. Basal segment of antenna swollen at apex, with antennomeres 2 and 3 compressed (see Li et al. 2010, fig. 1) (Figs. 26, 34, 66); antennal club strongly to moderately curved outwardly (Figs 25, 33, 66); length of dense setae more on vertex than those of clypeus (Figs. 25, 33, 66); setae on inner surface of meso- and metatibiae stout and long (Figs. 31, 37)................ … 4</p> <p>– Basal segment of antennae moderately swollen apically, antennomeres 2 and 3 elongate (see Li et al. 2010, fig. 2); antennal club weakly to moderately curved outwardly (see Li et al. 2010, figs. 4, 5, 6); length of setae on vertex same as those on clypeus; setae on inner surface of meso- and metatibiae stout and short.................................................. 5</p> <p>4. Antennal club strongly curved outwardly, 3.5 times as length of basal segments (see Li et al. 2010, fig. 3) (Figs. 25, 33, 66); outer metatibial spur subequal in length to length of metatarsomeres 1 and 2 combined (Figs. 31, 37); apical portion of pygidium not narrowed, more or less rounded (Figs. 15, 16); parameres symmetrical, apical process of left paramere not raised (Figs. 43, 44, 70)....................................................................... phupanensis group</p> <p>– Antennal club moderately curved outwardly, three times as length of basal segments; outer metatibial spur subequal to length of metatarsomere 1; apical portion of pygidium narrowed to form an elongate process (Figs 17, 18); parameres asymmetrical, apical process of left paramere relatively raised (Figs 45, 46)...................................... aeneicollis group</p> <p>5. Antennal club relatively shorter, weakly curved (see Li et al. 2010, fig. 6) (Fig. 7); pronotum with irregular serrations laterally; parameres with sharply developed pointed process at outer margin in dorsal view (Fig. 47)................ chinensis group</p> <p>– Antennal club usually longer and moderately curved (see Li et al. 2010, figs. 4, 5) (Figs. 8–12); pronotum with serrations developed anteriorly with basal one–half to one–third of margin smooth (see Li et al. 2010, fig. 8); parameres without pointed process (Figs. 48–52).................................................................................. 6</p> <p>6. Central disc of pronotum evenly and densely punctate; midline of pygidium ridged completely or incompletely (Figs. 20–22); apical and dorsal process (Figs. 48–50) and lateral convexity of paramere well developed (Figs. 60–62)....... carinata group</p> <p>– Central disc of pronotum unevenly punctured; midline of pygidium smooth (Figs 23–24); apical process of paramere distinctly enlarged posteriorly, fusing with dorsal process (Figs. 51–52), lateral convexity broadly swollen laterally (Figs. 63–64)............................................................................................... incana group</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF137FFFF9FF74FD0EFA6EBF8C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF137FFFF9FF74F93EFDC4BEBF.text	BC1F87FF137FFFF9FF74F93EFDC4BEBF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha guttigera Sharp 1876	<div><p>guttigera group</p> <p>Melolontha guttigera is the only species in this group that has been reported from India; the other species are M. javanica Keith &amp; Li, 2005 (Indonesia), M. maculata (Chang, 1983) China), M. setifera Li, 2010 (Myanmar), and M. weyersi (Brenske, 1900) (Indonesia).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF137FFFF9FF74F93EFDC4BEBF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF137CFFFAFF74FF4EFDB7BAE3.text	BC1F87FF137CFFFAFF74FF4EFDB7BAE3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha guttigera Sharp 1876	<div><p>Melolontha guttigera Sharp, 1876</p> <p>(Figs. 1, 13, 41, 53)</p> <p>Melolontha guttigera Sharp 1876: 87 (type locality: India); Barlow 1899: 270 (catalogue); Arrow 1913a: 192 (comment on placement of genus and sexual dimorphism); Arrow 1913b: 401 (comment on placement of genus and sexual dimorphism); Bezděk 2006: 195 (catalogue); Li et al. 2010: 351, figs., 24, 24, 25, 32, 37, 42, 47, 52, 57, 61 (lectotype designation); Chandra &amp; Gupta 2012: 890, fig. 2A (distribution); Bezděk 2016: 231 (catalogue).</p> <p>Hoplosternus guttigera: Nonfried 1892: 285 (checklist); Brenske 1900: 154 (diagnosis).</p> <p>Hoplosternus guttiger: Dalla Torre 1912: 264 (catalogue, misspelling); Sabatinelli 1992: 613 (catalogue, misspelling).</p> <p>Material examined. India, West Bengal: Darjeeling, Ghum, 750ft. 09.ix.1908, 1♀, Mus. Coll. [NZSI]; Darjeeling, Ghum, 750ft. 18.ix.1908, 1♁, 2♀, leg. Major Bennett [NZSI]; Kurseong, 5,000 ft., 1♁, leg. N.B. Jahans [NZSI]; Darjeeling, Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Latpanchar Beat Office, 26.53.463N, 88.23.958E, 3662ft, 08.xi.2017, 3♁, 2♀, leg. D. Suresh Chand [NZSI]; Darjeeling, Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Latpanchar Beat Office, 26.53.463N, 88.23.958E, 3662 ft., 3.xi.2018, 2♁, 3♀, leg. D. Suresh Chand [NZSI]; Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary, Karli Line, Antipoaching Tower 1, 741ft. 31.x.2018, 1♁, leg. D. Suresh Chand [NZSI]; Neora Valley National Park, Ashaley Camp, Samsing Beat, 22.ix.2018, 1♁, leg. P.C. Pathania [NZSI]. India, Arunachal Pradesh: Itanagar, ZSI Complex, 1 ex., leg. P.T. Bhutia [NZSI]; Kameng, Bhalulpong, 7.ix.1998, 1♁, leg. A.R. Lahiri [NZSI]; Dibang Valley, Roing, Jia, 26.i.2000, 1♁, leg. S.K. Mandal [NZSI]; Bhalukpong Circuit House, 216m, 30.ix.2001, 1♁, leg. Dhriti Banerjee [NZSI]; Domrah, 480m, 27.ix.2002, 1♀, leg. M. Sil [NZSI]; Lower Dibang Valley Patrolling Route, 21.x.2015, 1♁, leg. S.D. Gurumayum [NZSI].</p> <p>Diagnosis. Refer to the key to the species groups.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (Chandra &amp; Gupta 2012), Sikkim (Li et al. 2010), and West Bengal (Barlow 1899); Nepal (Li et al. 2010).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF137CFFFAFF74FF4EFDB7BAE3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF137CFFFAFF74FBC6FDDFBD8B.text	BC1F87FF137CFFFAFF74FBC6FDDFBD8B.