taxonID	type	description	language	source
03BED32F3F721033FF7CFE55FCD3CED1.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 – 4)	en	Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) III. Zootaxa 5200 (2): 489-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.5.6
03BED32F3F721033FF7CFE55FCD3CED1.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Panchmari, 22.752030 N, 77.734490 E. Type material. Holotype, ♂: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Panchmari 22.752030 N, 77.734490 E, 05. vi. 1999, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI). Paratype: 1 ♂ “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Panchmari, 22.752030 N, 77.734490 E, 05. vi. 1999, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI).	en	Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) III. Zootaxa 5200 (2): 489-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.5.6
03BED32F3F721033FF7CFE55FCD3CED1.taxon	description	Description of the holotype, male. Body. Length: 6.1 mm, length of elytra: 4.6 mm, width: 4.2 mm. Body oblong-oval, shiny; dorsal face reddish brown, shiny; ventral face yellowish brown dull; head moderately shiny, surface almost glabrous, except few single setae. Head. Labroclypeus narrow and subtrapezoidal, widest at base; lateral margins straight and convergent anteriorly; anterior angles strongly rounded; anterior margin distinctly emarginate medially, margins moderately reflexed. Frontoclypeal suture indistinctly incised, evenly curved. Smooth area anterior to eye weakly convex, twice as wide as long. Ocular canthus short, with a terminal seta. Frons with dense but fine punctures and with a single, long seta beside eyes. Antennae with ten antennomeres; club with five, straight antennomeres, slightly shorter than remaining antennomeres combined. Eyes small, ratio diameter / interocular width: 0.78. Mentum elevated and slightly flattened anteriorly. Pronotum transverse, widest at base; lateral margins evenly convex and strongly convergent anteriorly; anterior angles distinctly produced and sharp; posterior angles blunt; anterior margin convex, with complete but indistinct marginal line; base without marginal line; surface densely and finely punctate, punctures less dense on midline, with minute setae in punctures; anterior and lateral margin finely setose; hypomeron carinate, not produced ventrally. Scutellum wide, triangular, with fine and dense puncture, punctures less dense on basal midline. Elytra widest at middle; striae distinctly impressed, finely and sparsely punctate; intervals slightly convex, with fine and dense punctures, with minute setae in punctures; odd intervals with a very few short and white setae; epipleural edge robust, ending at strongly curved external apical angle of elytra; epipleura sparsely setose; apical border of elytra membranous, with a fine rim of microtrichomes. Ventral surface dull, coarsely and densely punctate, glabrous. Metasternal disc sparsely covered with fine, short setae. Metacoxa with a few longer setae laterally. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate, sternites with a transverse row of punctures, punctures each bearing a fine seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum / metacoxa: 1 / 1.98. Pygidium moderately convex and dull, coarsely and densely punctate, without impunctate midline, glabrous except a few robust setae along apical margin. Legs moderately long and wide, shiny; femora with two longitudinal rows of setae, finely and sparsely punctate. Metafemur with anterior margin acute, without adjacent serrated line, but with few sparse setae; posterior margin smooth, weakly widened at apex, smooth at apex ventrally. Metatibia long and wide, widest at middle; dorsal margin sharply carinate, with two groups of spines, basal one at anterior third, apical one at three quarters of metatibial length; ratio of width / length: 1 / 2.16; lateral face longitudinally convex, shiny, impunctate and glabrous; ventral margin densely serrate, with four equidistant long and robust setae; medial face smooth and glabrous, apex finely serrate, moderately truncate interiorly near tarsal articulation. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, glabrous, neither laterally nor dorsally carinate, moderately setose ventrally; metatarsomeres with a strongly serrated ridge ventrally and a smooth subventral longitudinal carina; first metatarsomere as long as following two tarsomeres combined and slightly longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate; anterior claws symmetrical, basal tooth of both claws bluntly truncate at apex. Aedeagus. Figs. 1 – 3. Habitus. Fig. 4. Female unknown. Variation. Paratype in morphology very similar to the holotype. Length 6.1 – 6.2 mm, length of elytra: 4.6 – 4.8 mm, width: 4.2 – 4.7 mm.	en	Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) III. Zootaxa 5200 (2): 489-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.5.6
