Maladera siniaevi Ahrens, 2004

(Figs 74–77, 100)

Maladera siniaevi Ahrens 2004b: 284 (incorrect original spelling).

Maladera siniaevi: Ahrens 2006a: 414 (corrected subsequent spelling); Ahrens & Fabrizi 2009b: 275, 2016: 151.

Material examined. 4 ♂♂ India: “ West Bengal, Jalpaiguri, Gajoldoba 29.x.22, leg. Debika Bhunia ” (NZCI) , 3 ♂♂ “ India: Bihar, Kaimur, Kudra, 25˚01.46.2 N, 83˚48.51.8 E, 22.12.2021, leg. Devanshu Gupta ” (NZCI) .

Distribution. India: Assam, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim and West Bengal (Darjeeling); Bhutan and northern Myanmar (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016; Sreedevi et al. 2019; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper).

Remark. This is the first record of this species for Bihar.