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
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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
Melolontha aeneicollis
Bates, 1891
(
Figs. 5
,
17
,
45
,
57
)
Melolontha aeneicollis
Bates 1891: 16
(
type
locality:
India
, Kulu);
Dalla Torre 1912: 267
(catalogue);
Arrow 1921: 13
;
Chandra 2005: 152
(checklist);
Bezděk 2006: 194
(catalogue);
Li
et al.
2010: 343
(key), 344 (checklist), fig. 12;
Krajčík 2012: 158
(checklist);
Keith & Saltin 2012: 35
(distribution);
Bezděk 2016: 230
(catalogue).
Material examined.
India
,
Himachal Pradesh
:
Kulu
,
Great Himalayan National Park
,
1,953m
,
4.iv.2018
, 1♁, leg.
S.K. Sajan
[
NZSI
]
.
India
,
Uttarakhand
:
Chamoli
,
Valley of Flower National Park
,
3,103m
,
15.vi.2017
, 1♁, leg.
S.K. Sajan
[
NZSI
]
.
Diagnosis
. Refer to species key.
Distribution.
India
:
Himachal Pradesh
(
Bates 1891
) and
Uttarakhand
(new record);
Pakistan
(
Keith & Saltin 2012
).