Maladera tyrannica (Brenske, 1894) Material examined. 1 male: “ India: Madhya Pradesh. Hoshangabad, Panchmari Biosphere Reserve, Mahadev Forest Guest House, 1,067m, 22.75083333N, 77.73444444E, 06.vi.1999, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI); 1 male: “ India: Madhya Pradesh, Pench Tiger Reserve, Seoni, Turiya, 22.37821333N, 79.81612267E, 611m, 23.vi.2001, leg. K. Chandra ” (NZSI); 2 males: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Jashpur, Badalkhol, Kuhapani, 22.87722222N, 84.13694444E, 24.vi.2015, leg. A. Majumder ” (NZSI); 4 males: “ India: Chhattisgarh, Raigarh, Gomerdha, 21.89429N, 83.39427E, 25636/H4A, 27.vi.2015, leg. A. Majumder ” (NZSI); 1 male: “ Karnataka, Shimoga, Thirthahalli, 591 m, 13°69’ N, 75°25’ E, 16.vii.2019, leg. R. Naveen ” (NBAIR); 8 males, 7 females: “ India: Karnataka, Chikmagalur, Mudigere, 970 m, 13°14’ N, 75°60’ E, 10.iv.2019, leg. R. Naveen ” (NBAIR). Remark. This is the first state record of this species for Chhattisgarh, earlier known to occur in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Madhya Pradesh (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016; Sreedevi et al. 2018).

Published as part of Chandra, Kailash, Ahrens, Dirk, Bhunia, Debika, Sreedevi, Kolla & Gupta, Devanshu, 2021, New species and records of Sericini from India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Melolonthinae), pp. 492-510 in Zootaxa 4951 (3) on page 508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4668219