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Lal &amp; Sharma 2017: 447 
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452
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<bibRefCitation author="Ghosh, J. &amp; Das, P. &amp; Ghosh, S. K. &amp; Bhunia, D. &amp; Kushwaha, R. K. &amp; Gupta, D. &amp; Chandra, K." box="[892,1124,434,458]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" pagination="221 - 275" refId="ref14285" refString="Ghosh, J., Das, P., Ghosh, S. K., Bhunia, D., Kushwaha, R. K., Gupta, D. &amp; Chandra, K. (2020) Insecta: Coleoptera. In: Director (ed.), Fauna of Haryana, State Fauna Series, 24 (1), 221 - 275." type="journal article" year="2020">
Ghosh 
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2020: 249
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(checklist); 
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<bibRefCitation author="Rana, A. &amp; Chandel, R. S. &amp; Verma, K. S." pageId="21" pageNumber="212" pagination="281 - 305" refId="ref15352" refString="Rana, A., Chandel, R. S. &amp; Verma, K. S. (2022 a) Morphological description and identification of Melolontha cuprescens, Melolontha furcicauda and Melolontha indica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): serious root feeding and defoliating pests in India. Phytoparasitica, 50, 281 - 305. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12600 - 021 - 00961 - 5" type="journal article" year="2022">
Rana 
<emphasis box="[1310,1361,434,458]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">et al.</emphasis>
2022a: 281–305
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(description of grubs and adults); 
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<bibRefCitation author="Rana, A. &amp; Chandel, R. S. &amp; Sharma, K. D. &amp; Chandel, S. S. &amp; Verma, K. S." box="[637,896,465,489]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" pagination="71 - 82" refId="ref15427" refString="Rana, A., Chandel, R. S., Sharma, K. D., Chandel, S. S. &amp; Verma, K. S. (2022 b) Phylogeneticanalysisof Melolontha and Polyphylla beetles (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) from north - western Himalaya, India. Phytoparasitica, 50, 71 - 82. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12600 - 021 - 00945 - 5" type="journal article" year="2022">
Rana 
<emphasis box="[695,747,465,489]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">et al.</emphasis>
2022b: 71–82
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.
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<treatmentCitation author="Blanchard, C. E." box="[151,628,495,520]" page="158" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" year="1851">
<taxonomicName authority="Blanchard 1851: 158" authorityName="Blanchard" authorityPageNumber="158" authorityYear="1851" box="[151,628,495,520]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Hoplosternus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nitidicollis">
<emphasis box="[151,404,496,520]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Hoplosternus nitidicollis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Blanchard, C. E." box="[412,628,495,520]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" pagination="129 - 240" refId="ref13246" refString="Blanchard, C. E. (1851) Ier Famille - Scarabaeidae. In: Milne-Edwards, H., Blanchard, C. E. &amp; Lucas, H. (Eds.), Catalogue de la collection entomologique du Museum d ' Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Classe des insectes. Ordre des coleopteres. I, Deuxieme livraison. Gide et Baudry, Paris, pp. 129 - 240." type="book chapter" year="1851">Blanchard 1851: 158</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
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(
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locality: Northern 
<collectingCountry box="[887,943,496,520]" name="India" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">India</collectingCountry>
); 
<treatmentCitation author="Dalla Torre, K. W. von" box="[962,1191,495,520]" page="264" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" year="1912">
<bibRefCitation author="Dalla Torre, K. W. von" box="[962,1191,495,520]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" pagination="1 - 290" refId="ref14005" refString="Dalla Torre, K. W. von (1912) Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae I. In: Junk, W. &amp; Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 49. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1 - 290." type="book chapter" year="1912">Dalla Torre 1912: 264</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
(catalogue); 
<treatmentCitation author="Sabatinelli, G." page="613" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" year="1992">
<bibRefCitation author="Sabatinelli, G." pageId="21" pageNumber="212" pagination="593 - 636" refId="ref15648" refString="Sabatinelli, G. (1992) Catalogue of the Scarabaeoidea Melolonthidae from Himalaya and North India: Macrodactylini, Hopliini, Diplotaxini, Melolonthini and Sericini (Coleoptera). Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 71 (2), 593 - 636." type="journal article" year="1992">Sabatinelli 1992: 613</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
(catalogue).
