Maladera affinis ( Blanchard, 1850 )

Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar & Ahrens, Dirk, 2023, A new species and new records of Sericini chafers from the Lower Gangetic Plains in India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae), Zootaxa 5353 (4), pp. 351-371 : 354

Maladera affinis ( Blanchard, 1850)

( Figs 9–12 , 98 )

Omaloplia affinis Blanchard, 1850: 80 .

Hyposerica affinis: Brenske 1899 b: 250 .

Serica affinis: Grandidier 1900: 256 .

Serica moreli Coquerell, 1866: 350 ; Grandidier 1900: 259, synonymized by Ahrens 2003a: 134.

Autoserica moreli: Brenske 1899 b: 236 .

Autoserica calcuttae Brenske, 1898: 246 , synonymized by Ahrens 2003a: 134.

Serica calcuttae: Barlow 1899: 243 .

Autoserica lahulensis Moser, 1919: 330 , synonymized by Ahrens 2003a: 134.

Maladera affinis: Ahrens 2003a: 134 ; 2004b: 275, 2006a: 414; Šípek & Ahrens 2011: 632; Ahrens & Fabrizi 2009b: 274, 2016: 227; Ahrens et al. 2009: 272; Shrestha et al. 2012: 380; Sabatinelli & Ahrens 2015: 139; Özgül-Siemund & Ahrens 2015: 172; Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016: 227.

Material examined. 1 ♂ “ India: Bihar, Purnea , 19.iii.1909, leg. C. Paiva ” ( NZCI) .

Distribution. India: Assam, Bihar and West Bengal ( Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper); Reunion and Madagascar (Ahrens 2003).

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

Figures

FIGURE 98. (A–B). A. Gangetic plains biogeographic zone of India; B. Map of Lower Gangetic plains showing sample localities of the species: Maladera kolkataensis, Gynaecoserica perdita, Maladera affinis, M. allopruinosa, M. bengalensi, M. burmeisteri burmeisteri, M. cardoni.

FIGURES 1–12. (1–4). Maladera kolkataensis Bhunia, Gupta, Sarkar &Ahrens, new species (holotype); (5–8). Gynaecoserica perdita Ahrens, 2004 (Kurseong, West Bengal); (9–12). Maladera affinis (Blanchard, 1850) (Purnea, Bihar); (1, 5, 8) Aedeagus in lateral view (left); (2,6, 10) Aedeagus in dorsal view; (3, 7, 11) Aedeagus in lateral view (right); (4, 8, 12) Habitus, dorsal view. Scale 0.5 mm. Habitus not to scale.