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1D2C878C8B3FFFD467FDFB3BFCC1FD96.text	1D2C878C8B3FFFD467FDFB3BFCC1FD96.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera kolkataensis Bhunia, Gupta, Sarkar & Ahrens 2023	<div><p>Maladera kolkataensis Bhunia, Gupta, Sarkar &amp; Ahrens, new species</p> <p>(Figs 1–4, 98)</p> <p>Type locality. India: West Bengal, Kolkata, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.3&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.51" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.3/lat 22.51)">Behala</a>, 22.510N, 88.30E.</p> <p>Type material. Holotype, male: “ India: West Bengal, Kolkata, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=88.3&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=22.51" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 88.3/lat 22.51)">Behala</a>, 22.510N, 88.30E, 07.vi.1984, leg. S. Biswas ” (NZSI).</p> <p>Description of the holotype, male. Body. Length: 9.2 mm, length of elytra: 5.8 mm, width: 5.1 mm. Body oval, dark black, dorsal surface dull and almost glabrous.</p> <p>Head. Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, distinctly wider than long, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex, moderately convergent anteriorly, anterior angles weakly rounded, margins moderately reflexed; surface convex and less shiny, finely and moderately densely punctate, glabrous except a few single setae anteriorly; frontoclypeal suture distinctly incised, flat and weakly curved; smooth area anterior to eye small, weakly convex, approximately 1.5 times as wide as long; ocular canthus short and broad, finely sparsely punctate, without terminal seta. Frons with sparse punctures, with many long erect setae beside eyes. Eyes large, ratio diameter/interocular width: 0.82. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with three antennomeres and straight, subequal with length of combined remaining antennomeres. Mentum elevated and slightly flattened anteriorly. Labrum moderately short, transversely rectangular, not produced medially, without median emargination, with densely setose anterior margin.</p> <p>Pronotum transverse, widest at the base, lateral margins moderately evenly convex and more strongly convergent anteriorly, anterior angles distinctly produced and sharp, posterior angles blunt and weakly rounded at tip; anterior margin convexly produced medially, with a fine complete marginal line; surface moderately densely and finely punctate, glabrous; lateral and anterior border sparsely setose; hypomeron distinctly carinate basally, not produced ventrally. Scutellum broad, triangular, with fine, few punctures, glabrous.</p> <p>Elytra oblong oval, widest at posterior third, striae finely impressed, finely and densely punctate; intervals nearly flat, with sparse, fine punctures mainly concentrated along striae, glabrous, with a few very long erect setae on penultimate lateral interval; epipleural edge fine, ending at widely rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose, apical border with a fine fringe of microtrichomes (visible at ca 100x magnification).</p> <p>Ventral surface shiny, finely and sparsely punctate, metasternum glabrous; metacoxa glabrous, with a few single setae laterally; abdominal sternites finely and sparsely punctuate, with a transverse row of coarse punctures, each bearing a short robust seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as the mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.31. Pygidium strongly convex and moderately shiny, finely and very densely punctate, without smooth midline, with a few long setae along apical margin.