Maladera burmeisteri alternans (Frey, 1975)

Material examined. 1 male: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Pachmari Biosphere Reserve, Lalgaon, 21.225930N, 76.400800E, 20.x.2002, leg. Y.N. Gupta ” (NZSI) ; 8 males, 7 females: “ India: Karnataka, Chikmagalur, Mudigere, 970 m, 13°14’ N, 75°60’ E, 4.iv.2019, leg. R. Naveen ”(NBAIR) ; 36 males, 12 females: “ India: Karnataka, Chikmagalur, Mudigere, 970 m, 13°14’ N, 75°60’ E, 17.iv.2019, leg. R. Naveen ” (NBAIR) ; 5 males, 9 females: “ India: Karnataka, Chikmagalur, Mudigere, 970 m, 13°14’ N, 75°60’ E, 28.v.2019, leg. R. Naveen ” (NBAIR) ; 1 male: “ India: Karnataka, Chikmagalur, Mudigere, 970 m, 13°14’ N, 75°60’ E, 13.vii.2019, leg. R. Naveen ” (NBAIR) ; 8 males: “ Karnataka, Shimoga, Hosanagara, 585 m, 13°92’ N, 75°06’ E, 21.v.2019, leg. R. Naveen (NBAIR); 2 males: “ Karnataka, Shimoga, Hosanagara, 585 m, 13°92’ N, 75°06’ E, 17.vii.2019, leg. R. Naveen (NBAIR) ; 7 males: “ Karnataka, Shimoga, Thirthahalli, 591 m, 13° 56’ N, 75° 38’ E, 24.v.2019, leg. R. Naveen ” (NBAIR) ; 2 males: “ India: Karnataka, Dakshina Kannada, Belthangady, 685 m, 12°99’ N, 75°27’ E, 19.vi.2019, leg. R. Naveen ” (NBAIR) ; 1 male: “ India: Karnataka, Uttara Kannada, Sirsi, 790 m, 14°62’ N, 74°84’ E, 12.vii.2019, leg. R. Naveen ” (NBAIR) ; 2 males: “ India: Kerala, Thrissur, Peechi, 133 m, 10° 32’ N, 76° 20’ E, 27.v.2019, leg. K. Sreedevi and Judith Correya ” (NBAIR) ; 31 males: “ India: Kerala, Thrissur, Peechi, 133 m, 10° 32’ N, 76° 20’ E, 29.v.2019, leg. K. Sreedevi and Judith Correya ” (NBAIR) ; 2 males: “ India: Kerala, Thrissur, Peechi, 133 m, 10°32’ N, 76°20’ E, 4.vi.2010, leg. Mathew ” (KFRI) .

Remark. This is the first state record of this species for Madhya Pradesh, previously recorded from India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka), and Nepal (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016).