Maladera geniculata

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Maladera geniculata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. geniculata
Binomial name
Maladera geniculata
Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2016 [1]

Maladera geniculata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Meghalaya, India. [2]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 8–10.2 mm. They have a dark brown, oval body. The dorsal and ventral surface are dull, while the head and anterior pronotum are moderately shiny. They are nearly glabrous, except for the lateral setae of the elytra and pronotum. [3]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin geniculatus (meaning having a knot) and refers to the short and transverse antennomeres of the antennal funiculus. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) geniculata 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 6, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved November 6, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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