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Maladera coimbatoreensis 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 coimbatoreensis Ahrens &Fabrizi, 2016

Material examined. 1 male: “ India: Maharashtra, Kohlapur, Amba Kerle, 28.viii.2013, leg. K. Chandra “ (NZSI); 1 male: “ Karnataka, Shimoga, Hosanagara, 585m, 13°92’ N, 75°06’ E, 17.vii.2019, leg. R. Naveen ” (NBAIR).

Remark. This is the first state record of this species for Maharashtra and Karnataka, previously recorded from Tamil Nadu (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 503, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4668219

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NBAIR , NZSI
Event date
2013-08-28 , 2019-07-17
Verbatim event date
2013-08-28 , 2019-07-17
Scientific name authorship
Ahrens & Fabrizi
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Melolonthidae
Genus
Maladera
Species
coimbatoreensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Maladera coimbatoreensis Ahrens, 2016 sec. Chandra, Ahrens, Bhunia, Sreedevi & Gupta, 2021

References

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