New Species and Records of Tribe Sericini of Manipur, India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

Authors

  • Debika Bhunia
     Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani -741235, West Bengal
  • Devanshu Gupta
     Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata, 700053, West Bengal
  • Subhankar Kumar Sarkar
     Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani -741235, West Bengal
  • Dirk Ahrens
     Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig Bonn, Adenauerallee 127, 53113 Bonn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v123/i2S/2023/172498

Keywords:

Biodiversity hotspots, morphology, Northeast region, taxonomy

Abstract

Here we describe one new species from Manipur, India: Maladera bezdeki Bhunia, Gupta, Sarkar & Ahrens. Moreover, Maladera drescheri (Moser, 1913), M. freyi Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016, M. rufotestacea (Moser, 1915), and Maladera satrapa (Brenske, 1898), are recorded from Manipur state of India for the first time. Diagnostic morphology of the new species is described and illustrated, and the updated species distribution is shown on a map.

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Published

2023-07-01

How to Cite

Bhunia, D., Gupta, D., Sarkar, S. K., & Ahrens, D. (2023). New Species and Records of Tribe Sericini of Manipur, India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 123(2S), 47–54. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v123/i2S/2023/172498

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Volume 123, Issue 2S, Special Issue 2023

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