New species and records of Sericinae from India and Nepal (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
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.
Authors
- Devanshu Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9188-4689)
- Dirk Ahrens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3524-7153)
- Debika Bhunia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7957-0334)
- Kailash Chandra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9076-5442)
Institutions
- Zoological Survey of India (IN)
- Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (DE)
- Gautam Buddha University (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zootaxa
- Published
- 2025-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.11
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.33