Maladera eximia

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Maladera eximia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. eximia
Binomial name
Maladera eximia
(Arrow, 1946)
Synonyms
  • Microserica eximiaArrow, 1946
  • Maladera exima

Maladera eximia is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and China (Yunnan). [2] [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4.8 mm. They have a black, oval body. There are four yellowish red spots on the elytra and the head and pronotum have a greenish shine. The antennae are black. The labroclypeus is shiny, but the remainder of the dorsal surface is dull and, except for the setae on the head and along the sides of the pronotum and elytra. glabrous. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Amaladera) eximia 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.
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