Maladera marginella (Hope, 1831)

(Figs 50–53, 99)

Serica marginella Hope, 1831: 24; Brenske 1896: 152.

Omaloplia marginella: Blanchard 1850: 78 .

Autoserica marginella: Brenske 1898: 307 .

Maladera marginella: Ahrens 2004b: 253, 2006a: 414; Ahrens & Fabrizi 2009b: 270, 2016: 201; Shrestha et al. 2012: 381.

Microserica semirufa Brenske, 1898: 320; synonymized by Ahrens 2004b: 253.

Material examined. 1 ♂ “ India: West Bengal, Tarekaswar, 19.vii.1964, leg. D. N. Nandi ” (NZCI), 1 ♂ “ India, Bihar, West Champaran, 04.x.2016, leg. R.S. Mridha ” (NZCI) .

Distribution. India: Bihar, West Bengal, Meghalaya, and Sikkim (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper); Nepal (Ahrens 2004).

Remarks. This is the first state records of this species for Bihar and West Bengal.