Maladera deenstana

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Maladera deenstana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. deenstana
Binomial name
Maladera deenstana
Ranasinghe et al., 2022 [1]

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

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 8.2 mm. They have an oval, dark brown body. The antennae are yellow, and the dorsal surface is dull and densely minutely setose, the elytra with moderately dense, short setae.

Etymology

The species is named after its type locality 'Deenston'. [2]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Ranasinghe, Sasanka; Eberle, Jonas; Athukorala, Namal; Benjamin, Suresh P.; Ahrens, Dirk (2022-05-30). "New species of Sericini from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Part II". European Journal of Taxonomy. 821 (1): 57–101. Retrieved October 9, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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