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha virescens (Brenske 1896)	<div><p>virescens group</p> <p>Li et al. (2010) created this group based on a single species, Melolontha virescens (Brenske, 1896), which is widely distributed in the Himalayan region.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF137CFFFAFF74FBC6FDDFBD8B	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF137CFFFAFF74FB2EFB77BEF5.text	BC1F87FF137CFFFAFF74FB2EFB77BEF5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha virescens (Brenske 1896)	<div><p>Melolontha virescens (Brenske, 1896)</p> <p>(Figs. 2, 14, 42, 54)</p> <p>Hoplosternus virescens Brenske 1896b: 202 (type locality: Darjeeling, Sikkim); Brenske 1900: 154; Dalla Torre 1912: 265 (catalogue); Zhang 1988: 243 (new record, description in Chinese); Li &amp; Yang 2003: 223 (diagnosis, lectotype designation).</p> <p>Melolontha virescens: Bezděk 2006: 196 (catalogue); Li et al. 2010: 342 (key), 344 (checklist), fig. 11 [misspelt as Melolontha virescena]; Keith &amp; Saltin 2012: 23 (distribution); Pathania et al. 2015a: 53, 54 (distribution); Pathania et al. 2015b: 131 (distribution); Bezděk 2016: 233 (catalogue).</p> <p>Melolontha amplipennis Frey 1975: 238 (type locality: Bhutan, Thimpu); Sabatinelli &amp; Migliaccio 1982: 109 (diagnosis), figs. 10, 11; Sabatinelli 1992: 615 (catalogue); Li &amp; Yang 2003: 223 (as a junior synonym of H. virescens).</p> <p>Material examined. India, West Bengal: Darjeeling, v.1912, 03.v.1912, 1♁, leg. Carmichael (NZSI); Kurseong, 5,000ft. 1♁, leg. Lynch C. [NZSI]; Darjeeling, Sukhipokhari, 18.xi.1994, 1♁, leg. B.C. Nandi [NZSI]. India, Sikkim: Ranipool, 15.iv.1994, 1♀, on grass, leg. P.H. Roy [NZSI]. India, Arunachal Pradesh: district Papumpare, Itanagar, ZSI <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=91.6736&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.5337" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 91.6736/lat 27.5337)">Complex</a>, 08.ii.2002, 1♁, at light, leg. P.B. Thapa [NZSI]; district <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=91.6736&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.5337" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 91.6736/lat 27.5337)">Papumpare</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=91.6736&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.5337" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 91.6736/lat 27.5337)">Itanagar</a>, ZSI <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=91.6736&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.5337" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 91.6736/lat 27.5337)">Complex</a>, 19.v.2002, 1♁, leg. P.T. Bhutia [NZSI]; district <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=91.6736&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.5337" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 91.6736/lat 27.5337)">Tawang</a>, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=91.6736&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.5337" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 91.6736/lat 27.5337)">Namtsering</a>, 27.5337N, 91.6736E, 1,428m, 15.iv.2018, 3♀, 17.iv.2018, 1♀, leg. Jagdish Saini [NZSI].</p> <p>Diagnosis. Refer to the key to the species groups.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (new record), Himachal Pradesh (Pathania et al. 2015a, 2015b), Sikkim (Brenske 1896b), and West Bengal (Darjeeling) (Brenske 1896b); Bhutan (Frey 1975), China (Dalla &amp; Torre 1912; Zhang 1988), Nepal (Sabatinelli &amp; Migliaccio 1982), and Pakistan (Keith &amp; Saltin 2012).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF137CFFFAFF74FB2EFB77BEF5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF1378FFFFFF74F8B5FE17B833.text	BC1F87FF1378FFFFFF74F8B5FE17B833.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha phupanensis Keith 2008	<div><p>phupanensis group</p> <p>Li et al. (2010) proposed the phupanensis group based on a single species, Melolontha phupanensis Keith, 2008, described from Laos and Vietnam. We place both newly described species, M. arunachalensis Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh &amp; Chandra, new species and M. lachungensis Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh &amp; Chandra, new species, in this group, based on the characters as proposed by Li et al. (2010) (refer to the key to species groups). The parameres in this group are symmetric, elongated, subequal in length with phallobase and outer margins parallel at the apical three-fourth part.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF1378FFFFFF74F8B5FE17B833	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF1379FFFFFF74FEB6FA6FBA4A.text	BC1F87FF1379FFFFFF74FEB6FA6FBA4A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha phupanensis Keith 2008	<div><p>Key to the species of phupanensis species group</p> <p>1. Protibiae unidentate (Fig. 39); serration on lateral margins of pronotum poorly developed (Fig. 35); mesometasternal process weakly produced beyond mesocoxae (Fig. 38); lobes of parameres nearly rounded at apex not sharply pointed at ends in dorsal view (Fig. 44)............................ M. lachungensis Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh &amp; Chandra, new species</p> <p>– Protibiae bidentate (Figs. 29, 69); serration on lateral margins of pronotum distinctly developed (Figs. 27, 65); mesometasternal process produced beyond mesocoxae (Figs. 30, 67); lobes of parameres nearly straight at apex, slightly pointed at ends in dorsal view (Figs. 43, 70).................................................................................... 