Melolontha carinata (Brenske, 1896)

Gupta, Devanshu, Keith, Denis, Bhunia, Debika, Das, Priyanka, Ghosh, Joyjit & Chandra, Kailash, 2023, Review of Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from India with the description of two new species, Zootaxa 5263 (2), pp. 191-216 : 211

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7814527
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scientific name	Melolontha carinata
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Key to the Indian species of carinata group

1. Elytra densely and evenly covered with setae throughout, without smooth area near basal portion ( Fig. 8 View FIGURES 5–8 ); pygidial ridge incomplete ( Fig. 20 View FIGURES 19–24 ), parameres with lateral edges, nearly straight anteromedially in dorsal view ( Fig. 48 View FIGURES 47–52 ).......................................................................................... M. nepalensis ( Blanchard, 1851)

– Elytra sparsely covered with setae with area near basal portion smooth ( Figs. 9, 10 View FIGURES 9–12 ); pygidial ridge complete ( Figs. 21, 22 View FIGURES 19–24 ); parameres with lateral edges, curved anteromedially in dorsal view ( Figs. 49, 50 View FIGURES 47–52 ).................................. 2

2. Costae on elytra relatively evidently demarcated ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 9–12 ); pronotum sparsely setose with medial surface smooth ( Fig. 9 View FIGURES 9–12 ); parameres in dorsal and lateral views as in Figs. 49 View FIGURES 47–52 , 61................................. M View FIGURES 53–64 . carinata (Brenske, 1896)

– Costae on elytra relatively less demarcated ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 9–12 ); pronotum densely setose throughout ( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 9–12 ); parameres in dorsal and lateral views as in Figs 50 View FIGURES 47–52 , 62.......................................................... M View FIGURES 53–64 . indica Hope, 1831