Maladera severini (Brenske, 1896)

Material examined. 1 male: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, 1067m, 22.75203N, 77.73449E, 5.vi.1999, 25178/H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, 1067m, 22.75203N, 77.73449E, 6.vi.1999, 25179/H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Rajasthan, Jaipur, 431 m, 26° 91‘ N, 75° 79‘ E, 2.viii.2019, leg. K. Sreedevi and A. S. Baloda ” (NBAIR) .

Remark. This is the first state record of this species for Madhya Pradesh, earlier known to occur in Jharkhand and Rajasthan (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016).