A new species and new records of Sericini chafers from the Lower Gangetic Plains in India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae) Author Bhunia, Debika 0000-0002-4129-2148 Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani - 741235, West Bengal, India sksarkarzoo 18 @ klyuniv. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4129 - 2148 sksarkarzoo18@klyuniv.ac.in Author Gupta, Devanshu Author Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar 0000-0002-4129-2148 Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani - 741235, West Bengal, India sksarkarzoo 18 @ klyuniv. ac. in; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4129 - 2148 sksarkarzoo18@klyuniv.ac.in Author Ahrens, Dirk 0000-0003-3524-7153 Museum A. Koenig, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany ahrens. dirk _ col @ gmx. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3524 - 7153 ahrens.dirk_col@gmx.de text Zootaxa 2023 2023-10-11 5353 4 351 371 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3 1175-5326 8430714 1C2559D4-36EC-4F3D-950B-FA5A5FFC96BC Maladera allopruinosa (Ahrens, 1998) ( Figs 13–16 , 98 ) Serica allopruinosa Ahrens, 1998a: 42 (replacement name for Serica pruinosa Burmeister, 1855: 165 ). Serica pruinosa Burmeister, 1855: 165 (primary junior homonym of Serica pruinosa Hope, 1831 and Serica pruinosa Saylor, 1935 ); Barlow 1899: 245 . Maladera allopruinosa : Ahrens 2004: 318 ; Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016: 215 . 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 ) . Distribution. India : Bihar , Arunachal Pradesh , Sikkim and West Bengal (Darjeeling); Nepal ( Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016 ; Chandra et al. 2021 ; this paper). Remarks. This is the first record of this species for West Bengal .