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 text Zootaxa 2021 2021-04-07 4951 3 492 510 journal article 7386 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.4 2b64b349-96cf-4bac-a12f-e1217197ec7a 1175-5326 4668219 1A39DCF0-FCAC-4927-AFD3-EBF049F00A9B Maladera rufocuprea (Blanchard, 1850) Material examined. 1 male : “ India : Madhya Pradesh , Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve , leg. K. Chandra ” ( NZSI ) ; 1 male : “ India : Chhattisgarh , Koriya , Sonhat , 23.15004N , 82.16851E , 22.v.2012 , 25466/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” ( NZSI ) ; 1 male : “ India : Chhattisgarh , Jagdalpur , 19.08977N , 82.02153E , 04.x.2011 , 25467/H4A, leg. R.P. Gupta ” ( NZSI ) ; 3 males : “ India : Chhattisgarh , Jashpur , Badalkhol , 22.8773N , 84.1372E , 21.x.2011 , 25469/H4A, leg. A. Majumdar ” ( NZSI ) ; 1 male : “ India : Chhattisgarh , Jagdalpur , 19.08977N , 82.02153E , 21.x.2011 , 25468/H4A, leg. R.P. Gupta ” ( NZSI ) ; 1 male : “ India : Chhattisgarh , Koriya , Sonhat , 23.15004N , 82.16851E , 10.v.2012 , 25465/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” ( NZSI ) , 1 male : “ India : Chhattisgarh , Raigarh , Gomerdha , 21.19956N , 81.28901E , 18.xi.2012 , 25462/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” ( NZSI ) ; 1 male : “ India : Chhattisgarh , Raigarh , Gomerdha , 21.19956N , 81.28901E , 25.xi.2012 , 25461/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” ( NZSI ) ; 1 male : “ India : Chhattisgarh , Koriya , Sonhat , 23.15004N , 82.16851E , 12.vii.2013 , 25464/ H4A, leg. A. Parida ” ( NZSI ) ; 1 male : “ India : Chhattisgarh , Koriya , Sonhat , 23.15004N , 82.16851E , 09.x.2013 , 25463/H4A, leg. A. Parida ” ( NZSI ) ; 1 male : “ India : Chhattisgarh , Badbhum , Durg , 21.19956N , 81.28901E , 8.ii.2014 , 25458/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” ( NZSI ) ; 1 male : “ India : Chhattisgarh , Badbhum , Durg , 21.19956N , 81.28901E , 31.iii.2014 , 25459/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” ( NZSI ) ; 1 male : “ India : Chhattisgarh , Badbhum , Durg , 21.19956N , 81.28901E , 1.iv.2014 , 25457/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” ( NZSI ) , 6 males : “ India : Chhattisgarh , Raigarh , Gomerdha , 21.19956N , 81.28901E , 27.v.2014 , 25460/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” ( NZSI ) ; 1 male : “ India : Karnataka , Dakshina Kannada , Belthangady , 685 m , 12°99‘ N , 75°27‘ E , 30.vi.2019 , leg. R. Naveen ” ( NBAIR ) ; 10 males : “ India : Maharashtra , Pune , 560 m , 18°31’ N , 73°51’ E , 16.iv.2020 , leg. Deependra Yadav ” ( NBAIR ) . Remark. This is the first state record of this species for Chhattisgarh (reported from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh by ( Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016 ; Sreedevi et al. 2018 ).