</p> <p>Legs short; femora shiny, with two rudimentary longitudinal rows of setae, superficially and sparsely punctate, glabrous; metafemur with anterior margin acute, without serrated line adjacent to anterior edge; ventral posterior margin smooth in apical half and only weakly widened, dorsal posterior margin smooth. Metatibia wide and short, widest at apex, ratio of width/length: 1/2.7; dorsal margin sharply carinate, with two groups of spines, basal group shortly before middle, apical group at three quarters of metatibial length, basally with a few short single setae; lateral face weakly convex, finely and sparsely punctate, smooth along the middle; ventral margin finely serrated, with three robust nearly equidistant setae; medial face smooth, apex interiorly near tarsal articulation bluntly truncate. Tarsomeres ventrally with sparse, short setae, dorsal surface smooth, neither laterally nor dorsally carinate; metatarsomeres with a strongly serrated ridge ventrally, glabrous, first metatarsomere distinctly shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and slightly longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate, distal tooth simply pointed at apex; anterior claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw sharply truncate at apex.</p> <p>Aedeagus: Figs 1–3. Habitus: Fig. 4. Female unknown.</p> <p>Diagnosis. Maladera kolkataensis Bhunia, Gupta, Sarkar &amp; Ahrens, new species differs from all other Indian Maladera species by the large and strongly bilobed parameres each being divided into a large dorsal and ventral lobe pointed at apex (Figs. 1–3).</p> <p>Etymology. The new species is named after its type locality Kolkata (adjective in the nominative singular).</p> <p>Distribution. Only known from the type locality (Fig. 98).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B3FFFD467FDFB3BFCC1FD96	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B3DFFD467FDFD46FC96FB84.text	1D2C878C8B3DFFD467FDFD46FC96FB84.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Gynaecoserica perdita Ahrens 2004	<div><p>Gynaecoserica perdita Ahrens, 2004</p> <p>(Figs 5–8, 98)</p> <p>Gynaecoserica perdita Ahrens, 2004: 105; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016: 40.</p> <p>Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ India: West Bengal, Kurseong, Sukna Forest, 10.xi.2022, leg. Debika Bhunia ” (NZCI), 1 ♂ “ Jalpaiguri, Gorumara National Park, Bhichaphanga Beat, 29.x.2018, leg. S. Chand ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: West Bengal (Jalpaiguri, Kurseong) (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2004; this paper).</p> <p>Remarks. The notice that the species occurs also in Sikkim as given in Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi (2016) is to be corrected, it occurs as far as known just in West Bengal.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B3DFFD467FDFD46FC96FB84	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B3DFFD467FDFB10FCCCF942.text	1D2C878C8B3DFFD467FDFB10FCCCF942.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera affinis (Blanchard 1850)	<div><p>Maladera affinis (Blanchard, 1850)</p> <p>(Figs 9–12, 98)</p> <p>Omaloplia affinis Blanchard, 1850: 80.</p> <p>Hyposerica affinis: Brenske 1899 b: 250.</p> <p>Serica affinis: Grandidier 1900: 256.</p> <p>Serica moreli Coquerell, 1866: 350; Grandidier 1900: 259, synonymized by Ahrens 2003a: 134.</p> <p>Autoserica moreli: Brenske 1899 b: 236.</p> <p>Autoserica calcuttae Brenske, 1898: 246, synonymized by Ahrens 2003a: 134.</p> <p>Serica calcuttae: Barlow 1899: 243.</p> <p>Autoserica lahulensis Moser, 1919: 330, synonymized by Ahrens 2003a: 134.</p> <p>Maladera affinis: Ahrens 2003a: 134; 2004b: 275, 2006a: 414; Šípek &amp; Ahrens 2011: 632; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2009b: 274, 2016: 227; Ahrens et al. 2009: 272; Shrestha et al. 2012: 380; Sabatinelli &amp; Ahrens 2015: 139; Özgül-Siemund &amp; Ahrens 2015: 172; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016: 227.</p> <p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ India: Bihar, Purnea, 19.iii.1909, leg. C. Paiva ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Assam, Bihar and West Bengal (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper); Reunion and Madagascar (Ahrens 2003).</p> <p>Remarks. This is the first record of this species for Bihar.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B3DFFD467FDFB10FCCCF942	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B3DFFD367FDF8ABFC3FFE2C.text	1D2C878C8B3DFFD367FDF8ABFC3FFE2C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera allopruinosa (Ahrens 1998)	<div><p>Maladera allopruinosa (Ahrens, 1998)</p> <p>(Figs 13–16, 98)</p> <p>Serica allopruinosa Ahrens, 1998a: 42 (replacement name for Serica pruinosa Burmeister, 1855: 165).