Maladera reyaensis Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra & Ahrens, 2021

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 : 360

Maladera reyaensis Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra & Ahrens, 2021

( Figs 58–61 , 100 )

Maladera reyaensis Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra & Ahrens, 2021: 596 .

Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ India: West Bengal, Purba Bardhaman, Purnasthali, Chupir Chor , 26.ii.2022, leg. Debika Bhunia ” ( NZCI) .

Distribution. India: Bihar and West Bengal (Purba Bardhaman) ( Bhunia et al. 2021; this paper).

Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Bihar, until now it was only reported from the type locality.

Figures

FIGURE 100. (A–B). A. Gangetic plains biogeographic zone of India; B. Map of Lower Gangetic plains showing sample localities of the species: Maladera proxima, M. reyaensis, M. rufocuprea, M. schenklingi, M.setosa, M. siniaevi.

FIGURES 50–61. (50–53). Maladera marginella (Hope, 1831) (Tarekaswar, West Bengal); (54–57). Maladera proxima (Burmeister, 1855) (Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal); (58–61). Maladera reyaensis Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra & Ahrens, 2021 (West Champaran, Bihar); (50, 54, 58) Aedeagus in lateral view (left); (51, 55, 59) Aedeagus in dorsal view; (52, 56, 60) Aedeagus in lateral view (right); (53, 57, 61) Habitus, dorsal view. Scale 0.5 mm. Habitus not to scale.