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03B74F7AFFDCFF9982B7FD2BFCF1B09D.text	03B74F7AFFDCFF9982B7FD2BFCF1B09D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera silviae Sreedevi & Ahrens 2025	<div><p>Maladera silviae Sreedevi &amp; Ahrens, sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 1A–E)</p><p>Type locality. INDIA: Nagaland, Medziphema, 25°45’N; 93°52’E.</p><p>Type material examined. Holotype, ♂: “ INDIA: Nagaland, Medziphema, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=93.86667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.75" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 93.86667/lat 25.75)">School of Agricultural Sciences</a>, 25°45’N; 93°52’E, 23.v.2018, leg. K. Sreedevi /SER05/ICAR-NBAIR/S19” (NBAIR). The specimen bears a red printed label: Maladera silviae sp. n ., HOLOTYPE, Kolla Sreedevi and Dirk Ahrens, Det. 2025.</p><p>Description of the holotype, male. Body. Length: 10.8 mm, elytral length: 8.1 mm, width: 5.2 mm. Body wide, oval, black, dorsal surface shiny, labroclypeus, tarsomeres, and tibiae shiny, glabrous.</p><p>Head. Labroclypeus wide, lateral margins strongly convex and convergent, lateral margins produce with ocular canthus an indistinct angle, anterior angles strongly convex, anterior margin shallowly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; surface shiny, at base narrowly dull, weakly convex medially, densely and finely punctate, distance between punctures twice their diameter, with a few setae anteriorly; frontoclypeal suture finely incised, bluntly angled medially; ocular canthus moderately wide and long (1/3 of ocular diameter); finely punctate, without terminal seta. Eyes large, ratio diameter/interocular width: 0.86. Frons with more superficial and moderately dense punctures, with a few single setae beside eyes. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with three antennomeres, straight, as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum convexly elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p><p>Pronotum strongly convex, widest at base, lateral margins evenly convex and convergent anteriorly, posterior angles rounded and acute, anterior angles sharp and distinctly produced; anterior margin with a fine marginal line, weakly convexly produced medially; basal margin without marginal line; surface finely and evenly punctate, setae of lateral margin robust but sparse. Scutellum wide, triangular, size of punctation as in pronotum, punctures dense anteriorly on either side of midline, mesally sparse, posterior triangular end impunctate.</p><p>Elytra strongly convex, widest shortly behind middle, striae finely impressed and finely punctate, intervals flat, densely and finely punctate, glabrous; epipleura ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra; apex of elytra with a fine membraneous rim of short microtrichomes.</p><p>Ventral surface finely and densely punctate, nearly glabrous, lateral metacoxa with only a few robust setae. Mesosternum between mesocoxae wide, 1.5 times as wide as mesofemur, with dense robust setae. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.91. Abdominal sternites finely and moderately densely punctate, each with a row of coarse punctures bearing each a robust seta. Pygidium moderately convex, coarsely and densely punctate, lateral and apical margins with short or long setae.</p><p>Legs wide and short; femora shiny and sparsely punctate laterally, medially impunctate, with two longitudinal rows of setae. Profemur densely setose with long, slender, brown setae. Midleg with three longitudinal rows of setae (anterior, middle, posterior). Metafemur shiny, anterior edge acute, without adjacent serrated line; posterior ventral margin almost straight, weakly widened in apical half, neither ventrally nor dorsally serrated but smooth, glabrous, with a row of robust longitudinal setae posteriorly. Metatibia very short and wide, flattened, ratio width/length: 1/1.85, ventral margin serrated, with two longitudinal rows of robust setae laterally, external face completely smooth along middle, dorsally and ventrally with a few superficial punctures; medial face impunctate, apex almost straight near tarsal articulation. Tarsomeres impunctate dorsally, ventrally with setae at apex; metatarsomeres ventrally glabrous, first metatarsomere little shorter than following two tarsomeres combined, and also slightly shorter than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia short, bidentate. Anterior claws symmetrical.</p><p>Aedeagus. Figs. 1A–D. Habitus. Fig. 1E. Female unknown.</p><p>Differential diagnosis. Maladera silviae sp. nov. is similar to M. profana Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2016 in the shape of the male genitalia and its external morphology. The new species differs from M. profana by the apically more abruptly curved right paramere (dorsal view) having the dorsal margin concavely sinuated in basal half (lateral view) (Figs. 1A, C), the left paramere is also less strongly curved at apex.</p><p>Etymology. This new species (noun in the genitive case) is named after the dedicated taxonomist, Silvia Fabrizi, in recognition of her contribution to Sericini taxonomy.</p><p>Distribution. Known from the type locality only (Fig. 3).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFDCFF9982B7FD2BFCF1B09D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFDEFF9E82B7FDE3FCF1B371.text	03B74F7AFFDEFF9E82B7FDE3FCF1B371.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera judithae Sreedevi & Ahrens 2025	<div><p>Maladera judithae Sreedevi &amp; Ahrens, sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 1F–J)</p><p>Type locality. INDIA: Kerala, Wayanad, Kalpetta, Madakkimala, 11°55 N’; 76°04’ E.</p><p>Type material examined. Holotype, ♂: “ INDIA: Kerala, Wayanad, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.066666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.916667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.066666/lat 11.916667)">Madakkimala</a>, 11°55 N’; 76°04’ E, 13.iv.2021, leg. Judith /SER06/ICAR-NBAIR/S20” (NBAIR).</p><p>The specimen bears a red printed label: Maladera judithae sp. n., HOLOTYPE, Kolla Sreedevi and Dirk Ahrens, Det. 2025.</p><p>Description of the holotype, male. Body. Length: 9.3 mm, length of elytra: 7.1 mm, width: 3.8 mm. Body oval, dorsal and ventral face reddish brown, dull, partly with iridescent shine, antenna yellowish, labroclypeus shiny, except some single setae on head dorsal surface nearly glabrous.</p><p>Head. Labroclypeus moderately wide and subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent anteriorly, anterior angles strongly rounded, anterior margin weakly bisinuate, margins weakly reflexed; lateral margin and ocular canthus produce a distinct angle; surface slightly convex medially, coarsely and densely punctate; smooth area anterior to eye flat, 1.1 times as wide as long; ocular canthus short and broad (1/4 of ocular diameter), finely densely punctate, with a terminal seta. Frons dull, with moderately dense, fine punctures, with a few single setae beside eyes. Eyes small, ratio diameter/interocular width: 0.48. Antenna with ten antennomeres; club with three antennomeres and straight, slightly shorter than remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and slightly flattened anteriorly.</p><p>Pronotum transverse, widest shortly before base, lateral margins evenly convex and convergent anteriorly, slightly narrowed towards base, anterior angles produced, sharp, posterior angles blunt, distinctly rounded at tip; anterior margin weakly convex, with complete fine marginal line, base without marginal line; surface moderately densely and finely punctate; anterior and lateral margin finely sparsely setose. Scutellum wide, triangular, with fine, moderately dense punctures.</p><p>Elytra widest at posterior third, iridescent, striae finely impressed, finely and densely punctate, intervals convex, with fine, evenly moderately dense punctures; epipleural edge distinct, ending at convex external apical angle of elytra, epipleura sparsely setose; apical border of elytra narrowly membraneous.