2</p> <p>2. Pronotal surface sparsely setose (Fig. 65); antennal club more than 3.5 times longer than of basal segments; mesometasternal process produced beyond mesocoxae, surface with long and dense hairs posteriorly (Fig. 67); ventroapical process of parameres indistinct without protuberance on top of right paramere in lateral view (Fig. 71); parameres as in Figs 70, 71 and Keith (2008, figs. 15–16)................................................................... M. phupanensis Keith, 2008</p> <p>– Pronotal surface densely and uniformly setose (Fig. 27); antennal club more than 3.6 times longer than of basal segments; mesometasternal process produced beyond mesocoxae, surface smooth with few hairs (Fig. 30); ventroapical process of parameres distinctly elongate and gradually acuminate apically with a small, crest - like protuberance on top of right paramere in lateral view (Fig. 55); parameres as in Figs. 43, 55............................................................................................... M. arunachalensis Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh &amp; Chandra, new species</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF1379FFFFFF74FEB6FA6FBA4A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF1379FFF0FF74FC6FFA82BCEF.text	BC1F87FF1379FFF0FF74FC6FFA82BCEF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha arunachalensis Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh & Chandra 2023	<div><p>Melolontha arunachalensis Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh &amp; Chandra, new species</p> <p>(Figs. 3, 15, 25–32, 43, 55)</p> <p>Type locality. India, Arunachal Pradesh, Pange Valley.</p> <p>Type material. Holotype, male, labelled: “ India, Arunachal Pradesh, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=93.17795&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.22084" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 93.17795/lat 27.22084)">Pange Valley</a>, 27°13'15.024''N, 93°10'40.6128''E, 11.iv.2015, leg. K.A. Subramaniam ” [NZSI]. Paratypes: 3 males with the same data as holotype [NZSI].</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Body length: 28.15 mm; maximum body width 15.35 mm.</p> <p>Colour. Pronotum, scutellum, venter, and legs dark brownish-black. Elytra reddish - brown. Setae whitishyellow.</p> <p>Head (Figs. 25–26). Clypeus rectangular, apical angles rounded, slightly widened apically, apex perpendicularly reflexed, moderately sinuate in frontal view, surface concave medially, lateral angles planar, surface densely and evenly punctate, punctures large, each bearing a short, robust, erect seta, setae light yellowish-brown; clypeofrontal suture complete; centre of frons concave, surface densely setose, side of eyes densely setose, setae moderately longer and more robust than those on clypeus; sides slightly narrowed making eyes larger. Antennae 10 segmented with 7 segmented club, lamellae strongly curved outwardly, 3.62 times as long as stem; antennomere 1 distinctly swollen apically, apical segment moderately elongate; labrum symmetrically bilobed, each lobe transversally developed; mentum slightly concave centrally, surface almost glabrous with only a few scattered setae; maxillary palpus with apical palpomere subequal in length to combination of palpomeres 2–3; ocular canthus heavily covered with brownish erect robust setae.</p> <p>Pronotum (Fig. 27). Transverse, widest at middle, basomedially slightly protuberant posteriorly; surface densely to confluently punctate along lateral margin; punctures moderately large with a tiny, brownish seta, setae longer and more robust towards centre; centre of pronotal disc sparsely punctate; sides of midline setose with spot consisting of concentrated brownish setae on each apical side of midline; setae denser along basomedial margin; serration of lateral margin distinctly developed, basal half of margin with completed bead.</p> <p>Scutellar plate (Fig. 28). Oval, surface lightly, sparsely punctate, two longitudinal rows of setae fused at point making a triangle, apical margin has a row of slender hair-like setae.</p> <p>Elytra (Fig. 3). Broadest at base. Costae 1–3 (costa one as sutural costa) glabrous and well developed, costae 2 and 3 broadly fused on apical umbone, costa 4 feebly developed and hardly observable; outer margin of costa 1 with aligned row of whitish, scale - like setae; intervals rugose, intermixed with two kinds of whitish setae, one lanceolate and scale - like and other slender and smaller, both moderately dense in distribution; posthumeral and 3 basal patches composed of overlapping, white, scale - like setae, posthumeral patch slender in shape; apical area of elytron steeply depressed below plane of disc, densely covered with whitish brown, tiny setae; epipleuron entirely setose, whitish brown setae evenly distributed; humeral umbone moderately swollen.</p> <p>Pygidium (Fig. 15). Triangular, 1.6 times wider than long; anterior half with long; disc either side slightly depressed medially; surface densely covered with whitish brown setae; setae short evenly distributed or moderately scattered along midline; apex rounded; lateral margin straight.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 30). Mesometasternal process produced beyond mesocoxae, surface smooth with few hairs; meso- and metasternum with thick, dense hairs.</p> <p>Abdominal sternites (Fig. 32). Abdominal segments 1–5 with a lateral maculation of yellowish-brown, scalelike setae; maculation on sternite 6 light; abdominal surface densely setose; setae whitish brown to yellowish–brown, lanceolate, slender medially, transversely distributed with scattered, longer setae in line; sternites 2–5 weakly fused medially; suture well defined.</p> <p>Legs (Figs. 29, 31). Protibiae bidentate laterally, apical tooth acute (Fig. 29); tarsal claws symmetrically unidentate, abruptly curved apically with a small, vertical tooth at base. Pro- and mesofemora transversely flattened, surface densely clothed with long, hair-like, brown setae; metafemur stout, with shorter setae; apical portion of first metatarsus distinctly swollen; outer metatibial spur subequal in length to combined length of metatarsomeres 1 and 2 (Fig. 31); dorsal surface of tibiae and tarsi moderately clothed with pale white, scale-like, short robust setae; meso- and metatibiae with two elongate apical spurs; mesotibial spurs slightly shorter than length of mesotarsomere 1.</p> <p>Parameres (Figs. 43, 55). Symmetrical; basal piece subequal in length to paramere; lobes of parameres nearly straight at apex, slightly pointed at ends in dorsal view (Fig. 43), strongly curved, bent backwards at apex in lateral view (Fig. 55); dorsal process, clearly marked, slightly produced (Fig. 43), ventroapical process distinctly elongate and gradually acuminate apically with a small, crest-like protuberance on top of right paramere in lateral view (Fig. 55).