</p> <p>Serica pruinosa Burmeister, 1855: 165 (primary junior homonym of Serica pruinosa Hope, 1831 and Serica pruinosa Saylor, 1935); Barlow 1899: 245.</p> <p>Maladera allopruinosa: Ahrens 2004: 318; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016: 215.</p> <p>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).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and West Bengal (Darjeeling); Nepal (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).</p> <p>Remarks. This is the first record of this species for West Bengal.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B3DFFD367FDF8ABFC3FFE2C	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B3AFFD267FDF899FCCCFEEA.text	1D2C878C8B3AFFD267FDF899FCCCFEEA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera bengalensis (Brenske 1898)	<div><p>Maladera bengalensis (Brenske, 1898)</p> <p>(Figs 17–21, 98)</p> <p>Autoserica bengalensis Brenske, 1898: 250.</p> <p>Maladera bengalensis: Ahrens 2004: 256; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016: 186.</p> <p>Material examined. 2 ♂♂“ India: West Bengal, Jalpaiguri, Gorumara National Park, Bhichaphanga Beat, 26°45´849”</p> <p>N, 88°48´651”E, 30.x.2018, leg. S. Chand ” (NZCI), 1 ♂ “ India: West Bengal, Bankura, Chaltha, 24.vii.22, leg. Suresh Chand ” (NZCI), 4 ♂♂ “ India: Bihar West Champaran, 04.x.2016, leg. R.S. Mridha ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal (Bankura, Jalpaiguri); Nepal (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021, this paper).</p> <p>Remarks. This is the first record of this species for Bihar.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B3AFFD267FDF899FCCCFEEA	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B3BFFD267FDFE03FC41FC82.text	1D2C878C8B3BFFD267FDFE03FC41FC82.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera burmeisteri subsp. burmeisteri (Brenske 1898)	<div><p>Maladera burmeisteri burmeisteri (Brenske, 1898)</p> <p>(Figs 22–25, 98)</p> <p>Autoserica burmeisteri Brenske, 1898: 244; Frey 1972: 208.</p> <p>Maladera burmeisteri: Krajcik 2012: 153.</p> <p>Maladera burmeisteri burmeisteri: Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016: 187.</p> <p>Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ India: West Bengal, Purba bardhaman, Purbasthali, 28.ii.2022, collected Debika Bhunia” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal (Purba Bardhaman); Nepal (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).</p> <p>Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for West Bengal.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B3BFFD267FDFE03FC41FC82	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B3BFFD267FDFCEBFCB0FA2D.text	1D2C878C8B3BFFD267FDFCEBFCB0FA2D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera cardoni (Brenske 1896)	<div><p>Maladera cardoni (Brenske, 1896)</p> <p>(Figs 26–29, 98)</p> <p>Serica cardoni Brenske, 1896: 153.</p> <p>Autoserica cardoni: Brenske 1898: 242.</p> <p>Maladera cardoni: Ahrens 2004b: 271, 2006a: 414; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2009b: 274, 2016: 232; Ahrens et al. 2009: 272; Šípek &amp; Ahrens 2011: 635; Shrestha et al. 2012: 380; Sabatinelli &amp; Ahrens 2015: 141.</p> <p>Autoserica carinata Khan &amp; Ghai, 1980: 24; synonymized by Ahrens 2004b: 271.</p> <p>Cephaloserica bhutanensis Frey, 1975 b: 229; synonymized by Ahrens 2004b: 271.</p> <p>Serica nuristanica Petrovitz, 1965: 684; synonymized by Ahrens 2004b: 271.</p> <p>Serica tsienluana Brenske, 1897: 394; synonymized by Ahrens 2006a: 414.</p> <p>Material examined. 2 ♂♂ India: “ West Bengal, Purba Bardhaman, Purnasthali, Chupir Char, 26.ii.2022, leg. Debika Bhunia ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. Northern India, also south of the Ganges River, Bhutan, Nepal, Afghanistan and Pakistan (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Sreedevi et al. 2018; Chandra et al. 2021).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B3BFFD267FDFCEBFCB0FA2D	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B3BFFD267FDFA46FC41F8E1.text	1D2C878C8B3BFFD267FDFA46FC41F8E1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera drescheri (Moser 1913)	<div><p>Maladera drescheri (Moser, 1913)</p> <p>(Figs 30–33, 99)</p> <p>Autoserica drescheri Moser, 1913: 294.</p> <p>Maladera drescheri: Ahrens 2004b: 278.