</p><p>Ventral surface dull, coarsely and moderately densely punctate, glabrous, metasternal disc sparsely covered with fine, short setae; metacoxa with a few longer setae laterally. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate, punctures with minute setae, each sternite with a transverse row of punctures each bearing a fine seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae slightly narrower than mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.2. Pygidium weakly convex, shiny, coarsely and densely punctate, without midline, with a few robust setae along apical margin.</p><p>Legs short and wide, shiny; femora with two longitudinal rows of setae, finely and sparsely punctate. Anterior margin of metafemur acute, without continuous adjacent serrated line, anterior row of setae complete; posterior ventral margin smooth, strongly widened at ventral apex, dorsal posterior edge smooth, neither serrate, finely shortly setose. Metatibia very short and wide, widest at middle, ratio of width/length: 1/2.2, with two groups of spines, basal group shortly before middle, apical group at three quarters of metatibial length, with fine setae and a serrated line basally subparallel to dorsal margin; lateral face longitudinally convex, shiny, base and only on sides finely punctate; ventral margin finely serrate, with four equidistant robust setae; medial face smooth and glabrous; apex finely serrate, moderately concavely sinuate interiorly near tarsal articulation. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, glabrous, neither laterally nor dorsally carinate, moderately setose ventrally. Metatarsomeres smooth, first tarsal segment slightly shorter than the next two segments combined together and longer than the dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, bidentate; anterior claws symmetrical.</p><p>Aedeagus. Figs. 1F–I. Habitus. Fig. 1J. Female unknown.</p><p>Differential diagnosis. Maladera judithae sp. nov. is in the shape of the genitalia and its external morphology similar to Maladera initialis Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2016 . The new species differs from M. initialis by the different shape of the parameres (Figs. 1F–I): the left paramere of the new species is much longer than in M. initialis, the right one is slightly longer.</p><p>Etymology. The new species is named after the collector of the species, Ms. Judith Corolin Correya</p><p>Distribution. Known from the type locality only (Fig. 3).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFDEFF9E82B7FDE3FCF1B371	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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03B74F7AFFD9FF9F82B7FDCFFCF1B3C1.text	03B74F7AFFD9FF9F82B7FDCFFCF1B3C1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera thandigudiensis Sreedevi & Ahrens 2025	<div><p>Maladera thandigudiensis Sreedevi &amp; Ahrens, sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 1K–O)</p><p>Type locality. INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Dindigul, Thandigudi, Regional Coffee Research Station, 10°18’N; 77°38’E.</p><p>Type material examined. Holotype: ♂ “ INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Dindigul, Thandigudi, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.63333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=10.3" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.63333/lat 10.3)">Horticultural Research Station</a> (HRS), 10°18’N; 77°38’E, 26.vi.2015, leg. Mahendra R /SER09/ICAR-NBAIR/S21” (NBAIR) . Paratypes: 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Kerala, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.35&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=10.866667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.35/lat 10.866667)">Thrissur</a>, 10°52’N; 76°21’E, 10.01.2014, leg. Suja /SER17/ICAR-NBAIR/S22” (NBAIR) ; 1 ♂ “ Kerala, Wayanad, Kalpetta, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.066666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.916667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.066666/lat 11.916667)">Madakkimala</a>, 11°55’N; 76°04’E, 13.iv.2021, leg. Judith /SER21/ICAR-NBAIR/S23” (NBAIR) .</p><p>The specimens bear a red printed label: Maladera thandigudiensis sp. n., HOLOTYPE or PARATYPE, Kolla Sreedevi and Dirk Ahrens, Det. 2025.</p><p>Description (Holotype, male). Body. Length: 9.1 mm, length of elytra: 6.4 mm, width: 5.8 mm. Body oval, dorsal and ventral face dark brown, antenna yellowish, dull, partly with iridescent shine, labroclypeus shiny, except a few setae on head dorsal surface nearly glabrous.</p><p>Head. Labroclypeus wide and subtrapezoidal, widest at base, lateral margins weakly convex and convergent anteriorly, anterior angles strongly rounded, anterior margin weakly emarginate medially, margins weakly reflexed; lateral margin and ocular canthus produce an indistinct angle; surface convex medially, coarsely and densely punctate, with a few erect setae anteriorly; frontoclypeal suture distinctly incised, angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye flat, twice as wide as long; ocular canthus short and broad (1/4 of ocular diameter), finely densely punctate, with a terminal seta. Frons dull, with moderately dense, fine punctures, with a few setae beside eyes. Eyes small, ratio diameter/interocular width: 0.58. Antenna with ten antennomeres; club with three antennomeres and as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and slightly flattened anteriorly.</p><p>Pronotum transverse, widest at base, lateral margins evenly convex and convergent anteriorly, anterior angles produced and sharp, posterior angles blunt, distinctly rounded at tip; anterior margin nearly straight, with complete fine marginal line, base without marginal line; surface moderately densely and finely punctate, with minute setae in punctures; anterior and lateral margin finely sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate, not produced ventrally. Scutellum wide, triangular, with fine, moderately dense punctures.</p><p>Elytra widest at posterior third, striae finely impressed, finely and densely punctate, intervals convex, with fine, evenly moderately dense punctures and with minute setae in punctures, punctures on odd intervals concentrated along striae; epipleural edge robust, ending at convex external apical angle of elytra, epipleura setose; apical border of elytra narrowly membraneous, with a very fine rim of microtrichomes (visible at ca 100x magnification).</p><p>Ventral surface dull, coarsely and moderately densely punctate, glabrous, metasternal disc sparsely covered with fine, short setae; metacoxa with a few longer setae laterally. Abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate, punctures with minute setae, each sternite with a transverse row of punctures each bearing a fine seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.71. Pygidium weakly convex, dull, coarsely and densely punctate, without midline, with a few longer setae beside apical margin.</p><p>Legs short and wide, shiny; femora with two longitudinal rows of setae, finely and sparsely punctate. Anterior margin of metafemur acute, with a continuous adjacent serrated line, anterior row of setae complete; posterior ventral margin smooth, strongly widened at ventral apex, dorsal posterior edge smooth, neither serrate, finely shortly setose. Metatibia very short and wide, widest at middle, ratio of width/length: 1/2.4, sharply carinate dorsally, with fine setae along a serrated line basally subparallel to dorsal margin; lateral face longitudinally convex, shiny, only on base and on sides finely punctate, with minute setae in punctures; ventral margin finely serrate, with four equidistant robust setae; medial face smooth and glabrous; apex finely serrate, moderately concavely sinuate interiorly near tarsal articulation. Tarsomeres dorsally impunctate, glabrous, neither laterally nor dorsally carinate, moderately setose ventrally; metatarsomeres ventrally glabrous, with a sharp ventral and a subventral carina; first metatarsomere distinctly shorter than 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.</p><p>Aedeagus. Figs. 1K–N. Habitus. Fig. 1O. Female unknown.