Maladera botrytibia

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Maladera botrytibia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. botrytibia
Binomial name
Maladera botrytibia
Nomura, 1974

Maladera botrytibia is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Thailand, Taiwan and China (Anhui, Hainan, Hong Kong). [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 8.3 mm. They have a yellowish brown, oblong-oval body. They are mostly dull (but the labroclypeus is shiny) and there are a few long setae on the head, pronotum and elytra. [3]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) botrytibia 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 28, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Fabrizi, Silvia; Liu, Wan-Gang; Bai, Ming; Yang, Xing-Ke; Ahrens, Dirk (2021). "A monograph of the genus Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871 of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)". Zootaxa. 4922 (1). Magnolia Pres: 1–400. Retrieved November 28, 2025.