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Maladera pseudohongkongica Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016

  • 1. Centre for Taxonomy and Evolutionary Research; Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig Bonn, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany.
  • 2. Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterization, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources P. B. No. 2491, H. A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bengaluru- 560024; Karnataka, India.

Description

Maladera pseudohongkongica Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2016

Material examined. 2 males: “ India: Tripura, North Tripura, 29 m, 23°35’N, 91°52’E, 16.v.2010, leg. B. K. Agrawala ” (NBAIR); 3 males: “ India: Meghalaya, Umiam, Barapani, 996 m, 25°68’N, 91°93’E, 21.vi.2019, leg. Niranjan ” (NBAIR); 1 male: “ India: Nagaland, Medziphema 360 m, 25°46’N, 93°53’E, 7.v.2016, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR); 1 male: “ India: Assam, Teok 116 m, 26°83’N, 94°42’E, 17.v.2019, leg. K. Sreedevi and Badal Bhattacharya ” (NBAIR).

Remark. This is a new record to Tripura. The species is known from Meghalaya and surrounding north eastern region, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016).

Notes

Published as part of Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk, Bhunia, Debika, Sreedevi, Kolla & Gupta, Devanshu, 2021, New species and records of Sericini from India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Melolonthinae), pp. 492-510 in Zootaxa 4951 (3) on page 505, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4668219

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References

  • Ahrens, D. & Fabrizi, S. (2016) A monograph of the Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Bonn Zoological Bulletin, 65, 1 - 355.