Maladera indica

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Maladera indica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. indica
Binomial name
Maladera indica
(Blanchard, 1850) [1]
Synonyms
  • Omaloplia indicaBlanchard, 1850
  • Serica nilgirensisSharp, 1903
  • Autoserica singularisBrenske, 1898
  • Serica laminipesMoser, 1915

Maladera indica is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [2] It is found in India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu). [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.2 mm. They have a yellowish brown, oblong-oval body. The head and pronotum are reddish brown, while the antennae are yellow. The dorsal surface is dull and nearly glabrous, except for some setae on the head. [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) indica 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.