Maladera lugubris (Brenske, 1896)

Material examined. 1 male: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, 1067m, 22.75203N, 77.73449’E, 4.vi.1999, 25175/H4A, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Jalda Village, 1067m, 22.63116N, 77.76793E, 27.vii.2004, 25283/H4A, leg. A. Singh ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur, Chaparwa, 262m, 22.05728N, 82.17095E, 05.vi.2008, 25294/H4A, leg. Y.N. Gupta ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Maharashtra, Satara, Kaas Plateau, 03.xi.2012, leg. K. Chandra ”(NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Koriya, Sukhmaria, 490m, 23.150040N, 82.168510E, 13.xii.2013, 25292/H4A, leg. A Parida ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Durg, Badbhum, 289m, 21.19956N, 81.28901E, 13.xii.2013, 25293/H4A, leg. S. Gupta ” (NZSI) ; 1 male: “ India: Karnataka, Chikmagalur, Balehonnur, 714 m, 13°22’N, 75°28’E, 11.vi.2013, leg. Naveen ” (NBAIR) ; 2 males: “ India: Karnataka, Bangalore, Attur, 915 m, 13°6’N, 77°34’E, 28.iv.2014, leg. M. Mohan ” (NBAIR) ; 1 male: “ India: Karnataka, Bangalore, Attur, 915 m, 13°6’N, 77°34’E, 23.v.2011, leg. Umesh Kumar ” (NBAIR) ; 2 males: “ Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, BHU, 81 m, 25°16’N, 82°59’E, 25.vi.2008, leg. R. S. Yadav ” (NBAIR) ; 2 males: “ Karnataka, Shimoga, Hosanagara, 585m, 13°92’ N, 75°06’ E, 17.vii.2019, leg. R. Naveen ” (NBAIR) .

Remark. This is the first state record of this species for Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. The species is known to occur in Uttarakhand (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016)