03BED32F3F721033FF7CFE55FCD3CED1.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. Neoserica panchmariensis Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra & Ahrens, new species is part of the Neoserica speciosa group (Ahrens 2004) which includes N. speciosa Brenske, 1898, and N. assamensis (Frey, 1962). All species share the shiny reddish brown, medium sized body and an aedeagus with large asymmetric phallobase. Neoserica panchmariensis, new species differs from both known species in the shape of the male genitalia: Left apical phallobase ventrally lamina-like produced, right paramere twice as long as the left one, without any dorsal teeth; left paramere with a distinct basal lobe and sharply pointed at apex, over its entire length curved dorsally (Figs. 1, 3).	en	Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) III. Zootaxa 5200 (2): 489-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.5.6
03BED32F3F721033FF7CFE55FCD3CED1.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The new species is named after the type locality, Panchmari (adjective in nominative case singular).	en	Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) III. Zootaxa 5200 (2): 489-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.5.6
03BED32F3F721033FF7CFE55FCD3CED1.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 9). Only known from the type locality.	en	Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) III. Zootaxa 5200 (2): 489-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.5.6
03BED32F3F711035FF7CF98DFCD3CFB0.taxon	description	(Figs. 5 – 8)	en	Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) III. Zootaxa 5200 (2): 489-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.5.6
03BED32F3F711035FF7CF98DFCD3CFB0.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Bori Sanctuary, 22.752030 N, 77.734490 E. Type material. Holotype, ♂: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Bori Sanctuary, 22.752030 N, 77.734490 E, 10. vi. 1999, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI). Paratypes: 1 ♂ “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Bori Sanctuary, 22.752030 N, 77.734490 E, 07. vi. 1999, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI); 1 ♂ “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Bori Sanctuary, 22.752030 N, 77.734490 E, 10. vi. 1999, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI); 1 ♂ “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Hoshangabad, Bori Sanctuary, 22.752030 N, 77.734490 E, 14. vi. 1999, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI).	en	Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) III. Zootaxa 5200 (2): 489-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.5.6
03BED32F3F711035FF7CF98DFCD3CFB0.taxon	description	Description of the holotype, male. Body. Length: 5.7 mm, length of elytra: 4.6 mm, width: 4.7 mm. Body oblong-oval; dorsal face dark reddish brown and shiny; ventral face dark reddish-brown, dull; head moderately shiny, surface glabrous, except few single setae. Head. Labroclypeus trapezoidal, little wider than long, widest at base, lateral margins moderately convex and convergent anteriorly, anterior angles strongly rounded, anteriorly weakly sinuate medially, margins moderately reflexed; surface flat and shiny, densely punctate, glabrous fine punctures mixed with coarse ones each bearing a long erect seta; frontoclypeal suture distinctly incised, flat and distinctly curved medially; smooth area anterior to eye moderately wide, weakly convex, approximately 1.5 times as wide as long. Ocular canthus short and moderately narrow (1 / 4 of ocular diameter), finely and densely punctate, terminal seta absent. Frons with dense, but fine punctures and with a single, long seta beside eyes. Eyes moderately large, ratio diameter / interocular width: 0.75. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with five antennomeres and weakly reflexed, antennal club short, at maximum 1.2 times as long as remaining five antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and slightly flattened anteriorly. Labrum distinctly produced medially, with a deep median sinuation. Pronotum moderately transverse, widest at base, lateral margins distinctly convex and weakly convergent anteriorly, anterior angles distinctly produced and slightly rounded at tip, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin convexly produced medially, with a marginal line widely interrupted medially; surface densely and finely punctate, punctures each bearing moderately long, erect setae; setae of anterior and lateral border sparse being twice as long as setae on disc; hypomeron basally distinctly carinate but not produced. Scutellum slender and moderately long, triangular with the apex slightly rounded, with fine, moderately dense punctures, with only minute setae in punctures. Elytra oblong, widest in posterior third, striae weakly impressed, finely and moderately densely punctate, intervals weakly convex, with sparse, fine punctures concentrated along striae, intervals with a very few fine white