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Issue: Vol. 5613 No. 2: 27 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.11
Page range: 371-385
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New species and records of Sericinae from India and Nepal (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

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
Museum A. Koenig; Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB); Adenauerallee 127; 53113 Bonn; Germany
Flat No. 620; Tower Ferrara; Mahagun Mezzaria Sector-78; Noida-201301; Gautam Budha Nagar; U.P
Coleoptera taxonomy new species new records scarab chafers

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.

 

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How to Cite

Gupta, D., Bhunia, D., Ahrens, D. & Chandra, K. (2025) New species and records of Sericinae from India and Nepal (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Zootaxa, 5613 (2), 371–385. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.11