New species and records of Sericini from India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Melolonthinae)
Author
Chandra, Kailash
Author
Ahrens, Dirk
Centre for Taxonomy and Evolutionary Research; Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig Bonn, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
Author
Bhunia, Debika
Author
Sreedevi, Kolla
Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterization, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources P. B. No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bengaluru- 560024; Karnataka, India.
Author
Gupta, Devanshu
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-04-07
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10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.4
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Maladera seriatoguttata
Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2016
Material examined.
2 males
: “
Karnataka
,
Shimoga
,
Hosanagara
,
585m
,
13°92’ N
,
75°06’ E
,
21.v.2019
, leg.
R. Naveen
” (
NBAIR
)
,
4 males
: “
India
:
Kerala
,
Thrissur
,
Peechi
,
133 m
,
10° 32‘ N
,
76° 20‘ E
,
28.v.2019
, leg.
K. Sreedevi
and Judith Correya” (
NBAIR
)
.
Remark.
This is a new record from Thissur, central
Kerala
. The species was earlier reported to occur in
Karnataka
and northern
Kerala
(
Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016
).