Maladera cinnaberina

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Maladera cinnaberina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. cinnaberina
Binomial name
Maladera cinnaberina
(Brenske, 1898) [1]
Synonyms
  • Autoserica cinnaberinaBrenske, 1898

Maladera cinnaberina is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 10.3-10.4 mm. They have a light reddish brown, oblong-oval body. The antennae are yellow. The dorsal surface is dull and glabrous, except for a few small setae on the head and the lateral margins of the pronotum and elytra. [2]

References

  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 15, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.