Gynaecoserica perdita 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 : 354

Gynaecoserica perdita Ahrens, 2004

( Figs 5–8 , 98 )

Gynaecoserica perdita Ahrens, 2004: 105 ; Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016: 40.

Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ India: West Bengal, Kurseong, Sukna Forest , 10.xi.2022, leg. Debika Bhunia ” ( NZCI) , 1 ♂ “ Jalpaiguri, Gorumara National Park, Bhichaphanga Beat , 29.x.2018, leg. S. Chand ” ( NZCI) .

Distribution. India: West Bengal (Jalpaiguri, Kurseong) (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2004; this paper).

Remarks. The notice that the species occurs also in Sikkim as given in Ahrens & Fabrizi (2016) is to be corrected, it occurs as far as known just in West Bengal.

Figures

FIGURE 98. (A–B). A. Gangetic plains biogeographic zone of India; B. Map of Lower Gangetic plains showing sample localities of the species: Maladera kolkataensis, Gynaecoserica perdita, Maladera affinis, M. allopruinosa, M. bengalensi, M. burmeisteri burmeisteri, M. cardoni.

FIGURES 1–12. (1–4). Maladera kolkataensis Bhunia, Gupta, Sarkar &Ahrens, new species (holotype); (5–8). Gynaecoserica perdita Ahrens, 2004 (Kurseong, West Bengal); (9–12). Maladera affinis (Blanchard, 1850) (Purnea, Bihar); (1, 5, 8) Aedeagus in lateral view (left); (2,6, 10) Aedeagus in dorsal view; (3, 7, 11) Aedeagus in lateral view (right); (4, 8, 12) Habitus, dorsal view. Scale 0.5 mm. Habitus not to scale.