</p><p>Differential diagnosis. Maladera thandigudiensis sp. nov. closely resembles Maladera theresae Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2016 but can be distinguished by the distinct shape of the parameres (Figs. 1K–N): the left paramere is simple and narrow, almost as long as the right one, without branch-like lateral extension.</p><p>Etymology. The new species is named after the type locality Thandigudi (adjective in the nominative singular).</p><p>Distribution. Known from the type locality only (Fig. 3).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD9FF9F82B7FDCFFCF1B3C1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD8FF9D82B7FD5FFCF1B285.text	03B74F7AFFD8FF9D82B7FD5FFCF1B285.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera (Hemiserica) subinaequalis Sreedevi & Ahrens 2025	<div><p>Maladera (Hemiserica) subinaequalis Sreedevi &amp; Ahrens, sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 2A–E)</p><p>Type locality. INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Dindigul, Thandikudi, 10°18’N; 77°38’E.</p><p>Type material examined. Holotype, ♂: “ INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Dindigul, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.63333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=10.3" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.63333/lat 10.3)">Thandikudi</a>, 10°18’N; 77°38’E, 10.ix.2010, leg. Mahendra R /SER11/ICAR-NBAIR/S24” (NBAIR).</p><p>The specimen bears a red printed label: Maladera (Hemiserica) subinaequalis sp. n., HOLOTYPE, Kolla Sreedevi and Dirk Ahrens, Det. 2025.</p><p>Description of the holotype, male. Length: 9.2 mm, length of elytra: 6.5 mm, width: 5.0 mm. Body short oval, reddish brown, antenna yellow, labroclypeus shiny, remainder of dorsal surface dull with white short setae, denser in frontoclypeal region.</p><p>Head. Labroclypeus trapezoidal, distinctly wider than long, widest at base, lateral margins straight and strongly convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral margin and ocular canthus producing an indistinct angle, margins weakly reflexed, anterior margin distinctly emarginate medially; surface transversely convex, shiny, finely and very densely, rugosely punctate, distance between punctures smaller than their diameter, with a few erect setae anteriorly; frontoclypeal suture feebly incised and weakly curved; smooth area anterior to eye twice as wide as long; ocular canthus short and wide, finely scarcely punctate, with a few terminal setae. Frons dull, with fine, sparse punctures, glabrous except for a few setae beside eyes. Eyes small, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.45. Antenna with ten antennomeres; club with three antennomeres slightly as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p><p>Pronotum transverse, widest at middle, lateral margins in basal half straight and nearly subparallel, in anterior half moderately convex and evenly narrowed towards strongly produced and sharp anterior angles; anterior margin weakly convex, with complete and fine marginal line, posterior angles blunt; basal margin without marginal line; surface moderately finely and densely punctate, punctures with microscopic setae only; anterior and lateral margins setose; hypomeron carinate but not produced ventrally. Scutellum wide, triangular, with fine and moderately dense punctures along the lateral margins, without smooth midline.</p><p>Elytra oblong, widest at middle, striae distinct, finely and sparsely punctate, intervals weakly convex, with fine, moderately dense and almost evenly distributed punctures; penultimate lateral interval with a few sparse, fine, white, short setae, remainder of elytral punctures with sparse, slender, brown, long setae; epipleural margin robust, ending at widely rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura sparsely setose, apical border narrowly membranous, apex covered with short microtrichomes.</p><p>Ventral surface moderately shiny, metasternum and metacoxa with large, fine and dense punctures, sparsely setose; metacoxa glabrous except for numerous long setae laterally; abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate, some punctures with very short or minute setae, each sternite with a distinct transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a short brown seta, penultimate sternite apically with a wide shiny smooth chitinous border of half sternite length. Mesosternum between mesocoxae as wide as mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.29. Pygidium moderately convex, dull, finely and moderately densely punctate, glabrous except a few short setae apically.</p><p>Legs moderately wide; femora finely and sparsely punctate, with two longitudinal rows of setae. Metafemur wide, dull, anterior margin acute, lacking an adjacent serrated line, surface very sparsely and superficially punctate, anterior row of setae complete; posterior ventral margin feebly concave medially, moderately widened in apical half and not serrate apically, posterior margin dorsally not serrated, glabrous. Metatibia shiny, wide and short, widest just behind middle, ratio width/length: 1/2.9, dorsal margin sharply carinate, with two groups of spines, basal one at anterior third, apical one at two thirds of metatibial length, beside dorsal margin basally with one or two fine setae; lateral face weakly longitudinally convex, nearly entirely impunctate; ventral margin with four strong spines of which apical one is more distant; medial face impunctate, apex shallowly concave interiorly near tarsal articulation. Tarsomeres impunctate dorsally, with sparse, short setae ventrally; metatarsomeres with a strongly serrated longitudinal ridge and a strong, smooth carina beside it, first metatarsomere shorter than following two tarsomeres combined and longer than dorsal tibial spur. Protibia short, bidentate. All claws symmetrical, feebly curved and long, with normally developed basal tooth.</p><p>Aedeagus. Figs. 2A–D. Habitus. Fig. 2E. Female unknown.</p><p>Differential diagnosis. Maladera (Hemiserica) subinaequalis sp. nov. is in external shape and size similar to Maladera hsui Ahrens, Fabrizi &amp; Liu, 2021 but differs by the dorsoventrally somewhat flattened and compared to the phallobase longer parameres, by the right paramere having a small basal lobe, and the left one lacking the spiral filiform distal extension which is present in most of the Indian species of the subgenus Hemiserica .</p><p>Etymology. The name of the new species is derived from the combined Latin prefix sub- (almost) and inaequalis (inequal), with reference to the morphology of parameres of aedeagus, which are not equal in size, the left is full complete while the right paramere is 3/4 th the size of left one and appears chopped.</p><p>Distribution. Known from the type locality only (Fig. 3).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD8FF9D82B7FD5FFCF1B285	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD5FF9382B7FF32FCF1B190.text	03B74F7AFFD5FF9382B7FF32FCF1B190.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoserica berlineri Sreedevi & Ahrens 2025	<div><p>Neoserica berlineri Sreedevi &amp; Ahrens, sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 2F–J)</p><p>Type locality. INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Ooty, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=75.566666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.966666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 75.566666/lat 13.966666)">Coonoor</a>, 13°58’ N, 75°34’ E.</p><p>Type material examined. Holotype, ♂: “ INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Ooty, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=75.566666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.966666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 75.566666/lat 13.966666)">Coonoor</a>, 13°58’N; 75°34’E, 20.v.2020, leg. Berliner /SER29/ICAR-NBAIR/S26” (NBAIR).</p><p>The specimen bears a red printed label: Neoserica berlineri sp. n., HOLOTYPE, Kolla Sreedevi and Dirk Ahrens, Det. 2025.