Maladera freyi

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Maladera freyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. freyi
Binomial name
Maladera freyi
Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2016 [1]
Synonyms
  • Cephaloserica opacaFrey, 1975 (preocc.)

Maladera freyi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [2] It is found from eastern Nepal to Bhutan and in India (Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, West Bengal). [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 7–8.3 mm. They have a reddish to dark brown, oval body. The upper surface is mostly dull and glabrous, except for the lateral cilia of the pronotum and elytra. [4]

Taxonomy

Due to secondary homony with Maladera opaca , originally described as Autoserica opaca from Africa by Moser in 1924, the name Maladera opaca, originally described as Cephaloserica opaca by Frey in 1975, was replaced with the substitute name Maladera freyi by Ahrens and Fabrizi in 2016. [2]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. 1 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. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) freyi 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.
  4. ↑ Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.
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