Maladera burmeisteri

Maladera burmeisteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Maladera
Species:	M. burmeisteri
Binomial name
Maladera burmeisteri (Brenske, 1898) [1]
Synonyms
Autoserica burmeisteriBrenske, 1898 Autoserica alternansFrey, 1975

Maladera burmeisteri is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[2] It is found in India (Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu) and Nepal. ^[3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.4–9.8 mm. They have a dark brown, oval body. The dorsal surface is mostly dull and nearly glabrous, except for the setae of the lateral margins of the pronotum and elytra. ^[2]

Subspecies

• Maladera burmeisteri burmeisteri (India [Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand] and Nepal) ^[2]
• Maladera burmeisteri alternans(Frey, 1975) (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu) ^[2]

References

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