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Melolonthinae is a subfamily of June beetles and contains many species of agronomic importance in India. It holds major genera like Brahmina (Blanchard 1850), Eotrichia (Medvedev 1951), Holotrichia (Hope 1837) and Sophrops (Fairmaire 1887) in India. A survey based on light trap collection was conducted in the terai foot hills of the Western Himalaya in Uttarakhand to check for the presence of the species. During surveys in the years 2021-22 and 2022-23, various chafer beetles were collected to observe the distribution pattern and their hosts. Among these various species, one beetle species is here reported for the first time i.e., Leucopholis lepidophora Blanchard, 1850, from Uttarakhand, India. This also represents their first record for Western Himalaya. Their habitus and male genitalia are provided herein to aid in identification. A preliminary checklist of Indian Leucopholis is also provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Panotrogus Reitter, 1902 is genus of the Melolonthinae tribe Rhizotrogini (Scarabaeidae) that currently contains 21 species and 2 subspecies, of which 14 species have been recorded from Himalaya region of India. A new species Panotrogus jagbiri Kumar, Pandey & Keith, sp. nov. is described from Uttarakhand, India and illustrated. A key to Indian Panotrogus species has been prepared. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tribe Rhizotrogini is a tribe of June beetle containing many species of agronomic importance in India. It holds major genera like Brahmina (Blanchard 1851), Eotrichia (Medvedev 1951), Holotrichia (Hope 1837) or Sophrops (Fairmaire 1887) in India. A survey based on light trap collection was conducted in various locations of Uttarakhand to check for the presence of the species. During surveys in the years 2021 and 2022, various chafer beetles were collected to observe the distribution pattern and their hosts. Among these various species, three beetle species are here reported for the first time i.e. Panotrogus expansus Keith, 2003, Panotrogus pakistanus Keith, 2002 and Pseudopanotrogus extrarius Keith, 2005 from Uttarakhand, India. This also represents their first record for India. Their habitus and male genitalia are provided herein to aid in identification. A complete list of species from the Himalayan region is also provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]