Maladera rufocuprea (Blanchard, 1850)

Material examined. 1 male: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Koriya, Sonhat, 23.15004N, 82.16851E, 22.v.2012, 25466/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Jagdalpur, 19.08977N, 82.02153E, 04.x.2011, 25467/H4A, leg. R.P. Gupta ” (NZSI) ; 3 males: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Jashpur, Badalkhol, 22.8773N, 84.1372E, 21.x.2011, 25469/H4A, leg. A. Majumdar ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Jagdalpur, 19.08977N, 82.02153E, 21.x.2011, 25468/H4A, leg. R.P. Gupta ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Koriya, Sonhat, 23.15004N, 82.16851E, 10.v.2012, 25465/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” (NZSI) , 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Raigarh, Gomerdha, 21.19956N, 81.28901E, 18.xi.2012, 25462/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Raigarh, Gomerdha, 21.19956N, 81.28901E, 25.xi.2012, 25461/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Koriya, Sonhat, 23.15004N, 82.16851E, 12.vii.2013, 25464/ H4A, leg. A. Parida ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Koriya, Sonhat, 23.15004N, 82.16851E, 09.x.2013, 25463/H4A, leg. A. Parida ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Badbhum, Durg, 21.19956N, 81.28901E, 8.ii.2014, 25458/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Badbhum, Durg, 21.19956N, 81.28901E, 31.iii.2014, 25459/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Badbhum, Durg, 21.19956N, 81.28901E, 1.iv.2014, 25457/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” (NZSI) , 6 males: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Raigarh, Gomerdha, 21.19956N, 81.28901E, 27.v.2014, 25460/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Karnataka, Dakshina Kannada, Belthangady, 685 m, 12°99‘ N, 75°27‘ E, 30.vi.2019, leg. R. Naveen ” (NBAIR) ; 10 males: “ India: Maharashtra, Pune, 560 m, 18°31’ N, 73°51’ E, 16.iv.2020, leg. Deependra Yadav ” (NBAIR) .

Remark. This is the first state record of this species for Chhattisgarh (reported from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh by (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016; Sreedevi et al. 2018).