</p> <p>Autoserica dalatensis Frey, 1969 b: 107; synonymized by Ahrens 2004b: 278; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016: 263.</p> <p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ India: West Bengal, Jalpaiguri, Sonali, 08.xi.2014, leg. B. Mitra ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. Almost entire Oriental Region (see Ahrens 2004). India: Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and West Bengal (Jalpaiguri) (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).</p> <p>Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for West Bengal.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B3BFFD267FDFA46FC41F8E1	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B38FFD167FDFA7FFCCCF82F.text	1D2C878C8B38FFD167FDFA7FFCCCF82F.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera freyi Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016	<div><p>Maladera freyi Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2016</p> <p>(Figs 34–37, 99)</p> <p>Cephaloserica opaca Frey, 1975: 229.</p> <p>Maladera opaca: Ahrens 2004: 238 [junior secondary homonym of Maladera opaca (Moser, 1924)].</p> <p>Maladera freyi Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2016: 167 [replacement name for Maladera opaca (Frey, 1975)].</p> <p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ India: West Bengal, Bankura, Belboni, 03.09.1986, leg. P. Mukhopadhyay ” (NZCI), 1 ♂ “ India: Bihar, West Champaran, 04.x.2016, leg. R.S. Mridha ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Meghalaya, Bihar and West Bengal (Bankura), Bhutan and Nepal (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).</p> <p>Remarks. This is the first record of this species for Bihar.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B38FFD167FDFA7FFCCCF82F	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B39FFD067FDFF06FC41FDE7.text	1D2C878C8B39FFD067FDFF06FC41FDE7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera iridescens (Blanchard 1850)	<div><p>Maladera iridescens (Blanchard, 1850)</p> <p>(Figs 38–41, 99)</p> <p>Omaloplia iridescens Blanchard, 1850: 77.</p> <p>Serica globus Burmeister, 1855: 165; synonymized by Ahrens 2004b: 273.</p> <p>Autoserica forsteri Frey, 1965 b: 89; synonymized by Ahrens 2004b: 273.</p> <p>Maladera iridescens: Ahrens 2004b: 273, 2006a: 415; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016: 235.</p> <p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ India: West Bengal, Mursidabad, Betberia, 13.x.1983, leg. A.K. Varshney ” (NZCI), 1 ♂ “ India: West Bengal, Bankura, Chaltha, 24.vii.2022, leg. Suresh Chand ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttarakhand, West Bengal (Mursidabad); Nepal and Pakistan (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).</p> <p>Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for West Bengal.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B39FFD067FDFF06FC41FDE7	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B36FFDF67FDFF06FCCCFE03.text	1D2C878C8B36FFDF67FDFF06FCCCFE03.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera kaimurensis Chandra, Ahrens, Bhunia, Sreedevi & Gupta 2021	<div><p>Maladera kaimurensis Chandra, Ahrens, Bhunia, Sreedevi &amp; Gupta, 2021</p> <p>(Figs 42–45, 99)</p> <p>Maladera kaimurensis Chandra, Ahrens, Bhunia, Sreedevi &amp; Gupta, 2021: 493.</p> <p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ India: Bihar, Kaimur, Kudra, 22.xii.2021, leg. Devanshu Gupta &amp; Party” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. Until now, the species was only reported from the type locality (Uttar Pradesh).</p> <p>Remarks. This is the first record of this species for Bihar.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B36FFDF67FDFF06FCCCFE03	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B36FFDF67FDFE6BFB87FCC7.text	1D2C878C8B36FFDF67FDFE6BFB87FCC7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera lugubris (Brenske 1896)	<div><p>Maladera lugubris (Brenske, 1896)</p> <p>(Figs 46–49, 99)</p> <p>Serica lugubris Brenske, 1896: 152; Barlow 1899: 244.</p> <p>Autoserica lugubris: Brenske 1898: 245.</p> <p>Maladera lugubris: Ahrens 2004b: 233; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016: 166.