Maladera setosa (Brenske, 1896)

Material examined. 3 males: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Panchmari, 1,067m, 22.75203N, 77.73449E, 5.vi.1999, 25282/H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Panchmari, 1067m, 22.75203N, 77.73449E, 6.vi.1999, 25283/H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI) ; 5 males: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Bori Wildlife Sanctuary, 22.75203N, 77.73449E, 08.vi.1999, 25623/H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI) ; 7 males: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Churna, Bori Wildlife Sanctuary, 1,067m, 22.37103N, 77.22845E, 10.vi.1999, 25285/H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Bori Wildlife Sanctuary, 22.75203N, 77.73449E, 11.vi.1999, 25624/H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI) ; 3 males: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Satpura, 1067m, 22.97793N, 76.05671E, 14.vi.1999, 25288/ H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Seoni, Ghat Kohka, 22.06858N, 79.02459E, 22.vi.2001, 25626/H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI) ; 12 males: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Churna F.RH., 22.75203N, 77.73449E, 17.vi.2003, 25625/H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI); 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Mahasamund, Barnawapara Camp, 21.1132N, 82.1042E, 25628/H4A, 19.vi. 2012, leg. S. Gupta ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Koriya, Sonhat F.R.H., 23.15004N, 82.168510E, 13.vii.2013, 25292/H4A, leg. A. Parida ” (NZSI); 1 male: “ India: Haryana, Panchkula 365 m, 30° 42’ N, 76° 52’ E, 23.vi.2017, leg. P. R. Shashank ” (NBAIR) ; 4 males: “ 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 and Chhattisgarh, earlier known to occur in India (Karnataka, Pondicherry, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu) and Sri Lanka (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016).