</p><p>Description of the holotype, male. Length: 16.3 mm, length of elytra: 11.2 mm, width: 9.1 mm. Body oblongoval, dark brown, antennal club and legs yellowish brown, anterior labroclypeus shiny, dorsal surface dull, sparsely setose.</p><p>Head. Labroclypeus subtrapezoidal, distinctly wider than long, widest at base, lateral margins moderately convex and convergent anteriorly, anterior angles moderately rounded, anterior margin weakly sinuate medially, margins moderately reflexed; surface nearly flat and shiny, basis with dull toment, punctation dense, anteriorly more sparse, behind anterior margin with coarse punctures each bearing a long, erect seta; frontoclypeal suture indistinctly incised, distinctly curved medially; smooth area anterior to eye approximately 1.5 times as wide as long; ocular canthus moderately long (1/3 of ocular diameter) and slender, glabrous, with a fine terminal seta. Frons dull, with fine and dense punctures, beside eyes with two single setae. Eyes small, ratio diameter/interocular width: 0.62. Antenna with ten antennomeres, club with six antennomeres, straight, as long as remaining antennomeres combined; antennomeres two to four subequal in length. Mentum elevated and slightly flattened anteriorly.</p><p>Pronotum moderately transverse, subtrapezoidal, widest shortly before base, lateral margins evenly convex and strongly convergent anteriorly, anterior angles sharp and distinctly produced, posterior angles blunt; anterior margin nearly straight, marginal line widely interrupted medially; surface densely and finely punctate with minute setae in punctures; setae of anterior and lateral border sparse; hypomeron basally distinctly carinate, carina weakly produced. Scutellum moderately long, triangular, with fine, dense punctures, with only minute setae.</p><p>Elytra oblong, widest in posterior third, striae finely impressed, finely and moderately densely punctate, intervals weakly convex, with unevenly dense, fine punctures concentrated along striae, intervals with a few fine, white, very short setae, otherwise only with very minute setae in punctures; epipleural edge fine, ending at strongly rounded external apical angle of elytra, epipleura sparsely setose, apical border membranous, with a fine fringe of microtrichomes.</p><p>Ventral surface dull, coarsely and densely punctate, metasternum sparsely covered with setae on disc, glabrous on sides; metacoxa glabrous, with a few short setae laterally, posterior margin weakly convex; abdominal sternites finely and unevenly densely punctuate, nearly glabrous, with a transverse row of coarse punctures, each bearing a robust short seta. Mesosternum between mesocoxae half as wide as slender mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/metacoxa: 1/1.75. Pygidium moderately convex and dull, coarsely and densely punctate, with a narrow smooth midline, with a few single setae beside apical margin.</p><p>Legs slender; femora with two longitudinal rows of setae, finely and sparsely punctate between rows; metafemur dull, anterior margin acute, behind anterior margin without serrated line, setae of anterior longitudinal row completely lacking, posterior margin in apical half ventrally smooth and slightly widened, posterior margin dorsally distinctly serrated, on its basal portion with a few short setae. Metatibia wide and short, widest at apex, ratio of width/length: 1/2.7, sharply carinate dorsally, with two groups of spines, basal group just before middle, apical group at three quarters of metatibial length, basally with 1–2 shorter and robust single setae; lateral face longitudinally convex, very finely, superficially and sparsely punctate, subdorsal longitudinal carina on lateral face present on basal half; ventral edge finely serrated, with three robust equidistant setae; medial face smooth, apex moderately concavely sinuate interiorly near tarsal articulation. Tarsomeres ventrally with sparse, short setae, laterally not carinate, dorsally smooth; metatarsomeres lacking in holotype. Protibia long, bidentate; anterior claws symmetrical, basal tooth of inner claw sharply truncate at apex.</p><p>Aedeagus. Figs. 2F–I. Habitus. Fig. 2J. Female unknown.</p><p>Diagnosis. Neoserica berlineri sp. nov. is in external habitus and shape of male genitalis similar to Neoserica aulica Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2016 . The new species differs by the mesally distinctly widened parameres (lateral view) and by the more strongly pronounced dorsal tubercles of the apical phallobase.</p><p>Etymology. The new species is named after the collector of the species, Dr. Berliner (noun in genitive case singular).</p><p>Distribution. Known from the type locality only (Fig. 3).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD5FF9382B7FF32FCF1B190	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). 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03B74F7AFFD4FF9082B7FEEFFCF1B0B9.text	03B74F7AFFD4FF9082B7FEEFFCF1B0B9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Selaserica peechi Sreedevi & Ahrens 2025	<div><p>Selaserica peechi Sreedevi &amp; Ahrens, sp. nov.</p><p>(Figs. 2K–O)</p><p>Type locality. INDIA: Kerala, Thrissur, Peechi, KFRI, 10°31’N; 76°20’E.</p><p>Type material examined. Holotype, ♂: “ INDIA: Kerala, Thrissur, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.333336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=10.516666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.333336/lat 10.516666)">Peechi</a>, KFRI, 10°31’ N; 76°20’ E, 22.xi.2008, leg. Yeshwanth, H. M. /SER12/ICAR-NBAIR/S25” (NBAIR).</p><p>The specimen bears a red printed label: Selaserica peechi sp. nov., HOLOTYPE, Kolla Sreedevi and Dirk Ahrens, Det. 2025.</p><p>Description of the holotype, male. Length: 9.8 mm, length of elytra: 6.2 mm, width: 5.6 mm. Body oval, reddish brown, antenna yellow, dorsal surface glabrous and dull with iridescent shine, head shiny.</p><p>Head. Labroclypeus trapezoidal, distinctly wider than long, widest at base, lateral margins straight and strongly convergent to moderately rounded anterior angles, lateral border and ocular canthus producing an indistinct blunt angle, margins weakly reflexed, anterior margin shallowly emarginate medially; surface moderately convex medially, shiny, coarsely and sparsely punctate, with a few fine setae anteriorly; frontoclypeal suture distinct and weakly angled medially; smooth area anterior to eye almost triangular, approximately 2.5 times as wide as long; ocular canthus short and wide, densely punctate, with a single short terminal seta. Frons shiny, with fine, sparse punctures, glabrous except for a few setae beside eyes. Eyes large, ratio of diameter/interocular width: 0.85. Antenna with ten antennomeres; club (♂) with four antennomeres, 1.5 times as long as remaining antennomeres combined. Mentum elevated and flattened anteriorly.</p><p>Pronotum moderately wide, widest at base, lateral margins evenly convex and evenly narrowed to anterior angles, anterior angles moderately produced and sharp, posterior angle broadly rounded, anterior margin distinctly convexly produced medially, anterior marginal line complete, basal marginal line absent; surface densely and finely punctate, punctures with microscopic setae; lateral anterior and lateral borders sparsely setose; hypomeron carinate at ventral base but not produced ventrally, carina with one or two robust setae. Scutellum small, triangular, dull, with fine and sparse punctures.</p><p>Elytra oblong, widest at posterior third, striae distinctly impressed, finely and densely punctate, intervals slightly convex, with fine, dense punctures concentrated along striae, punctures with minute setae interspersed with sparse, brown, long setae; epipleural edge fine, ending at convex external apical angle of elytra, epipleura densely setose; apical border membranous, covered with short microtrichomes.</p><p>Ventral surface dull, thorax and metacoxa with large and dense punctures, sparsely finely setose; metacoxa glabrous except for numerous short setae laterally; abdominal sternites finely and densely punctate, punctures with moderately long setae, each sternite with a transverse row of coarse punctures each bearing a long seta, penultimate sternite apically with a shiny and smooth but very short chitinous border. Mesosternum between mesocoxae wider than mesofemur. Ratio of length of metepisternum/ metacoxa: 1/1.2. Pygidium moderately convex, dull, finely and densely punctate, with a narrow, smooth midline, with a few long setae beside apical border.