</p> <p>Female unknown.</p> <p>Collecting circumstances. At light.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis. Melolontha arunachalensis new species differs from the other two species in the group (M. phupanensis and M. lachungensis new species) by its unique structure and shape of the parameres. See species key and Table 1 to distinguish the newly described species from M. phupanensis and M. lachungensis new species. The newly described species is similar in general appearance to Melolontha costipennis Fairmaire, 1889 (= M. tricostata Brenske, 1903) and M. tenuicauda Fairmaire, 1896, both of which are known from China (Tibet). Melolontha costipennis, placed under the aeneicollis group (Li et al. 2010), differs from the new species by a narrowly elongated pygidium at the apex (pygidium rounded at apex, not elongated in M. arunachalensis new species). Melolontha tenuicauda has a much shorter antennal club, as compared to M. arunachalensis new species.</p> <p>Etymology. The name (adjective in the nominative singular) refers to the Arunachal Pradesh state of India.</p> <p>Distribution. So far, only known from the type locality: India, Arunachal Pradesh, Pange Valley (Fig. 72).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF1379FFF0FF74FC6FFA82BCEF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. 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BC1F87FF1376FFF1FF74F9CBFBBFBEF3.text	BC1F87FF1376FFF1FF74F9CBFBBFBEF3.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha lachungensis Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh & Chandra 2023	<div><p>Melolontha lachungensis Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh &amp; Chandra, new species</p> <p>(Figs. 4, 16, 43, 33–40, 44, 56)</p> <p>Type locality. India, Sikkim, North Sikkim, Lachung Forest.</p> <p>Type material. Holotype, male, labelled: “ India, Sikkim, North Sikkim, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.56024&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=27.302979" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.56024/lat 27.302979)">Lachung Forest</a>, 27°18' 10.728''N, 88°33'36.864''E, 20.iv.1992, leg. R.S. Mridha ” [NZSI]. Paratypes: 2 males with same data as holotype [NZSI].</p> <p>Description of holotype. Body length 23.3 mm, maximum body width 12.62 mm.</p> <p>Colour (Fig. 4). Pronotum, scutellum, venter, and legs reddish - brown; elytra light olive - green.</p> <p>Head (Figs. 33–34). Clypeus rectangular, apical angles rounded, slightly widened at apex; apical portion perpendicularly reflexed, moderately sinuate in frontal view; slightly convex medially; lateral angles planar; surface densely and evenly punctate, punctures large, each bearing a short, robust, erect seta, setae light yellowish-brown; clypeofrontal suture complete; centre of frons strongly concave, surface sparsely setose; side of eyes densely setose, setae moderately longer and more robust than those on clypeus; sides slightly narrowed making eyes larger. Antennae 10 segmented with 7 segmented club, lamellae strongly curved outwardly, 3.65 times as long as stem, antennomere 1 distinctly swollen apically, apical segment moderately elongate; labrum symmetrically bilobed, lobes transversally developed; mentum slightly concave centrally, surface glabrous with only a few scattered setae; maxillary palpi with apical palpomere subequal in length to combination of palpomeres 2–3; ocular canthus densely covered with brownish erect and robust setae.</p> <p>Pronotum (Fig. 35). Transverse, wid est in middle; basomedially protuberant posteriorly; surface densely to confluently punctate along lateral margin; puncture with a tiny, brownish seta; setae longer and more robust towards the centre; centre of pronotal disc sparsely punctate, punctures moderately large; sides of midline setose with spots consisting of concentrated brownish setae at apical sides of midline; setae dense along basomedial margin; serration of lateral margin poorly developed anteriorly, basal half of margin with completed bead.</p> <p>Scutellar plate (Fig. 36). Oval, surface lightly, sparsely punctate, glabrous; apical margin with a row of slender hair - like setae.</p> <p>Elytra (Fig. 4). Broadest at base; costae 1–3 (costa one as sutural costa) glabrous and well developed; costae 2 and 3 broadly fused on apical umbone; costa 4 feebly developed and hardly visible; outer margin of costa 1 with aligned row of whitish and scale - like setae; intervals rugose, intermixed with 2 types of whitish setae, lanceolate and scale - like (slender and smaller), both moderately densely distributed; posthumeral and 3 basal patches composed of overlapping, white, scale - like setae, posthumeral patch slender in shape; apical area of elytron steeply depressed below plane of disc, densely covered with whitish-brown, but tiny setae; epipleuron entirely setose, whitish-brown setae becoming gradually denser apically, posterior one third in a band; humeral umbone moderately swollen.</p> <p>Pygidium (Fig. 16). 1.52 times broader in width than length; anterior half with long, hair - like setae, remainder Triangular, intermixed with yellowish - white, scale - like setae; disc on either side slightly depressed medially; surface densely covered with whitish-brown, short setae; setae denser in apical portion; apex broadly rounded; lateral sides slightly curved.</p> <p>Venter (Fig. 38). Mesometasternal process weakly produced beyond mesocoxae, surface smooth with few hairs; meso- and metasternum with thick and dense hairs.</p> <p>Abdominal sternites (Fig. 40). Sternite 1–5 with a lateral maculation consisting of yellowish-brown, scale-like setae; maculation on sternite 6 distinctly present; abdominal surface moderately setose; setae small, whitish–brown to yellowish-brown, lanceolate and becoming slender medially, transversely distributed with scattered, longer setae in line; sternites 2–5 weakly fused medially; suture well defined.