Maladera bengalensis (Brenske, 1898)

Material examined. 11 males: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Panchmari, 1067m, 22.75203°N, 77.73449°E, 5.vi.1999, 25288/H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI) ; 2 males: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Mandla, Kisli, 445m, 22.586600N, 80.356200E, 22.v.2004, 25291/H4A, leg. Subhash ” (NZSI) ; 7 males: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Panchmari, 1,067m, 22.75203N, 77.73449E, 4.vi.1999, 25287/H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI) ; 9 males: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Panchmari, 1067m, 22.75203N, 77.73449E, 25289/H4A, 6.vi.1999, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Koriya, Near Base Camp, 25631/H4A, 03.ii.2013, leg. A. Parida ” (NZSI) ; 2 males: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Koriya, Sonhat, 23.15004N, 82.16851E, 25632/H4A, 09.ii.2013, leg. A. Parida ” (NZSI) ; 5 males, 1 female: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Koriya, Sonhat, 23.15004N, 82.16851E, 25630/H4A, 12.vii.2013, leg. A. Parida ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Koriya, Sonhat, 23.15004N, 82.16851E, 25633/ H4A, 09.x.2013, leg. A. Parida ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Koriya, Sonhat, 23.15004N, 82.16851E, 25634/H4A, 10.xi.2003, leg. A. Parida ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Koriya, Sukhmaria Nala, 23.15004N, 82.16851E, 25635/H4A, 13.xii.2013, leg. A. Parida ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Raigarh, Gomerdha, 21.89429N, 83.39427E, 25636/H4A, 01.vi.2014, leg. S. Gupta ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Jashpur, Badalkhol, Kuhapani, 22.8773N, 84.1372E, 25637/H4A, 24.vi.2015, leg. A. Majumder ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Mahasamund, Barnawapara Camp, 21.1132N, 82.1042E, 25638/H4A, 01.vi.2014, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI) .

Remark. This is the first state record of this species for Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, previously recorded from India (Uttarakhand, West Bengal) and Nepal (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016).