</treatmentCitationGroup>
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="21.[151,1437,250,612]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">
<treatmentCitationGroup pageId="21" pageNumber="212">
<treatmentCitation author="Burmeister, H. C. C." box="[151,623,557,581]" page="411" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" year="1855">
<taxonomicName authority=": Burmeister 1855: 411" authorityName="Burmeister" authorityPageNumber="411" authorityYear="1855" box="[151,623,557,581]" class="Insecta" family="Melolonthidae" genus="Melolontha" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nitidicollis">
<emphasis box="[151,383,557,581]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Melolontha nitidicollis</emphasis>
: 
<bibRefCitation author="Burmeister, H. C. C." box="[398,623,557,581]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" refId="ref13559" refString="Burmeister, H. C. C. (1855) Handbuch der Entomologie. Vierter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Fortsetzung. Zweite Abtheilung. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Phyllophaga chaenochela. Berlin: Theod. Chr. Friedr, Enslin, x + 569 pp." type="book" year="1855">Burmeister 1855: 411</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
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; 
<treatmentCitation author="Bezdek, A." box="[635,821,557,581]" page="196" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" year="2006">
<bibRefCitation author="Bezdek, A." box="[635,821,557,581]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" pagination="181 - 228" refId="ref13103" refString="Bezdek, A. (2006) Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae. In: Lobl, I. &amp; Smetana, S. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera 3. Apollo Books, Stenstrup and Denmark, pp. 181 - 228." type="book chapter" year="2006">Bezdĕk 2006: 196</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
(catalogue); 
<treatmentCitation author="Li, C. - L. &amp; Yang, P. - S. &amp; Wang, C. - C." box="[957,1149,557,581]" page="345" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" year="2010">
<bibRefCitation author="Li, C. - L. &amp; Yang, P. - S. &amp; Wang, C. - C." box="[957,1149,557,581]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" pagination="341 - 359" refId="ref14954" refString="Li, C. - L., Yang, P. - S. &amp; Wang, C. - C. (2010) Revision of the Melolontha guttigera group with a key and an annotated checklist of the East and South-East Asian Melolontha groups. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 103 (3), 341 - 359. https: // doi. org / 10.1603 / AN 09088" type="journal article" year="2010">
Li 
<emphasis box="[987,1039,557,581]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">et al.</emphasis>
2010: 345
</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
(as a junior synonym of 
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<emphasis box="[1409,1430,558,581]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">M</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis box="[199,262,588,612]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">indica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="21" pageNumber="212" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph blockId="21.[151,1437,652,1111]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,379,652,678]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Material examined</emphasis>
. 
<materialsCitation box="[395,1437,652,679]" collectingDate="1977-03-24" collectingDateMax="1993-02-10" collectingDateMin="1977-03-24" collectionCode="NZSI" collectorName="T. D. Shoot &amp; S. K. Chatterjee" country="India" county="Kopethang" location="Gangtok" municipality="Gangtok" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="Sikkim">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[395,560,652,678]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">
<collectingCountry box="[395,460,652,678]" name="India" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">India</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingRegion box="[474,560,652,678]" country="India" name="Sikkim" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Sikkim</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: 
<collectingCounty box="[576,702,652,678]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Kopethang</collectingCounty>
, 
<quantity box="[715,791,652,679]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.5" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" unit="km" value="95.0">95 km</quantity>
. from 
<collectingMunicipality box="[866,965,652,678]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Gangtok</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<date box="[978,1102,652,678]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="1977-03-24">
<collectingDate box="[978,1102,652,678]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="1977-03-24">24.iii.1977</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[1116,1150,653,679]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
, leg. 
<collectorName box="[1216,1339,652,679]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">T.D. Shoot</collectorName>
[
<collectionCode box="[1354,1424,653,679]" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/7mhb-r8q3" name="Zoological Survey of India, National Zoological Collection" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">NZSI</collectionCode>
];
</materialsCitation>
<materialsCitation box="[151,844,688,715]" collectingDate="1977-03-24" collectingDateMax="1993-02-10" collectingDateMin="1977-03-24" collectionCode="NZSI" collectorName="T. D. Shoot &amp; S. K. Chatterjee" country="India" county="Kopethang" location="Gangtok" municipality="Gangtok" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="Sikkim">
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BC1F87FF136BFFEDFF74FF4EFDA3BD79:31696032136BFFEDFF74FD69FF08BBE4" box="[151,250,688,714]" country="India" county="Kopethang" municipality="Gangtok" name="Gangtok" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" stateProvince="Sikkim">Gangtok</location>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BC1F87FF136BFFEDFF74FF4EFDA3BD79:31696032136BFFEDFEE4FD68FEA2BBE5" box="[263,336,689,715]" country="India" county="Kopethang" municipality="Gangtok" name="Power" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" stateProvince="Sikkim">Power</location>
, 
<date box="[349,465,688,714]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="1993-02-10">
<collectingDate box="[349,465,688,714]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="1993-02-10">10.ii.1993</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[478,513,689,715]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
, leg. 
