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Issue: Vol. 5081 No. 4: 14 Dec. 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-12-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5081.4.10
Page range: 594-600
Abstract views: 363
PDF downloaded: 34

New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) II.

Zoological Survey of India, M–Block, New Alipore, Kolkata–700053, West Bengal, India.
Zoological Survey of India, M–Block, New Alipore, Kolkata–700053, West Bengal, India.
Zoological Survey of India, M–Block, New Alipore, Kolkata–700053, West Bengal, India.
Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig Bonn, Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
Coleoptera Taxonomy chafers new species India

Abstract

Here we present a new record of Microserica nicobarensis (Redtenbacher, 1868) and describe further two new species from India: Nepaloserica cheemaensis Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra & Ahrens new species, and Maladera reyaensis Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra & Ahrens, new species. Species morphology is described and illustrated, and their distribution is shown on a map.

 

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