Melolontha phupanensis, Keith, 2008

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 : 198

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7814519
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scientific name	Melolontha phupanensis
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Key to the species of phupanensis species group

1. Protibiae unidentate ( Fig. 39 View FIGURES 33–40 ); serration on lateral margins of pronotum poorly developed ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES 33–40 ); mesometasternal process weakly produced beyond mesocoxae ( Fig. 38 View FIGURES 33–40 ); lobes of parameres nearly rounded at apex not sharply pointed at ends in dorsal view ( Fig. 44 View FIGURES 41–46 ).......................... .. M. lachungensis Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh & Chandra , new species

– Protibiae bidentate ( Figs. 29 View FIGURES 25–32 , 69 View FIGURES 65–71 ); serration on lateral margins of pronotum distinctly developed ( Figs. 27 View FIGURES 25–32 , 65 View FIGURES 65–71 ); mesometasternal process produced beyond mesocoxae ( Figs. 30 View FIGURES 25–32 , 67 View FIGURES 65–71 ); lobes of parameres nearly straight at apex, slightly pointed at ends in dorsal view ( Figs. 43 View FIGURES 41–46 , 70 View FIGURES 65–71 ).................................................................................... 2

2. Pronotal surface sparsely setose ( Fig. 65 View FIGURES 65–71 ); antennal club more than 3.5 times longer than of basal segments; mesometasternal process produced beyond mesocoxae, surface with long and dense hairs posteriorly ( Fig. 67 View FIGURES 65–71 ); ventroapical process of parameres indistinct without protuberance on top of right paramere in lateral view ( Fig. 71 View FIGURES 65–71 ); parameres as in Figs 70, 71 View FIGURES 65–71 and Keith (2008, figs. 15–16)................................................................... M. phupanensis Keith, 2008

– Pronotal surface densely and uniformly setose ( Fig. 27 View FIGURES 25–32 ); antennal club more than 3.6 times longer than of basal segments; mesometasternal process produced beyond mesocoxae, surface smooth with few hairs ( Fig. 30 View FIGURES 25–32 ); ventroapical process of parameres distinctly elongate and gradually acuminate apically with a small, crest - like protuberance on top of right paramere in lateral view ( Fig. 55 View FIGURES 53–64 ); parameres as in Figs. 43 View FIGURES 41–46 , 55............................................................................................... M View FIGURES 53–64 . arunachalensis Gupta, Keith, Bhunia, Das, Ghosh & Chandra, new species