<collectorName box="[578,751,688,715]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">S.K. Chatterjee</collectorName>
[
<collectionCode box="[767,838,689,715]" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/7mhb-r8q3" name="Zoological Survey of India, National Zoological Collection" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">NZSI</collectionCode>
]
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="1988-09-16" collectionCode="NZSI" collectorName="B. D. Srivastava" country="India" location="Jowai" municipality="Jantia Hilla" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" stateProvince="Meghalaya">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[856,1067,688,715]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">
<collectingCountry box="[856,921,688,714]" name="India" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">India</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingRegion box="[935,1067,689,715]" country="India" name="Meghalaya" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Meghalaya</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: 
<collectingMunicipality box="[1084,1216,688,714]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Jantia Hilla</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BC1F87FF136BFFEDFF74FF4EFDA3BD79:31696032136BFFEDFB2EFD69FAE3BBE4" box="[1229,1297,688,714]" country="India" municipality="Jantia Hilla" name="Jowai" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" stateProvince="Meghalaya">Jowai</location>
, 
<date box="[1309,1431,688,714]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="1988-09-16">
<collectingDate box="[1309,1431,688,714]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="1988-09-16">16.ix.1988</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[151,186,725,751]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
, leg. 
<collectorName box="[246,422,724,751]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">B.D. Srivastava</collectorName>
[
<collectionCode box="[434,505,725,751]" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/7mhb-r8q3" name="Zoological Survey of India, National Zoological Collection" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">NZSI</collectionCode>
]
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2015-10-29" collectingDateMax="2015-10-31" collectingDateMin="2015-10-29" collectionCode="NZSI" collectorName="A. Majumder" country="India" location="Namdhapa National Park" municipality="Changlang" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" specimenCount="2" specimenCount-female="2" stateProvince="Arunachal Pradesh">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[521,828,724,751]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">
<collectingCountry box="[521,586,724,750]" name="India" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">India</collectingCountry>
, 
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</emphasis>
: 
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, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BC1F87FF136BFFEDFF74FF4EFDA3BD79:31696032136BFFEDFC33FD0DFB19BBC0" box="[976,1259,724,750]" country="India" municipality="Changlang" name="Namdhapa National Park" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" stateProvince="Arunachal Pradesh">Namdhapa National Park</location>
, 
<date box="[1269,1384,724,751]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2015-10-29">
<collectingDate box="[1269,1384,724,751]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2015-10-29">29.x.2015</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[1394,1431,725,751]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
, 
<date box="[151,265,760,787]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2015-10-31">
<collectingDate box="[151,265,760,787]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2015-10-31">31.x.2015</collectingDate>
</date>
, 2♁, leg. 
<collectorName box="[376,528,760,787]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">A. Majumder</collectorName>
[
<collectionCode box="[543,614,761,787]" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/7mhb-r8q3" name="Zoological Survey of India, National Zoological Collection" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">NZSI</collectionCode>
]
</materialsCitation>
. 
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[632,859,760,787]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">
<collectingCountry box="[632,697,760,786]" name="India" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">India</collectingCountry>
, 
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</emphasis>
: 
<collectingCounty box="[874,1005,760,786]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Alipurdwar</collectingCounty>
, 
<collectingMunicipality box="[1017,1244,760,787]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Buxa Tiger Reserve</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BC1F87FF136BFFEDFF74FF4EFDA3BD79:31696032136BFFEDFB0AFD21FA6BBA3C" box="[1257,1433,760,786]" country="India" county="Alipurdwar" municipality="Buxa Tiger Reserve" name="Rajabhatkhawa" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" stateProvince="West Bengal">Rajabhatkhawa</location>
, 
<date box="[151,266,796,822]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2017-10-26">
<collectingDate box="[151,266,796,822]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2017-10-26">26.x.2017</collectingDate>
</date>
, 2♁, 
<date box="[324,438,797,823]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2017-10-27">
<collectingDate box="[324,438,797,823]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2017-10-27">27.x.2017</collectingDate>
</date>
, 
<specimenCount box="[449,485,797,823]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
, 
<date box="[497,611,797,823]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2017-10-28">
<collectingDate box="[497,611,797,823]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2017-10-28">28.x.2017</collectingDate>
</date>
, 2♁ 
<specimenCount box="[661,692,798,825]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
, 
<date box="[704,819,797,823]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2017-10-30">
<collectingDate box="[704,819,797,823]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2017-10-30">30.x.2017</collectingDate>
</date>
, 1♁ 
<specimenCount box="[864,899,798,825]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
, leg. 
<collectorName box="[959,1083,796,823]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Ram Singh</collectorName>
[
<collectionCode box="[1096,1167,797,823]" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/7mhb-r8q3" name="Zoological Survey of India, National Zoological Collection" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">NZSI</collectionCode>
]
</materialsCitation>
. 
