Maladera amboliensis

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Maladera amboliensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. amboliensis
Binomial name
Maladera amboliensis
Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2016 [1]

Maladera amboliensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [2] It is found in India (Karnataka, Maharashtra). [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.4–7.7 mm. They have a blackish, oblong-oval body. The antennae are yellowish. They are dull and the dorsal surface is nearly glabrous, except for some setae on the head. [2]

Etymology

The species name refers to the type locality, Amboli. [2]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. 1 2 3 Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved November 3, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) amboliensis at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved November 3, 2025.