Maladera rufocuprea (Blanchard, 1850)

(Figs 62–65, 100)

Omaloplia rufocuprea Blanchard, 1850: 77 .

Serica rufocuprea: Brenske 1896: 8, 1898: 231; Barlow 1899: 246.

Maladera rufocuprea: Ahrens 2004b: 266; Fabrizi & Ahrens 2014: 47; Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016: 244.

Serica carinirostris Brenske, 1896: 153; synonymized by Ahrens 2004b: 266.

Autoserica carinirostris: Brenske 1898: 248 .

Cephaloserica carinirostris: Brenske 1902: 61 .

Autoserica fatifera Brenske, 1898: 298; synonymized by Ahrens 2004b: 266.

Maladera truncatus [sic] Mittal, 1976: 180; synonymized by Ahrens 2004b: 266.

Maladera truncata: Sabatinelli 1993: 626 .

Material examined. 2 ♂♂ “ India: West Bengal, Bankura, Chaltha, 24.vii.22, leg. Suresh. Chand ” (NZCI).

Distribution. India: Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal; Sri Lanka (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016; Sreedevi et al. 2018; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).

Remark. This is the first state record of this species for West Bengal.