Maladera setosa Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2016

Material examined. 1 ♂ “ INDIA: Andhra Pradesh: Tirupati, RARS, 13.37° N, 79.25°E, 27.viii.2021, leg. K. Sreedevi, Judith, C and Veena N V ” (NBAIR) ; 6 ♂♂ “ Andhra Pradesh, Chittoor, 13°13’N 79°06’E, 12.vii.2022, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR) ; 2 ♂♂ “ Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati, 13°37’N 79°25’E, 29.vi.2022, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR) ; 4 ♂♂ “ Andhra Pradesh, Parvathipuram, 18°46’N 83°25’E, 11.x.2022, leg. K. Sreedevi ” (NBAIR) .

Remarks. This is the first state record of this species for Andhra Pradesh. The species was known from Uttarakhand, Odisha (Ahrens 2004), Pondicherry (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016), Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh (Chandra et al. 2021) and Bihar (Bhunia et al. 2023a).