</p> <p>Legs (Figs. 37, 39) Protibiae unidentate, apical tooth acute (Fig. 37); tarsal claws symmetrically unidentate, abruptly curved apically with a small, vertical tooth at base. Pro- and mesofemora transversely flattened, surface densely clothed with long, hair-like, brown setae, posterior femur stouter, with shorter setae; apical portion of metatarsomere 1 distinctly swollen; outer metatibial spur subequal in length to combined length of metatarsomeres 1 and 2 (Fig 39). Tibiae and tarsi moderately clothed with pale–white, scale–like, short setae at dorsal surface; meso- and metatibiae with 2 elongate apical spurs; mesotibial spurs slightly shorter than length of mesotarsomere 1.</p> <p>Parameres (Figs. 44, 56). Symmetrical; basal piece subequal in length to paramere; lobes of parameres nearly rounded at apex, not pointed at end in dorsal view (Fig. 44), more or less straight in lateral view (Fig. 56); ventroapical process of paramere distinctly elongate and gradually acuminate with a strong, crest-like protuberance on top of right paramere in lateral view (Fig. 56); dorsal process marked and protuberant (Fig. 44).</p> <p>Female unknown.</p> <p>Collecting circumstances. At light.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis. Melolontha lachungensis new species differs from the other two species in the group (M. phupanensis and M. arunachalensis new species) by the unique structure and shape of the parameres and unidentate protibiae. See species key and Table 1 to distinguish it from M. phupanensis and M. arunachalensis new species. The newly described species also shows similarities in general appearance to Melolontha costipennis Fairmaire, 1889 (= M. tricostata Brenske, 1903) and M. tenuicauda Fairmaire, 1896, both of which are known from China (Tibet). Melolontha costipennis, placed under the aeneicollis group (Li et al. 2010), differs from the new species by a narrowly elongated pygidium at the apex (pygidium rounded at apex, not elongated in M. lachungensis new species). Melolontha tenuicauda has a much shorter antennal club, as compared to M. lachungensis new species.</p> <p>Etymology. The name (adjective in the nominative singular) refers to the type locality, Sikkim.</p> <p>Distribution. So far, only known from the type locality: India, Sikkim (Fig. 72).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF1376FFF1FF74F9CBFBBFBEF3	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. 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BC1F87FF136EFFE8FF74FAADFAB5BCD4.text	BC1F87FF136EFFE8FF74FAADFAB5BCD4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha aeneicollis Bates 1891	<div><p>aeneicollis group</p> <p>The aeneicollis species group includes four species: M. aeneicollis Bates, 1891 (India), M. costipennis Fairmaire, 1889 (China), M. cuprescens Blanchard, 1871 (China, India), and M. sculpticollis Fairmaire, 1891 (China).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF136EFFE8FF74FAADFAB5BCD4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF136EFFE8FF74F995FA6EBE17.text	BC1F87FF136EFFE8FF74F995FA6EBE17.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha aeneicollis Bates 1891	<div><p>Key to the Indian species of aeneicollis group</p> <p>1. Mesometasternal process not projected beyond mesocoxae; serration on lateral margin of pronotum, developed at anterior half, smooth at posterior half; punctation on pronotal surface relatively sparse and fine; vertex sparsely punctate; pygidium of characteristic shape (Fig. 17); apical process of left paramere relatively raised (Figs. 45, 57)..... M. aeneicollis Bates, 1891</p> <p>– Mesometasternal process projected beyond mesocoxae; serration on lateral margin of pronotum, developed entirely; punctation on pronotal surface dense and rugose; vertex densely punctate; pygidium of characteristic shape (Fig. 18); apical process of left paramere slightly raised (Figs. 46, 58)............................................ M. cuprescens Blanchard, 1871</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF136EFFE8FF74F995FA6EBE17	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF136FFFE9FF74FA6BFF12BE43.text	BC1F87FF136FFFE9FF74FA6BFF12BE43.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha aeneicollis Bates 1891	<div><p>Melolontha aeneicollis Bates, 1891</p> <p>(Figs. 5, 17, 45, 57)</p> <p>Melolontha aeneicollis Bates 1891: 16 (type locality: India, Kulu); Dalla Torre 1912: 267 (catalogue); Arrow 1921: 13; Chandra 2005: 152 (checklist); Bezděk 2006: 194 (catalogue); Li et al. 2010: 343 (key), 344 (checklist), fig. 12; Krajčík 2012: 158 (checklist); Keith &amp; Saltin 2012: 35 (distribution); Bezděk 2016: 230 (catalogue).</p> <p>Material examined. India, Himachal Pradesh: Kulu, Great Himalayan National Park, 1,953m, 4.iv.2018, 1♁, leg. S.K. Sajan [NZSI]. India, Uttarakhand: Chamoli, Valley of Flower National Park, 3,103m, 15.vi.2017, 1♁, leg. S.K. Sajan [NZSI].</p> <p>Diagnosis. Refer to species key.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh (Bates 1891) and Uttarakhand (new record); Pakistan (Keith &amp; Saltin 2012).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF136FFFE9FF74FA6BFF12BE43	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF136DFFEBFF74FC98FDB1BAC2.text	BC1F87FF136DFFEBFF74FC98FDB1BAC2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha chinensis Guerin-Meneville 1838	<div><p>chinensis group</p> <p>Li et al. (2010) placed five species in this group: M. chinensis Guérin-Méneville, 1838 (China, India), M. frater Arrow, 1913 (Japan), M. taihokuensis Niijima &amp; Kinoshita, 1923 (Taiwan), M. masafumii Nomura, 1952 (Japan), and M. tamina Nomura, 1964 (Japan).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF136DFFEBFF74FC98FDB1BAC2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF136DFFEBFF74FBE4FB33BE40.text	BC1F87FF136DFFEBFF74FBE4FB33BE40.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha chinensis Guerin-Meneville 1838	<div><p>Melolontha chinensis Guérin-Méneville, 1838</p> <p>(Figs. 7, 19, 47, 59)</p> <p>Melolontha (Oplosternus) chinensis Guérin-Méneville 1838: 63, pl. 232, fig. 3 (type locality: China).