</p><p>Legs moderately wide; femora shiny, with two longitudinal rows of setae, finely and sparsely punctate. Metafemur almost impunctate, its anterior margin acute, with a closely adjacent and continuously serrated line, anterior longitudinal row of setae complete; posterior ventral margin almost straight, weakly widened in apical half, neither ventrally nor dorsally serrated but smooth, glabrous. Metatibia moderately wide and long, widest behind middle, dorsal and ventral margins subparallel in posterior two thirds, ratio width/length: 1/2.9, longitudinally convex dorsally, with two groups of spines, basal one just before half, apical one at 4/5 of metatibial length, beside dorsal margin basally with a long serrated line which ends shortly before apex but which is interrupted at middle, with some adjacent single punctures each bearing a single spine; lateral face longitudinally convex, very sparsely punctate and glabrous; ventral margin with three fine equidistant spines; medial face smooth, apex shallowly concave interiorly near tarsal articulation. Tarsomeres impunctate dorsally, pro- and mesotarsomeres with very dense, fine setae ventrally producing a brush-like structure; metatarsomeres with a strongly serrated, longitudinal ridge ventrally but a parallel carina is absent, sparsely setose ventrally, first metatarsomere little longer than following two tarsomeres combined and little less than twice as long as dorsal tibial spur. Protibia moderately long, sharply tridentate. All claws symmetrical, feebly curved and long, with normally developed basal tooth.</p><p>Aedeagus. Figs. 2K–N. Habitus. Fig. 2O. Female unknown.</p><p>Differential diagnosis. Selaserica peechi sp. nov. is similar to Selaserica opacipennis Frey, 1973 but can be distinguished by the distinct shape of the parameres (Figs. 2K–N): the right paramere is distinctly shorter (not exceeding the dorsomedian apophysis of phallobase) and being somewhat convexly bent ventrally (lateral view);the left paramere is also shorter and convexly bent at its dorsal margin (lateral view).</p><p>Etymology. The new species is named after the type locality Peechi (noun in apposition).</p><p>Distribution. Known from the type locality only (Fig. 3).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD4FF9082B7FEEFFCF1B0B9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		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03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7FDCEFEB5B3A5.text	03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7FDCEFEB5B3A5.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Deroserica pulchra Moser 1915	<div><p>Deroserica pulchra Moser, 1915</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Salem, Yercaud, 11°65’ N; 78°17’ E, 07.viii.2014, leg. Umesh ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7FDCEFEB5B3A5	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7FD5FFC2AB579.text	03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7FD5FFC2AB579.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera affinis (Blanchard 1850)	<div><p>Maladera affinis (Blanchard, 1850)</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂: “ INDIA: Jammu &amp; Kashmir, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=74.833336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.983334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 74.833336/lat 33.983334)">Srinagar</a>, CITH, 33°59’N; 74°50’E, 19.viii.2015, leg. Mohan, M. ” (NBAIR) ; 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Jammu &amp; Kashmir, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=74.833336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.983334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 74.833336/lat 33.983334)">Srinagar</a>, CITH, 33°59’N; 74°50’E, 01.vii.2014, leg. Ashraf ” (NBAIR) ; 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Jammu &amp; Kashmir, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=74.833336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.983334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 74.833336/lat 33.983334)">Srinagar</a>, CITH, 33°59’N; 74°50’E, 21.viii.2010, leg. Ashraf ” (NBAIR) ; 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Jammu &amp; Kashmir, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=74.833336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.983334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 74.833336/lat 33.983334)">Srinagar</a>, CITH, 33°59’N; 74°50’E, 01.ix.2012, leg. Arif ” (NBAIR) .</p><p>Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Jammu and Kashmir. This species is known to occur in northeastern India, lower central Himalaya, West Bengal (Ahrens and Fabrizi 2016), Assam, Tripura (Chandra et al. 2021), Bihar (Bhunia et al. 2023a), Uttarakhand (Gupta et al. 2025).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7FD5FFC2AB579	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7FB9BFE77B5C9.text	03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7FB9BFE77B5C9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera andrewesi Ahrens and Fabrizi 2016	<div><p>Maladera andrewesi Ahrens and Fabrizi, 2016</p><p>Material examined. 4 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Tamil Nadu, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.67&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.39" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.67/lat 11.39)">Muthorai</a>, CPRS, 2100 m, 11.39° N, 76.67° E, 18.iv.2020, leg. Priyank Mathre ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7FB9BFE77B5C9	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7FB6BFE1CB43D.text	03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7FB6BFE1CB43D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera bombycina (Karsch 1882)	<div><p>Maladera bombycina (Karsch, 1882)</p><p>Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=79.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.37" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 79.25/lat 13.37)">Tirupati</a>, RARS, 13.37° N, 79.25°E, 28.viii.2021, leg. K. Sreedevi, Judith, C and Veena N V” (NBAIR) ; 1 ♂ “ Andhra Pradesh: Chintapalli, 17°82’N 82°35’E, 11.v.2022, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7FB6BFE1CB43D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7FA27FD1DB48D.text	03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7FA27FD1DB48D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera breviata (Brenske 1899)	<div><p>Maladera breviata (Brenske, 1899)</p><p>Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “NDIA: Andhra Pradesh: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=79.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.37" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 79.25/lat 13.37)">Tirupati</a>, RARS, 13.37° N, 79.25°E, 28.viii.2021, leg. K. Sreedevi, Judith, C and Veena N V” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7FA27FD1DB48D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7F9B7FEC9B7F1.text	03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7F9B7FEC9B7F1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera burmeisteri subsp. alternans (Frey 1975)	<div><p>Maladera burmeisteri alternans (Frey, 1975)</p><p>Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Karnataka, Dakshina Kannada, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=75.4&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.583333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 75.4/lat 12.583333)">Sullia</a>, 12°35’ N, 75°24’ E, 07.vi.2020, leg. Sushma ” (NBAIR) ; 3 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Karnataka, Dakshina Kannada, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=75.4&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.583333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 75.4/lat 12.583333)">Sullia</a>, 12°35’ N, 75°24’ E, 10.v.2021, leg. Sushma ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7F9B7FEC9B7F1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7F963FD98B6FD.text	03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7F963FD98B6FD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera calicutensis (Frey 1972)	<div><p>Maladera calicutensis (Frey, 1972)</p><p>Material examined. 