Maladera sprecherae Ahrens, 2004

Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar & Ahrens, Dirk, 2023, A new species and new records of Sericini chafers from the Lower Gangetic Plains in India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae), Zootaxa 5353 (4), pp. 351-371 : 362

Maladera sprecherae Ahrens, 2004

( Figs 78–81 , 101 )

Maladera sprecherae Ahrens, 2004b: 214 ; Ahrens 2006d: 15; Ahrens & Fabrizi 2009b: 273, 2011: 162, 2016: 262.

Material examined. 1 ♂ India: “ West Bengal, Jalpaiguri, Gajoldoba 29.x.22, leg. Debika Bhunia ” ( NZCI) .

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh and West Bengal (Jalpaiguri); Bhutan (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2009; Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).

Remark. This is the first state record of this species for West Bengal, previously recorded from Arunachal Pradesh and Bhutan.

Figures

FIGURE 101. (A–B). A. Gangetic plains biogeographic zone of India; B. Map of Lower Gangetic plains showing sample localities of the species: Maladera sprecherae, M. submucronata, Microsericaria quadripunctata, Neoserica quadrilamellata, Oxyserica darjeelingia.

FIGURES 74–85. (74–77). Maladera siniaevi Ahrens, 2004 (Kaimur, Bihar); (78–81). Maladera sprecherae Ahrens, 2004 (Jalpaiguri, West Bengal); (82–85). Maladera submucronata Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016 (Kaimur, Bihar); (74, 78, 82). Aedeagus in lateral view (left); (75, 79, 83) Aedeagus in dorsal view; (76, 80, 84) Aedeagus in lateral view (right); (77, 81, 85) Habitus, dorsal view. Scale 0.5 mm. Habitus not to scale.