Cyphochilus gandhii Sabatinelli, 2020 (Figs 8–11) Type locality: India: West Bengal (Darjeeling: Kurseong) Type material examined. Holotype ♂ MHNG: India / Kurseong, [West Bengal, Darjeeling] V.1975 // (ENTO-81686). Paratypes: 1 ♂ BMNH: Allahabad (sub. C. candidus det. Waterhouse) — 8 ♂♂ 8 ♀♀ ISNB: Kurseong (sub C. pygidialis det. Moser) — 4 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀ MHNG: same data as previous — 1 ♂ BMNH: same data as previous, sub C. candidus det. Arrow — 1 ♂ HNHM: same data as previous — 1 ♂ NMPC: same data as previous, sub. C. candidus det. Frey — 2 ♂♂ 6 ♀♀ MHNG: Maria Basti [Christian church near Pedong] — 2 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀ MHNG: Pedong — 1 ♂ MSNG: same data as previous — 2 ♀♀ ISNB: Darjeeling — 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀♀ ISNB: Calcutta — 2 ♂♂ ISNB: Sikkim — 3 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀ MTD: same data as previous — 1 ♂ MTD: Assam — 1 ♂ MHNG: same data as previous — 8 ♂♂ 8 ♀♀ NHMB: btw. Dirang & Bomdila pass. / 27˚19’ N 92˚22’ E, 2200m / 15.VI.2004 / leg. L.Dembický — 6 ♂♂ ISNB: India. Additional material examined: India (Arunachal Pradesh): 2 ♂♂ NBAIR,Ziro 27°32′N 93°49′E, 12.vii.2023, leg. K.M. Ajaykumara. Diagnosis. Parameres strongly asymmetrical; the left paramere bears a ventral process arising from its base that curves around the right paramere and projects dorsally. The right paramere displays a distinct basal concavity (Fig. 8A–C). Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal (Sabatinelli 2020b). Remarks: Cyphochilus gandhii can be readily distinguished from all other congeners by its relatively large body size, the absence of elevated elytral striae, the presence of a prominently elongated mesosternal process, and the unique morphology of its parameres. It is most similar to C. tenzingyatsoi, but differs notably in having a longer antennal club—surpassing the combined length of antennomeres 2–7—and a convex, pointed apex of the right paramere (cf. Figs 8 vs. 27). Historical misidentifications include specimens labeled by Moser as C. pygidialis Nonfried, 1893, and by Arrow as C. candidus.

Published as part of Sreedevi, Kolla, Sahoo, Kishore Chandra, Ajaykumara, Kattigehalli Math, Boopathi, Thangavel, Sushil, Satya Nand & Sabatinelli, Guido, 2025, Revision of Indian Cyphochilus Waterhouse, 1867 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) with description of two new species, pp. 201-222 in Zootaxa 5693 (2) on page 206, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5693.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/17323637