11 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri Hills, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.67&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.39" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.67/lat 11.39)">Muthorai</a>, CPRS, 11.39° N, 76.67° E, 11.iv.2020. leg. Priyank Mathre ” (NBAIR) ; 2 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri Hills, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.67&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.39" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.67/lat 11.39)">Muthorai</a>, CPRS, 11.39° N, 76.67° E, 14.iv.2020. leg. Priyank Mathre ” (NBAIR) ; 9 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri Hills, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.67&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.39" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.67/lat 11.39)">Muthorai</a>, CPRS, 11.39° N, 76.67° E, 18.iv.2020. leg. Priyank Mathre ” (NBAIR) ; 2 ♂♂ “ Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri Hills, Coonoor, 11°35′N, 76°79′E, 20.v.2020. leg. Berliner ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD7FF9082B7F963FD98B6FD	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FF33FE84B0E0.text	03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FF33FE84B0E0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera coxalis (Moser 1915)	<div><p>Maladera coxalis (Moser, 1915)</p><p>Material examined. 4 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Karnataka, Bengaluru, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.34&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.01" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.34/lat 13.01)">Hebbal</a>, NBAIR, 13.01° N, 77.34° E, 28.iv.2020, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR) , 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Karnataka, Bengaluru, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.34&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.01" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.34/lat 13.01)">Hebbal</a>, NBAIR, 13.01° N, 77.34° E, 28.iv.2020, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR) , 1 ♂ “ Karnataka, Bengaluru, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.34&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.02" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.34/lat 13.02)">Sanjaynagar</a>, 13.02° N, 77.34° E, 14.v.2021, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR) .</p><p>Remarks. This is the first record of this species for India. The species was so far known from Sri Lanka (Fabrizi &amp; Ahrens 2014).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FF33FE84B0E0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FE13FF5CB3ED.text	03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FE13FF5CB3ED.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera hauseri (Brenske 1899)	<div><p>Maladera hauseri (Brenske, 1899)</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=78.4&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=17.316668" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 78.4/lat 17.316668)">Telangana</a>, Hyderabad, DOR, 17°19’N; 78°24’E, 14.ix.2012, leg. Devaraj R. ” (NBAIR) .</p><p>Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Telangana. This species was known from Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu (Ahrens and Fabrizi 2016), and Chhattisgarh (Bhunia et al. 2025).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FE13FF5CB3ED	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FD17FD98B234.text	03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FD17FD98B234.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera indica (Blanchard 1850)	<div><p>Maladera indica (Blanchard, 1850)</p><p>Material examined. 5 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Nilgiris, Ooty, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.67&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.39" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.67/lat 11.39)">Muthorai</a>, CPRS, 2100 m, 11.39° N, 76.67° E, 11.iv.2020, leg. Priyank Mathre ” (NBAIR) ; 3 ♂♂ “ Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri Hills, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.65&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.383333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.65/lat 11.383333)">Muthorai</a>, CPRS, 11°23′N, 76°39′E, 18.iv.2020. leg. Priyank Mathre ” (NBAIR) ; 2 ♂♂ “ Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri Hills, Wellington, 11°42′N, 76°86′E, 05.v.2020. leg. Berliner ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FD17FD98B234	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FC2FFC23B5AC.text	03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FC2FFC23B5AC.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera iridescens (Blanchard 1850)	<div><p>Maladera iridescens (Blanchard, 1850)</p><p>Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Chhattisgarh, Gariyaband, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=82.05&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=20.633333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 82.05/lat 20.633333)">Dongri</a>, 20°38’N; 82°3’E, 3.iv.2020, leg. Sonalika ” (NBAIR) ; 3 ♂♂ “ Jharkhand: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=85.38333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.383333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 85.38333/lat 23.383333)">Ranchi</a>, ICAR – INRG, 23°23’N, 85°23’E, 03.vi.2020, leg. Rajgopal ” (NBAIR) ; 4 ♂♂ “ Andhra Pradesh: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=79.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.37" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 79.25/lat 13.37)">Tirupati</a>, RARS, 13.37° N, 79.25°E, 28.viii.2021, leg. K. Sreedevi, Judith, C and Veena N V ” (NBAIR) ; 3 ♂♂ “ Jharkhand: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=85.38333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.383333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 85.38333/lat 23.383333)">Ranchi</a>, ICAR – INRG, 23°23’N, 85°23’E, 13.v.2021, leg. Rajgopal ” (NBAIR) ; 3 ♂♂ “ Chhattisgarh: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=81.76667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=21.15" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 81.76667/lat 21.15)">Naya Raipur</a>, HNLU, 21°9’N 81°46’E, 29.vi.2021, leg. Sonalika ” (NBAIR) .</p><p>Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. This species was known from Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal (Ahrens 2004), Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016), Punjab and Haryana (Sreedevi et al. 2018).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FC2FFC23B5AC	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FB57FE12B43C.text	03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FB57FE12B43C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera kottagudiensis Chandra, Ahrens, Bhunia, Sreedevi & Gupta 2021	<div><p>Maladera kottagudiensis Chandra, Ahrens, Bhunia, Sreedevi &amp; Gupta, 2021</p><p>Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Dindigul, Thandikudi, N10°18’; E77°38’, 26.vi.2015, leg. Mahendra R. ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FB57FE12B43C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FA27FE2AB738.text	03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FA27FE2AB738.