Melolontha carinata (Brenske, 1896)

Gupta, Devanshu, Keith, Denis, Bhunia, Debika, Das, Priyanka, Ghosh, Joyjit & Chandra, Kailash, 2023, Review of Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from India with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 5263 (2), pp. 191-216 : 211

Melolontha carinata (Brenske, 1896)

( Figs. 10 , 21 , 49 , 61 )

Hoplosternus carinatus Brenske 1896a: 164 ( type locality: Naga Hills); Dalla Torre 1912: 264 (catalogue).

Melolontha carinata: Li et al. 2010: 344 , figs. 8, 17 (key, checklist); Krajčík 2012: 158 (checklist).

Material examined. India, Uttarakhand: Almora, Dinapani , 03.x.2001, 1♁, leg. P. Mukhopadhyay [ NZSI] .

Diagnosis. Refer to species key.

Distribution. India: Nagaland ( Brenske 1896a) and Uttarakhand (new record); Bangladesh ( Dalla Torre 1912) and Cambodia ( Schoolmeesters 2023).

Remarks. As listed by Schoolmeesters (2023), the Cambodian record of this species needs to be further investigated, as the area is quite far from the known geographical range.

Figures

FIGURES 9–12. Habitus of Melolontha species. 9, M. carinata; 10, M. indica; 11, M. flabellata; 12, M. furcicauda.

FIGURES 19–24. Pygidium of Melolontha species. 19, M. chinensis; 20, M. nepalensis; 21, M. carinata; 22, M. indica; 23, M. flabellata; 24, M. furcicauda.

FIGURES 47–52. Parameres of Melolontha species in dorsal view. 47, M. chinensis; 48, M. nepalensis; 49, M. carinata; 50, M. indica; 51, M. flabellata; 52, M. furcicauda.

FIGURES 53–64. Parameres of Melolontha species in lateral view. 53, M. guttigera; 54, M. virescens; 55, M. arunachalensis new species (holotype); 56, M. lachungensis new species (holotype); 57, M. aeneicollis; 58, M. cuprescens; 59, M. chinensis; 60, M. nepalensis; 61, M. carinata; 62, M. indica; 63, M. flabellata; 64, M. furcicauda.