Maladera iridescens (Blanchard, 1850)

Material examined. 1 male: “ India: Odisha, Raikia, 20.058611N, 84.240555E, 30.vi.1974, leg. A.K Mandal ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Karnataka, Bangalore Urban, Anekal, 915m, 12°42’ N, 77°42’ E, ix.2014, leg. Mohan ” (NBAIR) .

Remark. This is the first state record of this species for Odisha (Orissa). The species is known to occur in India (Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand), Nepal, and Pakistan (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016)