New species and records of Sericini scarab beetles from the Indian subcontinent (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

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: Maladeraalloservitrita sp. n., M.kolasibensis sp. n., M.mizoramensis sp. n., Neosericaradhanagariensis 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.