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera lugubris (Brenske 1896)	<div><p>Maladera lugubris (Brenske, 1896)</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Karnataka, Bengaluru, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.34&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.01" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.34/lat 13.01)">Hebbal</a>, NBAIR, 13.01° N, 77.34° E, 28.iv.2020, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR) ; 1 ♂ “ Karnataka, Bengaluru, Yelahanka, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.56&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.09" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.56/lat 13.09)">Attur</a> farm, 13.09° N, 77.56° E, 18.v.2020, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR) ; 1 ♂ “ Karnataka, Bengaluru, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.34&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.02" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.34/lat 13.02)">Sanjaynagar</a>, 13.02° N, 77.34° E, 14.v.2021, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR) ; 3 ♂♂ “ Andhra Pradesh: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=79.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.37" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 79.25/lat 13.37)">Tirupati</a>, RARS, 13.37° N, 79.25°E, 28.viii.2021, leg. K. Sreedevi, Judith, C and Veena N V ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7FA27FE2AB738	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7F9DBFA20B788.text	03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7F9DBFA20B788.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera mutabilis (Fabricius 1775)	<div><p>Maladera mutabilis (Fabricius, 1775)</p><p>Material examined. 3 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Karnataka, Bengaluru, Hebbal, N13°02’; E77°35’, 14.vii.2012, leg. Mallesh ” (NBAIR) ; 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Karnataka, Bengaluru, Hebbal, N13°02’; E77°35’, 27.vii.2013, leg. J. Poorani ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7F9DBFA20B788	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7F8ABFE50B6D0.text	03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7F8ABFE50B6D0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera praviforceps Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016	<div><p>Maladera praviforceps Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2016</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Karnataka, Bengaluru, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.566666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.033334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.566666/lat 13.033334)">Hebbal</a>, 13°02’ N, 77°34’ E, 25.v.2020, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR) .</p><p>Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Karnataka. This species was known from Tamil Nadu till now (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD6FF9182B7F8ABFE50B6D0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FA03FAC7B48C.text	03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FA03FAC7B48C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera excisiceps (Frey 1972)	<div><p>Maladera excisiceps (Frey, 1972)</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Kerala, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.35&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=10.866667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.35/lat 10.866667)">Thrissur</a>, KAU, 10°52’ N, 76°21’E, 11.vi.2014, leg. Suja ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FA03FAC7B48C	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FF33FCD2B0C4.text	03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FF33FCD2B0C4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera rufocuprea (Blanchard 1850)	<div><p>Maladera rufocuprea (Blanchard, 1850)</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Tamil Nadu, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.816666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.733334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.816666/lat 12.733334)">Hosur</a>, 12°44’ N, 77°49’ E, 5.iv.2020, leg K. Sreedevi &amp; M. Mohan” (NBAIR) ; 3 ♂♂ “ Karnataka: Belgaum, Hukeri, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=74.6&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=16.283333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 74.6/lat 16.283333)">Bellad Bagewadi</a>, 16°17’N 74°36’E, 6.iv.2021, leg K. Sreedevi &amp; Veena N. V. ” (NBAIR) ; 5 ♂♂ “ Andhra Pradesh: Anakapalle, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=82.98333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=17.7" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 82.98333/lat 17.7)">Thummapala</a>, 17°42’N 82°59’E, 4.viii.2021, leg M. Visalakshi” (NBAIR) ; 1 ♂ same as above, 15.viii.2021, leg M. Visalakshi (NBAIR); 1 ♂ “ Andhra Pradesh: Visakhapatnam, Gajuwaka, Talarivanipalem, 16°47’N, 80°59’E, 28.vii.2021, leg M. Visalakshi (NBAIR); 1 ♂ “ Chhattisgarh: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=82.3&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=20.25" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 82.3/lat 20.25)">Gariaband</a>, 20°15’N 82°18’E, 29.vi.2021, leg Sonalika (NBAIR) ; 1 ♂ “ Andhra Pradesh: Kadiri, ARS, 14°68’N, 77°60’E, 27.vi.2022, leg K. Sreedevi” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FF33FCD2B0C4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FE7FFE97B3C0.text	03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FE7FFE97B3C0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera schenklingi (Moser 1918)	<div><p>Maladera schenklingi (Moser, 1918)</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Jammu &amp; Kashmir, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=74.833336&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=33.983334" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 74.833336/lat 33.983334)">Srinagar</a>, CITH, 33°59’ N; 74°50’ E, 07.vii.2011, leg. Ashraf ” (NBAIR) .</p><p>Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Jammu and Kashmir. The species was known so far from Assam, Meghalaya, northern India (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016), Maharashtra (Chandra et al. 2021) and Bihar (Bhunia et al. 2023a).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FE7FFE97B3C0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FD73FEC9B250.text	03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FD73FEC9B250.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera seriatoguttata Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016	<div><p>Maladera seriatoguttata Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2016</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Karnataka, Dakshina Kannada, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=75.4&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=12.583333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 75.4/lat 12.583333)">Sullia</a>, 12°35’ N, 75°24’ E, 07.vi.2020, leg. Sushma ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FD73FEC9B250	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FCC3FDBDB514.text	03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FCC3FDBDB514.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera setosa Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016	<div><p>Maladera setosa Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2016</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=79.25&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.37" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 79.25/lat 13.37)">Tirupati</a>, RARS, 13.37° N, 79.25°E, 27.viii.2021, leg. K. Sreedevi, Judith, C and Veena N V ” (NBAIR) ; 6 ♂♂ “ Andhra Pradesh, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=79.1&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.216666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 79.1/lat 13.216666)">Chittoor</a>, 13°13’N 79°06’E, 12.vii.2022, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR) ; 2 ♂♂ “ Andhra Pradesh, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=79.416664&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.616667" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 79.416664/lat 13.616667)">Tirupati</a>, 13°37’N 79°25’E, 29.vi.2022, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR) ; 4 ♂♂ “ Andhra Pradesh, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=83.416664&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.766666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 83.416664/lat 18.766666)">Parvathipuram</a>, 18°46’N 83°25’E, 11.x.2022, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR) .