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Maladera seriatoguttata 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 seriatoguttata Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2016

Material examined. 2 males: “ Karnataka, Shimoga, Hosanagara, 585m, 13°92’ N, 75°06’ E, 21.v.2019, leg. R. Naveen ” (NBAIR), 4 males: “ India: Kerala, Thrissur, Peechi, 133 m, 10° 32‘ N, 76° 20‘ E, 28.v.2019, leg. K. Sreedevi and Judith Correya” (NBAIR).

Remark. This is a new record from Thissur, central Kerala. The species was earlier reported to occur in Karnataka and northern Kerala (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 507, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4668219

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NBAIR
Event date
2019-05-21 , 2019-05-28
Verbatim event date
2019-05-21 , 2019-05-28
Scientific name authorship
Ahrens & Fabrizi
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Melolonthidae
Genus
Maladera
Species
seriatoguttata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Maladera seriatoguttata 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.