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| Maladera barasingha, M. champhaiensis, M. lumlaensis, Maladera onam, Neoserica churachandpurensis, Serica subansiriensis Gupta, Bhunia, Ahrens & Chandra, 2025 |
Abstract
Here we describe six new sericine species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae) from India: Maladera champhaiensis Gupta, Bhunia, Ahrens & Chandra, sp. nov., Neoserica churachandpurensis Gupta, Bhunia, Ahrens & Chandra, sp. nov., Maladera barasingha Gupta, Bhunia, Ahrens & Chandra, sp. nov., Maladera lumlaensis Gupta, Bhunia, Ahrens & Chandra, sp. nov., Serica subansiriensis Gupta, Bhunia, Ahrens & Chandra, sp. nov., and Maladera onam Gupta, Bhunia, Ahrens & Chandra, sp. nov.. Additionally, we report new records of 28 species including the first state records of Maladera bengalensis (Brenske, 1899) and M. seriatoguttata Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2016 for Goa and Maharashtra (India), respectively. Morphology of the new species is described and illustrated.
Coleoptera, taxonomy, new species, new records, scarab chafers
Maladera barasingha Gupta, Bhunia, Ahrens & Chandra, sp. nov.,
Maladera champhaiensis Gupta, Bhunia, Ahrens & Chandra, sp. nov.,
Maladera lumlaensis Gupta, Bhunia, Ahrens & Chandra, sp. nov.,
Maladera onam Gupta, Bhunia, Ahrens & Chandra, sp. nov.,
Neoserica churachandpurensis Gupta, Bhunia, Ahrens & Chandra, sp. nov.,
Serica subansiriensis Gupta, Bhunia, Ahrens & Chandra, sp. nov.
Devanshu GUPTA, Debika BHUNIA, Dirk AHRENS and Kailash CHANDRA. 2025. New Species and Records of Sericinae from India and Nepal (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Zootaxa. 5613(2); 371-385. DOI: doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.11 [2025-03-27]