setae; epipleural edge fine, ending at moderately curved external apical angle of elytra; epipleura nearly glabrous, apical border with a very fine fringe of microtrichomes. Ventral surface dull, finely and densely punctate; metasternum densely covered with long setae on disc, glabrous on sides. Metacoxa glabrous, with a few single setae laterally. Abdominal sternites finely and unevenly densely punctuate, almost glabrous, with a transverse row of coarse punctures, each bearing a robust short seta; last abdominal sternite bearing a pair of minute tubercles medially separated from each other by the width of the metatibia. Mesosternum between mesocoxae half as wide as the slender mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum / metacoxa: 1 / 1.65. Pygidium weakly convex and dull, coarsely and densely punctate, without smooth midline, with a few semi-erect setae. Legs slender; femora with two longitudinal rows of setae, finely and sparsely punctate between the rows. Metafemur dull, anterior margin acute, behind anterior edge without serrated line; posterior margin in apical half ventrally smooth and only weakly widened, posterior margin dorsally weakly serrated, on its basal portion with a few very long setae being subequal to width of metafemur. Metatibia slender and moderately long, widest at apex, ratio of width / length: 1 / 4.1; dorsal margin sharply carinate, with two groups of spines, basal group at one third, apical group at two third of metatibial length, basally without strong setae; lateral face longitudinally convex, very finely and sparsely punctate; ventral margin finely serrated, with three robust setae, with the apical one more widely separated; medial face smooth, apex moderately sinuate interiorly near tarsal articulation. Tarsomeres ventrally with protarsomeres smooth, meso- and metatarsomeres with a few very fine punctures. Metatarsomeres with a strongly serrated ridge ventrally, first metatarsomere a little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and slightly longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia long, bidentate; anterior claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw sharply truncate at apex. Aedeagus. Figs. 5 – 7. Habitus. Fig. 8. Female unknown. Variation. Paratypes in morphology very similar to the holotype. Length: 5.7 – 5.8 mm, length of elytra: 4.6 mm, width: 4.6 – 4.7 mm.	en	Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) III. Zootaxa 5200 (2): 489-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.5.6
03BED32F3F711035FF7CF98DFCD3CFB0.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Neoserica debasriae Bhunia, Gupta, Chandra & Ahrens, new species is also part of the Neoserica speciosa group (Ahrens 2004). Neoserica debasriae, new species differs from Neoserica panchmariensis, new species in the shape of the male genitalia: The phallobase is dorsally incised before apex (lateral view), a ventral phallobasal lamina is not present; the right paramere is more twice as long as the phallobase and twice as long as left one, without any dorsal teeth; the left paramere has no distinct basal lobe and is more or less straight (Figs. 5 – 7).	en	Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) III. Zootaxa 5200 (2): 489-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.5.6
03BED32F3F711035FF7CF98DFCD3CFB0.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This new species (noun in the genitive case) is dedicated to D. B. ’ s late mother-in-law, Mrs. Debasri Datta, who has always encouraged her in every aspect of her career. Unfortunately, last year she passed away during Covid pandemic.	en	Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) III. Zootaxa 5200 (2): 489-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.5.6
03BED32F3F711035FF7CF98DFCD3CFB0.taxon	distribution	Distribution (Fig. 9). Only known from the type locality.	en	Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) III. Zootaxa 5200 (2): 489-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.5.6
03BED32F3F771035FF7CFAE6FD0FC912.taxon	materials_examined	Additional material examined. 1 ♂ “ India: Jharkhand, West Singbhum, Kamdeyong Nursery, Porahat, 22.770744 N, 85.373445 E, 15. vii. 2021, leg. P. Das ” (NZSI).	en	Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) III. Zootaxa 5200 (2): 489-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.5.6
03BED32F3F771035FF7CFAE6FD0FC912.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This is the first state record for Jharkhand state of India (Fig. 9). So far the species is known only from NE India (Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam), Bangladesh, Myanmar, China (Yunnan), and Thailand (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016; Fabrizi et al. 2021).	en	Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk (2022): New species and records of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) III. Zootaxa 5200 (2): 489-494, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5200.5.6
