Review of Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from India with the description of two new species Author Gupta, Devanshu Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India. Author Keith, Denis 120 rue Gabriel Péri, F- 28000 Chartres, France. Author Bhunia, Debika Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India. Author Das, Priyanka Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India. Author Ghosh, Joyjit Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India. Author Chandra, Kailash 0000-0001-9076-5442 Former Director, Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, West Bengal, India. kailash 611 @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9076 - 5442 kailash611@rediffmail.com text Zootaxa 2023 2023-04-05 5263 2 191 216 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2 1175-5326 7800978 B07051F2-A15B-49EC-9A2F-91B9420FEA4A Key to the Indian species of carinata group 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 ) – 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 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) – 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