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 alloservitrita sp. n., M. kolasibensis sp. n., M. mizoramensis sp. n., Neoserica radhanagariensis sp. 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.