Maladera bombycinoides

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

Maladera bombycinoides is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka). [2]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.3 mm. They have a reddish brown, oblong-oval body, with the elytra slightly lighter and the antennae yellowish. The dorsal surface has some iridescent shine and is glabrous, except for a few short setae on sides of the elytra. [3]

Etymology

The species name refers to its similarity to Maladera bombycina and is derived from the combined species name bombycina and the Greek suffix -oides (meaning like). [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Omaladera) bombycinoides 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 6, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved November 6, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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