Maladera haldwaniensis

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Maladera haldwaniensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. haldwaniensis
Binomial name
Maladera haldwaniensis
Ahrens, 2004 [1]

Maladera haldwaniensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [2] It is found in India (Sikkim). [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.4–7 mm. They have a light to dark reddish-brown, oval body. The head and pronotum sometimes have a faint greenish shine. The upper surface is dull and glabrous, except for a few setae on the head and the lateral cilia of the pronotum and elytra. [4]

Etymology

The species name is derived from its type locality, Haldwani. [4]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved November 5, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) haldwaniensis 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 5, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.