</p> <p>Hoplosternus chinensis: Blanchard 1851: 158; Barlow 1899: 269 (catalogue); Dalla Torre 1912: 264 (catalogue).</p> <p>Melolontha chinensis: Hope 1845: 13; Burmeister 1855: 410; Li et al. 2010: 344 (checklist), 343 (key), 345, figs. 2, 6, 9, 15 (dorsal view of parameres, additional material), 19 (caudal view of male genitalia, additional material); Bezdĕk 2016: 230 (catalogue).</p> <p>Hoplosternus heydeni Moser 1913: 288 (type locality: China, Kiukiang); Li et al. 2010: 344 (as a junior synonym of M. chinensis Guérin-Méneville 1838).</p> <p>Material examined. India, Arunachal Pradesh: Namdapha National Park, Miao, 3.xii.1982, 1♁, leg. S. Biswas [NZSI]. 1♁, without locality data, labelled, Hoplosternus chinensis, det. Brenske [NZSI].</p> <p>Diagnosis. Refer to the key to species groups.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (new record); China (Guérin-Méneville 1838) and Vietnam (Dalla Torre 1912).</p> <p>Remarks: Guérin-Méneville (1838) described this species from China with the following characteristics: body more or less flattened, elytra dark yellow with striae less marked, ventral portion black with dense and long whitish hairs, mesometasternal process straight, directed forward and rounded at the end, and antennae black, similar in both sexes. Dalla Torre (1912) reported this species from Tonkin (Vietnam). Li et al. (2010, fig. 15) noted that the parameres in the chinensis group have sharply pointed dorsal processes, surpassing the outer margin. Our record of M. chinensis from Arunachal Pradesh, India, is quite distant from the known distribution range of this species. However, the parameres in the specimen we observed (Figs. 47, 59) are indistinguishable from the figures from Li et al. (2010, Figs. 15, 19), and the general characteristics are similar to the original description.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF136DFFEBFF74FBE4FB33BE40	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF136DFFEBFF74FF4EFD64BBDF.text	BC1F87FF136DFFEBFF74FF4EFD64BBDF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha cuprescens Blanchard 1871	<div><p>Melolontha cuprescens Blanchard, 1871</p> <p>(Figs. 6, 18, 46, 58)</p> <p>Melolontha cuprescens Blanchard 1871: 811 (type locality: Tibet); Fairmaire, 1889: 19 (description); Bates 1891: 16 (diagnosis); Nonfried 1892: 286 (checklist); Dalla Torre 1912: 267 (catalogue); Arrow 1921: 13, fig. 5 (habitus, distribution); Mittal 1981: 35 – 40 (distribution); Chandra 1986: 88, figs., 52 – 54, 288 (distribution); Sabatinelli 1992: 615 (catalogue); Mittal 2000: 266 (distribution); Chandra 2005: 152 (distribution); Bezděk 2006: 194 (catalogue); Li et al. 2010: 344; Chandra ET al. 2012: 51 (distribution); Pathania et al. 2015a: 53, 54 (distribution); Pathania et al. 2015b: 131 (distribution); Bezděk 2016: 231 (catalogue); Sreedevi et al. 2017: 324 (checklist); Ghosh et al. 2020: 248 (checklist); Rana et al. 2022a: 281– 305 (description of grubs and adults); Rana et al. 2022b: 71–82.</p> <p>Material examined. India, Uttarakhand: Garhwal, Govind Wildlife Sanctuary, 10.xii.2009, 1♁, leg. Manish Bhardwaj [NZSI]. 1♁, without locality data, leg. Brenske [NZSI].</p> <p>Diagnosis. Refer to species key.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh (Mittal 2000; Pathania et al. 2015a, b; Sreedevi et al. 2017; Rana et al. 2022 a, 2022b), Haryana (Ghosh et al. 2020), Jammu &amp; Kashmir (Arrow 1921), and Uttarakhand (Chandra et al. 2012); China (Tibet) (Blanchard 1871).</p> <p>Host plant. Potato (Chandel et al. 2015).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF136DFFEBFF74FF4EFD64BBDF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF136AFFECFF74FA02FC32BE59.text	BC1F87FF136AFFECFF74FA02FC32BE59.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha carinata (Brenske 1896)	<div><p>Melolontha carinata (Brenske, 1896)</p> <p>(Figs. 10, 21, 49, 61)</p> <p>Hoplosternus carinatus Brenske 1896a: 164 (type locality: Naga Hills); Dalla Torre 1912: 264 (catalogue).</p> <p>Melolontha carinata: Li et al. 2010: 344, figs. 8, 17 (key, checklist); Krajčík 2012: 158 (checklist).</p> <p>Material examined. India, Uttarakhand: Almora, Dinapani, 03.x.2001, 1♁, leg. P. Mukhopadhyay [NZSI].</p> <p>Diagnosis. Refer to species key.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Nagaland (Brenske 1896a) and Uttarakhand (new record); Bangladesh (Dalla Torre 1912) and Cambodia (Schoolmeesters 2023).</p> <p>Remarks. As listed by Schoolmeesters (2023), the Cambodian record of this species needs to be further investigated, as the area is quite far from the known geographical range.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF136AFFECFF74FA02FC32BE59	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF136AFFECFF74FEB6FA6EBB9A.text	BC1F87FF136AFFECFF74FEB6FA6EBB9A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha carinata (Brenske 1896)	<div><p>Key to the Indian species of carinata group</p> <p>1. Elytra densely and evenly covered with setae throughout, without smooth area near basal portion (Fig. 8); pygidial ridge incomplete (Fig. 20), parameres with lateral edges, nearly straight anteromedially in dorsal view (Fig. 48).......................................................................................... M. nepalensis (Blanchard, 1851)</p> <p>– Elytra sparsely covered with setae with area near basal portion smooth (Figs. 9, 10); pygidial ridge complete (Figs. 21, 22); parameres with lateral edges, curved anteromedially in dorsal view (Figs. 49, 50).................................. 2</p> <p>2. Costae on elytra relatively evidently demarcated (Fig. 9); pronotum sparsely setose with medial surface smooth (Fig. 9); parameres in dorsal and lateral views as in Figs. 49, 61................................. M. carinata (Brenske, 1896)</p> <p>– Costae on elytra relatively less demarcated (Fig. 10); pronotum densely setose throughout (Fig. 10); parameres in dorsal and lateral views as in Figs 50, 62.......................................................... M. indica Hope, 1831</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF136AFFECFF74FEB6FA6EBB9A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF136AFFECFF74FF4EFC6EB833.text	BC1F87FF136AFFECFF74FF4EFC6EB833.