Maladera holosericea

Maladera holosericea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Maladera
Species:	M. holosericea
Binomial name
Maladera holosericea (Scopoli, 1772)
Synonyms
Scarabaeus holosericeusScopoli, 1772 Omaloplia fuscaMulsant, 1842 Melolontha pellucidaSchonherr, 1817 Melolontha berolinensisHerbst, 1786 Scarabaeus fumosusGeoffroy, 1785 Scarabaeus lamellatusGeoffroy, 1785 Melolontha variabilisFabricius, 1776 Scarabaeus pellucidulusSulzer, 1776 Scarabaeus sulzeriFuessly, 1775

Maladera holosericea is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in Europe (Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China (Beijing, Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Tianjin, Xinjiang) and Korea. ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7–8.7 mm. They have a brown to blackish brown body. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) holosericea 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. Kim, J. I. (2011). "Insect Fauna of Korea. Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Pleurosticti". Insect Fauna of Korea. 12 (1): 1–252. Retrieved November 28, 2025.