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Lal &amp; Sharma 2017: 447
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452
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Ghosh
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2020: 249
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(checklist);
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Rana
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2022a: 281305
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(description of grubs and adults);
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Rana
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2022b: 7182
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<emphasis box="[151,404,496,520]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Hoplosternus nitidicollis</emphasis>
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(
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locality: Northern
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);
<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>
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(catalogue);
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<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).
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<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>
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;
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(catalogue);
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Li
<emphasis box="[987,1039,557,581]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">et al.</emphasis>
2010: 345
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(as a junior synonym of
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<emphasis box="[1409,1430,558,581]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">M</emphasis>
.
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</taxonomicName>
).
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[151,379,652,678]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">Material examined</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[395,560,652,678]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">
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,
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:
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,
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. from
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,
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<collectingDate box="[978,1102,652,678]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="1977-03-24">24.iii.1977</collectingDate>
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,
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, leg.
<collectorName box="[1216,1339,652,679]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">T.D. Shoot</collectorName>
[
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<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>
,
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, leg.
<collectorName box="[578,751,688,715]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">S.K. Chatterjee</collectorName>
[
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.
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<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>
,
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</emphasis>
:
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,
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,
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<collectingDate box="[1309,1431,688,714]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="1988-09-16">16.ix.1988</collectingDate>
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,
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, leg.
<collectorName box="[246,422,724,751]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212">B.D. Srivastava</collectorName>
[
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]
</materialsCitation>
.
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<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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:
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,
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<collectingDate box="[1269,1384,724,751]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2015-10-29">29.x.2015</collectingDate>
</date>
,
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,
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<collectingDate box="[151,265,760,787]" pageId="21" pageNumber="212" value="2015-10-31">31.x.2015</collectingDate>
</date>
, 2♁, leg.
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[
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</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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:
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,
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,
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,
<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♁,
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<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>
,
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</emphasis>
:
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,
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,
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,
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<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>
.
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. Refer to species key.
</paragraph>
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<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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Ahrens
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