</p> <p>Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ India: West Bengal, Bankura, Chaltha, 24.vii.22, leg. Suresh. Chand ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand and West Bengal (Bankura) (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).</p> <p>Remarks. This is the first record of this species for West Bengal (Bankura).</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B36FFDF67FDFE6BFB87FCC7	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B36FFDF67FDFC2FFBC1FA39.text	1D2C878C8B36FFDF67FDFC2FFBC1FA39.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera marginella (Hope 1831)	<div><p>Maladera marginella (Hope, 1831)</p> <p>(Figs 50–53, 99)</p> <p>Serica marginella Hope, 1831: 24; Brenske 1896: 152.</p> <p>Omaloplia marginella: Blanchard 1850: 78.</p> <p>Autoserica marginella: Brenske 1898: 307.</p> <p>Maladera marginella: Ahrens 2004b: 253, 2006a: 414; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2009b: 270, 2016: 201; Shrestha et al. 2012: 381.</p> <p>Microserica semirufa Brenske, 1898: 320; synonymized by Ahrens 2004b: 253.</p> <p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ India: West Bengal, Tarekaswar, 19.vii.1964, leg. D. N. Nandi ” (NZCI), 1 ♂ “ India, Bihar, West Champaran, 04.x.2016, leg. R.S. Mridha ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Bihar, West Bengal, Meghalaya, and Sikkim (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper); Nepal (Ahrens 2004).</p> <p>Remarks. This is the first state records of this species for Bihar and West Bengal.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B36FFDF67FDFC2FFBC1FA39	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B36FFDF67FDFA72FC41F8D1.text	1D2C878C8B36FFDF67FDFA72FC41F8D1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera proxima (Burmeister 1855)	<div><p>Maladera proxima (Burmeister, 1855)</p> <p>(Figs 54–57, 100)</p> <p>Serica proxima Burmeister, 1855: 165.</p> <p>Autoserica proxima: Frey 1972: 210.</p> <p>Maladera proxima: Krajcik 2012: 155</p> <p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ India: West Bengal, Darjeeling, Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Gulma Beat Office, 27.iii.2018, leg. A. Ramesh Kumar ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Maharahstra, South India and West Bengal (Darjeeling) (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; this paper).</p> <p>Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for West Bengal.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B36FFDF67FDFA72FC41F8D1	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B37FFDE67FDFA62FF6CF8E7.text	1D2C878C8B37FFDE67FDFA62FF6CF8E7.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera reyaensis Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra & Ahrens 2021	<div><p>Maladera reyaensis Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra &amp; Ahrens, 2021</p> <p>(Figs 58–61, 100)</p> <p>Maladera reyaensis Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra &amp; Ahrens, 2021: 596.</p> <p>Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ India: West Bengal, Purba Bardhaman, Purnasthali, Chupir Chor, 26.ii.2022, leg. Debika Bhunia ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Bihar and West Bengal (Purba Bardhaman) (Bhunia et al. 2021; this paper).</p> <p>Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Bihar, until now it was only reported from the type locality.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B37FFDE67FDFA62FF6CF8E7	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B34FFDD67FDFF06FC4CFD6A.text	1D2C878C8B34FFDD67FDFF06FC4CFD6A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera rufocuprea (Blanchard 1850)	<div><p>Maladera rufocuprea (Blanchard, 1850)</p> <p>(Figs 62–65, 100)</p> <p>Omaloplia rufocuprea Blanchard, 1850: 77.</p> <p>Serica rufocuprea: Brenske 1896: 8, 1898: 231; Barlow 1899: 246.</p> <p>Maladera rufocuprea: Ahrens 2004b: 266; Fabrizi &amp; Ahrens 2014: 47; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016: 244.</p> <p>Serica carinirostris Brenske, 1896: 153; synonymized by Ahrens 2004b: 266.</p> <p>Autoserica carinirostris: Brenske 1898: 248.</p> <p>Cephaloserica carinirostris: Brenske 1902: 61.</p> <p>Autoserica fatifera Brenske, 1898: 298; synonymized by Ahrens 2004b: 266.