Maladera

Maladera
Maladera japonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Melolonthinae
Tribe:	Sericini
Genus:	Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871
Diversity
at least 480 species
Synonyms
AsericaLewis, 1895

Maladera is a genus in the beetle family Scarabaeidae, containing species such as Maladera insanabilis and Maladera castanea . There are at least 480 described species in Maladera. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Subgenera

The genus is devided in the following subgenera:

• Maladera
• AmaladeraReitter, 1896
• AsericaLewis, 1895
• CephalosericaBrenske, 1900
• CyclosericaReitter, 1896
• EumaladeraNomura, 1967
• EusericulaReitter, 1902
• HemisericaBrenske, 1894
• MacrosericaMedvedev, 1952
• OmaladeraReitter, 1896

See also

• List of Maladera species

Maladera castanea

References

1. "Maladera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
2. "Browse Maladera". Catalogue of Life. Archived from the original on 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
3. "Maladera". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
4. "Maladera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-13.

External links

• Maladera castanea on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures website.