Maladera affinis (Blanchard, 1850) (Figs 9–12, 98) Omaloplia affinis Blanchard, 1850: 80. Hyposerica affinis: Brenske 1899 b: 250. Serica affinis: Grandidier 1900: 256. Serica moreli Coquerell, 1866: 350; Grandidier 1900: 259, synonymized by Ahrens 2003a: 134. Autoserica moreli: Brenske 1899 b: 236. Autoserica calcuttae Brenske, 1898: 246, synonymized by Ahrens 2003a: 134. Serica calcuttae: Barlow 1899: 243. Autoserica lahulensis Moser, 1919: 330, synonymized by Ahrens 2003a: 134. Maladera affinis: Ahrens 2003a: 134; 2004b: 275, 2006a: 414; Šípek & Ahrens 2011: 632; Ahrens & Fabrizi 2009b: 274, 2016: 227; Ahrens et al. 2009: 272; Shrestha et al. 2012: 380; Sabatinelli & Ahrens 2015: 139; Özgül-Siemund & Ahrens 2015: 172; Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016: 227. Material examined. 1 ♂ “ India: Bihar, Purnea, 19.iii.1909, leg. C. Paiva ” (NZCI). Distribution. India: Assam, Bihar and West Bengal (Ahrens & Fabrizi 2016; Chandra et al. 2021; this paper); Reunion and Madagascar (Ahrens 2003). Remarks. This is the first record of this species for Bihar.

Published as part of Bhunia, Debika, Gupta, Devanshu, Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar & Ahrens, Dirk, 2023, A new species and new records of Sericini chafers from the Lower Gangetic Plains in India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericinae), pp. 351-371 in Zootaxa 5353 (4) on page 354, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5353.4.3, http://zenodo.org/record/8430714