</p> <p>Maladera truncatus [sic] Mittal, 1976: 180; synonymized by Ahrens 2004b: 266.</p> <p>Maladera truncata: Sabatinelli 1993: 626.</p> <p>Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ India: West Bengal, Bankura, Chaltha, 24.vii.22, leg. Suresh. Chand ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal; Sri Lanka (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Sreedevi et al. 2018; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).</p> <p>Remark. This is the first state record of this species for West Bengal.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B34FFDD67FDFF06FC4CFD6A	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B35FFDC67FDFF06FCDAFE41.text	1D2C878C8B35FFDC67FDFF06FCDAFE41.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera schenklingi (Moser 1918)	<div><p>Maladera schenklingi (Moser, 1918)</p> <p>(Figs 66–69, 100)</p> <p>Autoserica schenklingi Moser, 1918 a: 214.</p> <p>Maladera schenklingi: Ahrens 2004b: 320; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016: 216.</p> <p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ India: Bihar, Purnea, Bhogaon, 19.xi.1909, leg. C. Paiva ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Bihar, West Bengal, Maharashtra, and Meghalaya, Assam; Nepal (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).</p> <p>Remark. This is the first record of this species for Bihar.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B35FFDC67FDFF06FCDAFE41	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B35FFDC67FDFDADFCDAFC66.text	1D2C878C8B35FFDC67FDFDADFCDAFC66.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera setosa (Brenske 1896)	<div><p>Maladera setosa (Brenske, 1896)</p> <p>(Figs 70–73, 100)</p> <p>Serica setosa Brenske, 1896: 153.</p> <p>Autoserica setosa: Brenske 1898: 243.</p> <p>Autoserica cinerea Brenske, 1898: 279; synonymized by Ahrens 2004b: 261.</p> <p>Maladera setosa: Ahrens 2004b: 261; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016: 269.</p> <p>Material examined. 10 ♂♂ “ India: Bihar, Champaran West, Rampur, 04.x.2016, leg. T. Mondal ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016, Chandra et al. 2021; this paper), Sri Lanka (Ahrens 2004b; Fabrizi &amp; Ahrens 2014).</p> <p>Remark. This is the first record of this species for Bihar.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B35FFDC67FDFDADFCDAFC66	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B35FFDC67FDFB8EFCDAFA11.text	1D2C878C8B35FFDC67FDFB8EFCDAFA11.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera siniaevi Ahrens 2004	<div><p>Maladera siniaevi Ahrens, 2004</p> <p>(Figs 74–77, 100)</p> <p>Maladera siniaevi Ahrens 2004b: 284 (incorrect original spelling).</p> <p>Maladera siniaevi: Ahrens 2006a: 414 (corrected subsequent spelling); Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2009b: 275, 2016: 151.</p> <p>Material examined. 4 ♂♂ India: “ West Bengal, Jalpaiguri, Gajoldoba 29.x.22, leg. Debika Bhunia ” (NZCI), 3 ♂♂ “ India: Bihar, Kaimur, Kudra, 25˚01.46.2 N, 83˚48.51.8 E, 22.12.2021, leg. Devanshu Gupta ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and West Bengal (Darjeeling); Bhutan and northern Myanmar (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Sreedevi et al. 2019; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).</p> <p>Remark. This is the first record of this species for Bihar.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B35FFDC67FDFB8EFCDAFA11	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B35FFDC67FDF99DFEE2F8CE.text	1D2C878C8B35FFDC67FDF99DFEE2F8CE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera sprecherae Ahrens 2004	<div><p>Maladera sprecherae Ahrens, 2004</p> <p>(Figs 78–81, 101)</p> <p>Maladera sprecherae Ahrens, 2004b: 214; Ahrens 2006d: 15; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2009b: 273, 2011: 162, 2016: 262.</p> <p>Material examined. 1 ♂ India: “ West Bengal, Jalpaiguri, Gajoldoba 29.x.22, leg. Debika Bhunia ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh and West Bengal (Jalpaiguri); Bhutan (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2009; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).</p> <p>Remark. This is the first state record of this species for West Bengal, previously recorded from Arunachal Pradesh and Bhutan.