Melolontha guttigera Sharp 1876

Melolontha guttigera Sharp, 1876 (Figs. 1, 13, 41, 53) Melolontha guttigera Sharp 1876: 87 (type locality: India); Barlow 1899: 270 (catalogue); Arrow 1913a: 192 (comment on placement of genus and sexual dimorphism); Arrow 1913b: 401 (comment on placement of genus and sexual dimorphism); Bezděk 2006: 195 (catalogue); Li et al. 2010: 351, figs., 24, 24, 25, 32, 37, 42, 47, 52, 57, 61 (lectotype designation); Chandra & Gupta 2012: 890, fig. 2A (distribution); Bezděk 2016: 231 (catalogue). Hoplosternus guttigera: Nonfried 1892: 285 (checklist); Brenske 1900: 154 (diagnosis). Hoplosternus guttiger: Dalla Torre 1912: 264 (catalogue, misspelling); Sabatinelli 1992: 613 (catalogue, misspelling). Material examined. India, West Bengal: Darjeeling, Ghum, 750ft. 09.ix.1908, 1♀, Mus. Coll. [NZSI]; Darjeeling, Ghum, 750ft. 18.ix.1908, 1♁, 2♀, leg. Major Bennett [NZSI]; Kurseong, 5,000 ft., 1♁, leg. N.B. Jahans [NZSI]; Darjeeling, Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Latpanchar Beat Office, 26.53.463N, 88.23.958E, 3662ft, 08.xi.2017, 3♁, 2♀, leg. D. Suresh Chand [NZSI]; Darjeeling, Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Latpanchar Beat Office, 26.53.463N, 88.23.958E, 3662 ft., 3.xi.2018, 2♁, 3♀, leg. D. Suresh Chand [NZSI]; Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary, Karli Line, Antipoaching Tower 1, 741ft. 31.x.2018, 1♁, leg. D. Suresh Chand [NZSI]; Neora Valley National Park, Ashaley Camp, Samsing Beat, 22.ix.2018, 1♁, leg. P.C. Pathania [NZSI]. India, Arunachal Pradesh: Itanagar, ZSI Complex, 1 ex., leg. P.T. Bhutia [NZSI]; Kameng, Bhalulpong, 7.ix.1998, 1♁, leg. A.R. Lahiri [NZSI]; Dibang Valley, Roing, Jia, 26.i.2000, 1♁, leg. S.K. Mandal [NZSI]; Bhalukpong Circuit House, 216m, 30.ix.2001, 1♁, leg. Dhriti Banerjee [NZSI]; Domrah, 480m, 27.ix.2002, 1♀, leg. M. Sil [NZSI]; Lower Dibang Valley Patrolling Route, 21.x.2015, 1♁, leg. S.D. Gurumayum [NZSI]. Diagnosis. Refer to the key to the species groups. Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (Chandra & Gupta 2012), Sikkim (Li et al. 2010), and West Bengal (Barlow 1899); Nepal (Li et al. 2010).
Published as part of Gupta, Devanshu, Keith, Denis, Bhunia, Debika, Das, Priyanka, Ghosh, Joyjit & Chandra, Kailash, 2023, Review of Melolontha Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from India with the description of two new species, pp. 191-216 in Zootaxa 5263 (2) on page 193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5263.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7800978
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