</p><p>Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Andhra Pradesh. The species was known from Uttarakhand, Odisha (Ahrens 2004), Pondicherry (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016), Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh (Chandra et al. 2021) and Bihar (Bhunia et al. 2023a).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FCC3FDBDB514	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FB0FFC85B411.text	03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FB0FFC85B411.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Maladera tyrannica (Brenske 1894)	<div><p>Maladera tyrannica (Brenske, 1894)</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Jharkhand: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=85.38333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=23.383333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 85.38333/lat 23.383333)">Ranchi</a>, ICAR – INRG, 23°23’N, 85°23’E, 03.vi.2020, leg. Rajgopal ” (NBAIR) .</p><p>Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Jharkhand. This species was known so far from Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016), Chhattisgarh (Chandra et al. 2021) and Maharashtra (Bhunia et al. 2025).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7FB0FFC85B411	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7F9B7FD2CB7D4.text	03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7F9B7FD2CB7D4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microserica affinis Arrow 1946	<div><p>Microserica affinis Arrow, 1946</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Meghalaya, Sohra, EKHD, 25°30’N; 91°70’E, 9.vi.2013, leg. Umesh ” (NBAIR) .</p><p>Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Meghalaya. This species was known to occur in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7F9B7FD2CB7D4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7F8DFFED7B6B4.text	03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7F8DFFED7B6B4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microsericaria fenestrata (Arrow 1946)	<div><p>Microsericaria fenestrata (Arrow, 1946)</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Karnataka, Bengaluru, Thalaghattapur, 12°86’N; 77°53’E, 3.vii.2009, leg. Umesh ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7F8DFFED7B6B4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7F94FFAF9B624.text	03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7F94FFAF9B624.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Microsericaria quadripunctata (Brenske 1896)	<div><p>Microsericaria quadripunctata (Brenske, 1896)</p><p>Material examined. 3 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Karnataka, Bengaluru, Thalaghattapur, 12°86’N; 77°53’E, 3.vii.2009, leg. Umesh ” (NBAIR) ; 1 ♂ “ Karnataka, Gauribidanur, N13°61’; E77°51’, 27.vii.2016, leg. Aswath ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD1FF9682B7F94FFAF9B624	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD0FF9782B7FF33FE47B028.text	03B74F7AFFD0FF9782B7FF33FE47B028.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Neoserica barberi (Sharp 1903)	<div><p>Neoserica barberi (Sharp, 1903)</p><p>Material examined. 7 ♂♂ “ INDIA: Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri Hills, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.67&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.39" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.67/lat 11.39)">Muthorai</a>, CPRS, 11.39° N, 76.67° E, 11.iv.2020. leg. Priyank Mathre ” (NBAIR) ; 18 ♂♂ “ Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri Hills, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.67&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.39" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.67/lat 11.39)">Muthorai</a>, CPRS, 11.39° N, 76.67° E, 14.iv.2020. leg. Priyank Mathre ” (NBAIR) ; 3 ♂♂ “ Tamil Nadu, Nilgiri Hills, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=76.67&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.39" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 76.67/lat 11.39)">Muthorai</a>, CPRS, 11.39° N, 76.67° E, 18.iv.2020. leg. Priyank Mathre ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD0FF9782B7FF33FE47B028	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD0FF9782B7FECBFC83B370.text	03B74F7AFFD0FF9782B7FECBFC83B370.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Oxyserica pruinosa (Hope 1831)	<div><p>Oxyserica pruinosa (Hope, 1831)</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Himachal Pradesh, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.13333&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=32.116665" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.13333/lat 32.116665)">Baragran Farm</a> (IARI), 32°07’ N; 77°08’ E, 25.v.2016, leg. Umesh Sanjeev ” (NBAIR) .</p><p>Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Himachal Pradesh.The species was known from Uttarakhand and Himalayas (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016; Ahrens et al. 2023).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD0FF9782B7FECBFC83B370	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD0FF9782B7FDE3FE2EB3C0.text	03B74F7AFFD0FF9782B7FDE3FE2EB3C0.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Selaserica karnatakaensis Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016	<div><p>Selaserica karnatakaensis Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2016</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Karnataka, Shimoga, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=75.566666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=13.966666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 75.566666/lat 13.966666)">Agricultural College</a>, 13°58’ N, 75°34’ E, 10.vi.2012, leg. R. Naveen ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD0FF9782B7FDE3FE2EB3C0	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD0FF9782B7FD73FEF7B250.text	03B74F7AFFD0FF9782B7FD73FEF7B250.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Serica thibetana Brenske 1898	<div><p>Serica thibetana Brenske, 1898</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Himachal Pradesh, Shimla, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=77.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=31.133333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 77.5/lat 31.133333)">Fagu</a>, 31°08’N; 77°30’E, 3.viii.2021, leg. Kailash Nag ” (NBAIR) .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD0FF9782B7FD73FEF7B250	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
03B74F7AFFD0FF9782B7FCC3FE08B578.text	03B74F7AFFD0FF9782B7FCC3FE08B578.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Tetraserica impar Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016	<div><p>Tetraserica impar Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi, 2016</p><p>Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Nagaland, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=93.816666&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=25.766666" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 93.816666/lat 25.766666)">Medziphema</a>, 25°46’ N; 93°49’ E, 23.v.2018, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR) .</p><p>Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Nagaland. The species was known from Assam so far (Ahrens &amp; Fabrizi 2016).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B74F7AFFD0FF9782B7FCC3FE08B578	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Sreedevi, Kolla;Ahrens, Dirk	Sreedevi, Kolla, Ahrens, Dirk (2025): Descriptions of new species and new records of Sericini from Southern India and Nagaland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae). Zootaxa 5692 (1): 175-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5692.1.9