<materialsCitation collectingDate="2018-04-01" collectionCode="NZSI" collectorName="Joyjit Ghosh" country="India" county="Cacher" location="Poliya Tea Estate" municipality="Silchar" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Assam">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[1183,1337,796,822]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">
<collectingCountry box="[1183,1248,796,822]" name="India" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">India</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingRegion box="[1258,1337,796,822]" country="India" name="Assam" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Assam</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: 
<collectingCounty box="[1351,1432,796,822]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Cacher</collectingCounty>
, 
<collectingMunicipality box="[151,232,832,858]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Silchar</collectingMunicipality>
, 
<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BC1F87FF136BFFEDFF74FF4EFDA3BD79:31696032136BFFEDFF10FC99FE45BA75" box="[243,439,832,859]" country="India" county="Cacher" municipality="Silchar" name="Poliya Tea Estate" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" stateProvince="Assam">Poliya Tea Estate</location>
, 
<date box="[451,571,832,858]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2018-04-01">
<collectingDate box="[451,571,832,858]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2018-04-01">01.iv.2018</collectingDate>
</date>
, 1♁, leg. 
<collectorName box="[680,822,832,858]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Joyjit Ghosh</collectorName>
[
<collectionCode box="[836,907,833,859]" country="India" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/7mhb-r8q3" name="Zoological Survey of India, National Zoological Collection" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">NZSI</collectionCode>
]
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph blockId="21.[151,1437,652,1111]" box="[199,560,868,895]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,314,868,894]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. Refer to species key.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="21" pageNumber="212" type="distribution">
<paragraph blockId="21.[151,1437,652,1111]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,345,904,930]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Distribution</emphasis>
. 
<collectingCountry box="[361,423,904,930]" name="India" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">India</collectingCountry>
: 
<collectingRegion box="[434,648,904,930]" country="India" name="Arunachal Pradesh" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Arunachal Pradesh</collectingRegion>
(new record), 
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(new record), 
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(
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(
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Pathania 
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Rana 
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2022 
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(new record), 
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(new record), and 
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(
<bibRefCitation author="Sushil, S. N. &amp; Mohan, M. &amp; Selvakumar, G. &amp; Bhatt, J. C." box="[1060,1261,976,1002]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" pagination="338 - 339" refId="ref16032" refString="Sushil, S. N., Mohan, M., Selvakumar, G. &amp; Bhatt, J. C. (2006) Relative abundance and host preference of white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Kumaon hills of Indian Himalayas. Indian Journal of Agriculture Science, 76, 338 - 339." type="journal article" year="2006">
Sushil 
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2006
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; 
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(
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), 
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(Keith &amp; Stalin 2012), 
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(
<bibRefCitation author="Ahrens, D. &amp; Zorn, C. &amp; Yubak Bhoj, G. C. &amp; Keller, S. &amp; Nagel, P." box="[978,1196,1012,1039]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" pagination="1 - 44" refId="ref12695" refString="Ahrens, D., Zorn, C., Yubak Bhoj, G. C., Keller, S. &amp; Nagel, P. (2007) Illustrated key to phytophagous scarabs of Nepal A guide to white grubs and chafers f the lower central regions (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Opuscula Biogeographica Basiliensia, 5, 1 - 44. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2007.02.024" type="journal article" year="2007">
Ahrens 
<emphasis box="[1069,1128,1012,1038]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">et al.</emphasis>
2007
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), and 
<collectingCountry box="[1267,1334,1012,1038]" name="China" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">China</collectingCountry>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Bezdek, A." pageId="21" pageNumber="212" pagination="181 - 228" refId="ref13103" refString="Bezdek, A. (2006) Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae. In: Lobl, I. &amp; Smetana, S. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera 3. Apollo Books, Stenstrup and Denmark, pp. 181 - 228." type="book chapter" year="2006">Bezdĕk 2006</bibRefCitation>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,255,1085,1111]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">
<collectingRegion box="[199,255,1085,1111]" country="Afghanistan" name="Khost" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Host</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
. Potato (
<bibRefCitation author="Chandel, R. S. &amp; Pathania, M. &amp; Verma, K. S. &amp; Bhattacharya, B. &amp; Vashith, S. &amp; Kumar, V." box="[355,581,1084,1111]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" pagination="147 - 164" refId="ref13605" refString="Chandel, R. S., Pathania, M., Verma, K. S., Bhattacharya, B., Vashith, S. &amp; Kumar, V. (2015) The ecology ad control of potato white grubs of India. Potato Research, 58, 147 - 164. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 11540 - 015 - 9295 - 3" type="journal article" year="2015">
Chandel 
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2015
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).
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