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha carinata Brenske 1896	<div><p>carinata group</p> <p>There are four species in this group, M. carinata (Brenske, 1896), M. indica Hope, 1831, M. nepalensis (Blanchard, 1851) and M. malaccensis (Moser, 1913) (Malaysia) (Li et al. 2010).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF136AFFECFF74FF4EFC6EB833	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF136AFFECFF74FCDEFE46BCA7.text	BC1F87FF136AFFECFF74FCDEFE46BCA7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha nepalensis (Blanchard 1851)	<div><p>Melolontha nepalensis (Blanchard, 1851)</p> <p>(Figs. 8, 20, 48, 60)</p> <p>Hoplosternus nepalensis Blanchard 1851: 158 (type locality: Nepal); Brenske 1896a: 164; Dalla Torre 1912: 264 (catalogue); Zhang 1988: 244 (new record); Sabatinelli 1992: 616 (catalogue).</p> <p>Melolontha nepalensis: Burmeister 1855: 411; Bates 1891: 16; Kumar et al. 2005: 15 – 20 (distribution, host record); Bezdĕk 2006: 196 (catalogue); Kumar et al. 2007: 103 – 109 (distribution); Li et al. 2010: 345, fig. 22; Krajčík 2012: 158; Bezdĕk 2016: 232 (catalogue).</p> <p>Material examined. India, Himachal Pradesh (now Uttarakhand): Almorah, Kumaon, 5,500 ft., 14.iii.1901, 1♁, leg. C. Paiva, det. G.J. Arrow [NZSI]. Expedition of Himalayas, 1954, 1♁, leg. M.S. Mani. India, Uttarakhand: Garhwal, Piplakote, 15.viii.1958, 2♁, leg. B.S. Lamba [NZSI]; Garhwal, Joshimath, 7,000 ft., 31.viii.1958, 1♀, leg. B.S. Lamba [NZSI]; Nainital, 6.ix.2005, 1♁, leg. S.K. Chatterjee [NZSI]; Bageswar, 2.ix.2005, 1♁, leg. S.K. Chatterjee; Chamoli, 07.vii.2004, 1♁, leg. SK Chakraborty [NZSI].</p> <p>Diagnosis. Refer to species key.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Himachal Pradesh (Bates 1891; Kumar et al. 2005) and Uttarakhand; Bangladesh (Dalla Torre 1912), China (Zhang 1988), and Nepal (Blanchard 1851).</p> <p>Host plants. As per Kumar et al. (2005), M. nepalensis cause variable extents of damage to maise and paddy crop and infests upland paddy.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF136AFFECFF74FCDEFE46BCA7	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF136BFFEDFF74FB47FDB5BC42.text	BC1F87FF136BFFEDFF74FB47FDB5BC42.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha incana (Motschulsky 1854)	<div><p>incana group</p> <p>Li et al. (2010) included six species under incana species group: M. furcicauda Ancey, 1881 (India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Pakistan, and Tajikistan); M. flabellata Sharp, 1876 (India); M. incana (Motschulsky, 1854) (China); M. insulana (Moser, 1918) (Taiwan); M. pseudofurcicauda Keith, 2008 (Tibet); and M. shanghaiana (Brenske, 1896) (China).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF136BFFEDFF74FB47FDB5BC42	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF136BFFEDFF74FA67FA6EBF85.text	BC1F87FF136BFFEDFF74FA67FA6EBF85.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha incana (Motschulsky 1854)	<div><p>Key to the Indian species of incana group</p> <p>1. Setae on elytra sparse; costae not demarcated (Fig. 11); pygidium bifurcate at apex, apical edges straight at outer margin (Fig. 23); parameres broader medially, outer edge semi–circular, apex straight (in dorsal view) (Fig. 51), apex pointed (in lateral view) (Fig. 63)................................................................... M. flabellata Sharp, 1876</p> <p>– Setae on elytra dense; costae demarcated (Fig. 12); pygidium bifurcate at apex, apical edges curved outwardly at outer margin (Fig. 24); parameres relatively narrow medially, outer edge and apex nearly curved (in dorsal view) (Fig. 52), apex broad (in lateral view) (Fig. 64)............................................................ M. furcicauda Ancey, 1881</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF136BFFEDFF74FA67FA6EBF85	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF136BFFEDFF74FF4EFDA3BD79.text	BC1F87FF136BFFEDFF74FF4EFDA3BD79.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha indica Hope 1831	<div><p>Melolontha indica Hope, 1831</p> <p>(Figs. 10, 22, 50, 62)</p> <p>Melolontha indica Hope 1831: 23 (type locality: Nepal); Arrow 1913a: 192; Arrow 1946: 31 (distribution); Mittal 1981: 35 – 40 (distribution); Sabatinelli 1992: 616 (catalogue); Mittal 2000: 266 (checklist); Li &amp; Yang 2003: 218 (redescription, lectotype designation), figs. 1 – 13; Bhat et al. 2005: 14 – 15 (distribution); Bezdĕk 2006: 195 (catalogue); Sushil et al. 2006: 338 – 339 (distribution); Chandra &amp; Uniyal 2007: 2821 (distribution); Ahrens et al. 2007: 12 (distribution); Li et al. 2010: 344, fig. 21; Krajčík 2012: 158; Keith &amp; Stalin 2012: 20, pl. 1, figs., 293A–J, pl. 2, 296A–J, pl. 3, (new record, distribution); Pathania ET al. 2015a: 53 (distribution); Pathania et al. 2015b: 131 (distribution); Chandel et al. 2015: 150 (host, distribution); Bezdĕk 2016: 231 (catalogue); Lal &amp; Sharma 2017: 447 – 452 (distribution); Ghosh et al. 2020: 249 (checklist); Rana et al. 2022a: 281–305 (description of grubs and adults); Rana et al. 2022b: 71–82.</p> <p>Hoplosternus nitidicollis Blanchard 1851: 158 (type locality: Northern India); Dalla Torre 1912: 264 (catalogue); Sabatinelli 1992: 613 (catalogue).</p> <p>Melolontha nitidicollis: Burmeister 1855: 411; Bezdĕk 2006: 196 (catalogue); Li et al. 2010: 345 (as a junior synonym of M. indica).</p> <p>Material examined. India, Sikkim: Kopethang, 95 km. from Gangtok, 24.iii.1977, 1♀, leg. T.D. Shoot [NZSI]; Gangtok, Power, 10.ii.1993, 1♀, leg. S.K. Chatterjee [NZSI]. India, Meghalaya: Jantia Hilla, Jowai, 16.ix.1988, 1♀, leg. B.D. Srivastava [NZSI]. India, Arunachal Pradesh: Changlang, Namdhapa National Park, 29.x.2015, 2♀, 31.x.2015, 2♁, leg. A. Majumder [NZSI]. India, West Bengal: Alipurdwar, Buxa Tiger Reserve, Rajabhatkhawa, 26.x.2017, 2♁, 27.x.2017, 2♀, 28.x.2017, 2♁ 1♀, 30.x.2017, 1♁ 1♀, leg. Ram Singh [NZSI]. India, Assam: Cacher, Silchar, Poliya Tea Estate, 01.iv.2018, 1♁, leg. Joyjit Ghosh [NZSI].</p> <p>Diagnosis. Refer to species key.