Maladera brevis

Maladera brevis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Maladera
Species:	M. brevis
Binomial name
	Maladera brevis; (Blanchard, 1850)
Synonyms
	Omaloplia brevisBlanchard, 1850 ; Autoserica brevis; Autoserica chalybaeaBrenske, 1898 ;

Last updated November 08, 2025

Maladera brevis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in southern India and Sri Lanka.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7-7.3 mm. They have a blackish to dark brown, short oval body, with yellow antennae. The dorsal surface is dull (but sometimes iridescent and moderately shiny) and glabrous except for a few small setae on the head and lateral margins of the pronotum and elytra.^[2]

References

↑ BioLib
↑ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2014). "A Monograph of the Sericini of Sri Lanka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 61: 1–129. Retrieved October 23, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[1] BioLib

[2] Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2014). "A Monograph of the Sericini of Sri Lanka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 61: 1–129. Retrieved October 23, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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