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B35FFDC67FDF99DFEE2F8CE	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B32FFDB67FDFA7CFCCEF8C1.text	1D2C878C8B32FFDB67FDFA7CFCCEF8C1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera submucronata Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016	<div><p>Maladera submucronata Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016</p> <p>(Figs 82–85, 101)</p> <p>Maladera submucronata Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016: 209.</p> <p>Material examined. 3 ♂♂ India: “ Bihar, Kaimur, Kudra, 25˚01.46.2 N,83˚48.51.8 E, 22.12.2021, leg. Devanshu Gupta ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Bihar and Tamil Nadu (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; this paper).</p> <p>Remark. This is the first record of this species for Bihar (Kaimur). We have compared the genitalia of M. submucronata from both areas carefully and we found them virtually identical in shape, so that we have to assume at the moment a knowledge of distribution gap for the species.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B32FFDB67FDFA7CFCCEF8C1	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B33FFDA67FDFA6EFC4CF8F9.text	1D2C878C8B33FFDA67FDFA6EFC4CF8F9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microsericaria quadripunctata (Brenske 1896)	<div><p>Microsericaria quadripunctata (Brenske, 1896)</p> <p>(Figs 86–89, 101)</p> <p>Microserica quadripunctata Brenske, 1896: 154; Brenske 1898: 255.</p> <p>Microsericaria quadripunctata: Nikolajev 1979: 190; Ahrens 1995b: 40; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016: 61.</p> <p>Material examined. 4 ♂♂ “ West Bengal, Bankura, Belboni, 03.ix.1986, leg. P. Mukherjee” (NZCI). Distribution. India: Chhota Nagpure, Kerala, and West Bengal (Bankura); Nepal (Balkot) (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi</p> <p>2016; this paper). Remark. This is the first state record of this species for West Bengal.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B33FFDA67FDFA6EFC4CF8F9	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B31FFD867FDFC87FCDAFBD0.text	1D2C878C8B31FFD867FDFC87FCDAFBD0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoserica quadrilamellata (Brenske 1896)	<div><p>Neoserica quadrilamellata (Brenske, 1896)</p> <p>(Figs 90–93, 101)</p> <p>Serica quadrilamellata Brenske, 1896: 154.</p> <p>Neoserica quadrilamellata: Brenske 1898: 253.</p> <p>Meriserica chilkensis Arrow, 1923: 260, synonymized by Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016: 116.</p> <p>Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ India: Bihar, West Champaran, 04.x.2016, leg. R. S. Mridha ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Bihar, Delhi, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Tamil Nadu (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Sreedevi et al. 2018; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).</p> <p>Remark. This is the first record of this species for Bihar.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B31FFD867FDFC87FCDAFBD0	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
1D2C878C8B31FFD867FDFB5CFCDAFA44.text	1D2C878C8B31FFD867FDFB5CFCDAFA44.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Oxyserica darjeelingia (Brenske 1898)	<div><p>Oxyserica darjeelingia (Brenske, 1898)</p> <p>(Figs 94–97, 101)</p> <p>Microserica darjeelingia Brenske, 1898: 319; Ahrens 1995b: 52, 2001a: 220.</p> <p>Oxyserica darjeelingia: Ahrens 2004b: 192, 2006a: 413; Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016: 135; Ahrens et al. 2023: 69.</p> <p>Material examined. 4 ♂♂ “ Bihar, West Champaran, 04.x.2016, leg. R. S. Mridha ” (NZCI).</p> <p>Distribution. India: Bihar and West Bengal (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; this paper).</p> <p>Remark. This is the first record of this species for Bihar.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1D2C878C8B31FFD867FDFB5CFCDAFA44	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	Bhunia, Debika;Gupta, Devanshu;Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar;Ahrens, Dirk	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): 351-371, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3
