New species and records of Sericini scarab beetles from the Indian subcontinent (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae).

ABSTRACT

The current paper presents new locality records, including first state records for Mizoram, of 92 species of Sericini (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Melolonthinae) from the Indian subcontinent. Eight new species are described herein Maladera alloservitritasp. n., M. kolasibensissp. n., M. mizoramensissp. n., Neoserica radhanagariensissp. n., Serica (s. str.) basantapurensis sp. n., S. (s. str.) mahakaliensis sp. n., S. (s. str.) therathumensis sp. n., and S. (s. str.) zianii sp. n.