Maladera keralensis

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Maladera keralensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. keralensis
Binomial name
Maladera keralensis
(Frey, 1972) [1]
Synonyms
  • Autoserica keralensisFrey, 1972

Maladera keralensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [2] It is found in India (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala). [3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 8 mm. They have a dark brown, oblong-oval body with yellowish antennae. They are mostly shiny, although only weakly in case of the pronotum. The dorsal surface is 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 4, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) keralensis 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 4, 2025.