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 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 ).