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (new record), Assam (new record), Jammu and Kashmir (Bhat et al. 2005), Haryana (Mittal 1981), Himachal Pradesh (Chandra &amp; Uniyal 2007; Pathania et al. 2015a, 2015b; Rana et al. 2022 a, 2022b), Meghalaya (new record), Sikkim (new record), and Uttarakhand (Sushil et al. 2006; Lal &amp; Sharma, 2017); Myanmar (Arrow 1946), Pakistan (Keith &amp; Stalin 2012), Nepal (Ahrens et al. 2007), and China (Bezdĕk 2006).</p> <p>Host. Potato (Chandel et al. 2015).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF136BFFEDFF74FF4EFDA3BD79	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF136BFFEEFF74F924FE70B8C0.text	BC1F87FF136BFFEEFF74F924FE70B8C0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha flabellata Sharp 1876	<div><p>Melolontha flabellata Sharp, 1876</p> <p>(Figs. 11, 23, 51, 63)</p> <p>Melolontha (Oplosternus) flabellata Sharp 1876: 86 (type locality: Bengal).</p> <p>Melolontha flabellata: Sabatinelli 1992: 615 (catalogue); Bezdĕk 2006: 194 (catalogue); Krajčík 2012: 158 (checklist); Bezdĕk 2016: 231 (catalogue).</p> <p>Melolontha flabelata: Li et al. 2010: 344, fig. 10 (misspelling).</p> <p>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).</p> <p>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].</p> <p>Diagnosis. Refer to species key.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Sikkim (Brenske 1896a) and West Bengal (Darjeeling); Bangladesh (Sharp 1876) and China (Zhang 1988).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF136BFFEEFF74F924FE70B8C0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
BC1F87FF1368FFEEFF74FDE6FD45BED2.text	BC1F87FF1368FFEEFF74FDE6FD45BED2.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Melolontha furcicauda Ancey 1881	<div><p>Melolontha furcicauda Ancey, 1881</p> <p>(Figs. 12, 24, 52, 64)</p> <p>Melolontha furcicauda Ancey 1881: 412 (type locality: Ladak, Thibet); Nonfried 1892: 286 (checklist); Dalla Torre 1912: 268 (catalogue); Arrow 1921: 13 (distribution); Mittal 1981: 35 – 40 (distribution); Mittal 2000: 266 (checklist); Bezdĕk 2006: 195 (catalogue); Chandra &amp; Uniyal 2007: 2821 (distribution); Sood et al. 2009: 370 – 376 (distribution); Kumar et al. 2005: 15 – 20 (distribution, host record); Kumar et al. 2007: 103 – 109 (distribution); Keith &amp; Saltin 2012: 21, pl. 5A–J, 7A–I, 8A–J, pl. 9, 10 (illustration of type material); Krajčík 2012: 158 (checklist); Singh &amp; Banyal 2013: 1059 (distribution); Roy et al. 2014: 13 (host); Pathania et al. 2015a: 53 (distribution); Pathania et al. 2015b: 131 (distribution); Feroz et al. 2015: 175, figs. 2a – d (distribution); Bezdĕk 2016: 231 (catalogue); Lal &amp; Sharma 2017: 447 – 452 (distribution); Kumar et al. 2018: 534 (distribution); Ghosh et al. 2020: 249 (checklist); Rana et al. 2022a: 281–305 (description of grubs and adults); Rana et al. 2022b: 71–82.</p> <p>Hoplosternus furcicauda: Dalla &amp; Torre 1912: 264 (catalogue); Sabatinelli 1992: 613 (catalogue); Zhang 1988: 244 (new record, description).</p> <p>Hoplosternus bifurcatus Brenske 1896a: 164 (type locality: Kashmir, Nepal); Barlow 1899: 269 (N – E Frontier); Dalla Torre 1912: 264 (catalogue); Sabatinelli 1992: 613 (catalogue); Li et al. 2010: 345 (as a junior synonym of M. furcicauda).</p> <p>Melolontha furcienanda: Li et al. 2010: 345 (checklist, misspelling).</p> <p>Hoplosternus furcicandus Brenske 1896a: 163 (description, misspelling); Barlow 1899: 270 (misspelling).</p> <p>Melolontha insignis Semenov 1890: 197 (Kundshut, Ljub-dshangal); Fairmaire 1891: LXXXVII (diagnosis); Reitter 1902: 259; Dalla Torre 1912: 270 (catalogue); Bezdĕk 2006: 196 (catalogue); Keith &amp; Saltin 2012: 22, pl. 6 (habitus, holotype male, aedeagus) (as a junior synonym of M. furcicauda).</p> <p>Hoplosternus insignis: Dalla Torre 1912: 264 (catalogue); Balthasar 1936: 205 (distribution); Medvedev 1951: 115 (description); Sabatinelli 1992: 613 (catalogue).</p> <p>Material examined. India, Himachal Pradesh: Great Himalayan National Park, Dhagra, 17.v.1996, 2 exs., leg. V.P. Uniyal [NZSI]; Solan, 30.vi.1968, 1♁, leg. O.B. Chhotani; Kulu Manali, 03.vii.1956, 1♀, leg. M.S. Mani; Chamba, Kalatop Khajjiar Wildelife Snctuary, Pithoragorh, Sangolihat, 24.v.2010, 1♀, leg. A.K. Sindhu (NZSI). India, Ladakh: Hunder Forest Guest House, 28.viii.2008, 3♁, 29.viii.2008, 1♀, leg. K. Chandra [NZSI]; Ladakh, Leh, Phey, 18.viii.2019, 10♀, leg. A.K. Sidhu (NZSI). India, Uttarakhand: Bageshwar, 30.ix.2004, 1♁, 1♀, leg. D.R. Moulik (NZSI); Bageshwar, Chanoda, 29.viii.2005, 1♀, leg. S.K. Chatterjee (NZSI); Nainital, 06.ix.2005, 3♁, leg. S.K. Chhatterjee (NZSI); Nainital, Shila Lake, 07.viii.2004, 1♁, leg. M. Ghosh (NZSI); Nainital, Naukoshiya, 05.viii.2004, 1♀, leg. M. Ghosh (NZSI); Nainital, Bhowali, 08.ix.2005, 4♁, leg. S.K. Chatterjee; Dehradun, Balowgunj, 14.viii.1965, 2♁, leg. R.K. Bhatnagar (NZSI); Pithoragarh, Gangolihat, 05.ix.2005, 2♀, leg. S.K. Chatterjee; Almora, near Almorah Circuit House, 11.ix.2002, 1♁, leg. P.H. Roy (NZSI); Garhwal, Dhakwani, 14.viii.1958, 1♀, leg. B.S. Lamba (NZSI).</p> <p>Diagnosis. Refer to species key.</p> <p>Distribution. India: Haryana (Mittal 1981), Himachal Pradesh (Mittal 2000; Chandra &amp; Uniyal 2007; Sood et al. 2009; Kumar et al. 2005; Kumar et al. 2007; Singh &amp; Banyal 2013; Pathania et al. 2015a, 2015b; Rana et al. 2022 a, 2022b), Jammu and Kashmir (Brenske 1896a; Barlow 1899; Kumar et al. 2018), Ladakh (Ancey 1881; Arrow 1921; Feroz et al. 2015), Sikkim (Barlow 1899), Uttarakhand (Lal &amp; Sharma 2017), and West Bengal (Darjeeling) (Barlow 1899); Afghanistan (Bezdĕk 2016), Bangladesh, China (Zhang 1988), Nepal (Brenske 1896a), Pakistan (Keith &amp; Saltin 2012), and Tajikistan (Bezdĕk 2016).</p> <p>Host records. Melolontha furcicauda cause variable extents of damage to maize crop and infests upland paddy, tea plantations and conifers (Kumar et al. 2005).</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BC1F87FF1368FFEEFF74FDE6FD45BED2	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Keith, Denis;Bhunia, Debika;Das, Priyanka;Ghosh, Joyjit;Chandra, Kailash	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): 191-216, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
