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| Melolontha arunachalensis & M. lachungensis Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh & Chandra, 2023 |
Abstract
The genus Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from India is reviewed. Two new species, Melolontha arunachalensis Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh & Chandra, new species and Melolontha lachungensis Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh & Chandra, new species are described. Melolontha chinensis Guérin-Méneville, 1838 is reported for the first time from India. Taxonomic notes on the identification of previously known species of Melolontha from India are provided, together with a key to the species (males).
Keywords: Coleoptera, Taxonomy, new species, chafers, Oriental region, Palearctic region
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| Habitus of Melolontha species. M. arunachalensis new species (holotype); M. lachungensis new species (holotype). |
Devanshu Gupta, Denis Keith, Debika Bhunia, Priyanka Das, Joyjit Ghosh, Kailash Chandra. 2023. Review of Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from India with the Description of Two New Species. Zootaxa. 5263(2); 191-216. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2