Maladera flinti

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Maladera flinti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. flinti
Binomial name
Maladera flinti
Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2014 [1]

Maladera flinti 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 7.2–8.6 mm. They have a dark reddish brown, short oval body, with yellow antennae. The dorsal surface is shiny and densely and finely setose.

Etymology

The species is named after its collector, O. S. Flint Jr. [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 23, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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