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 pubescens (Arrow, 1916) Material examined. 2 males : “ India : Madhya Pradesh , Hoshangabad , Panchmari , 1,067m , 22.75203N , 77.73449E , 05.vi.1999 , 25374/H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” ( NZSI ) ; 1 male : “ India : Madhya Pradesh , Hoshangabad , Panchmari , 1067m , 22.75203N , 77.73449E , 05.vi.1999 , 25275/H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” ( NZSI ) ; 1 male : “ India : Madhya Pradesh , Hoshangabad , Panchmari , 1067m , 22.75203N , 77.73449E , 7.vi.1999 , 25275/H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” ( NZSI ) . Remark. This is the first state record of this species for Madhya Pradesh , earlier known from South India and Sri Lanka ( Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016 ).