Maladera krombeini

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Maladera krombeini
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. krombeini
Binomial name
Maladera krombeini
Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2014 [1]

Maladera krombeini is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.8-7.4 mm. They have a yellowish brown, oblong-oval body. The dorsal surface is dull and glabrous, except for a few small setae on the head and the lateral margins of the pronotum and elytra.

Etymology

The species is named after K.V. Krombein, one of the collectors in the Sri Lanka project of the Smithsonian Insititute. [2]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2014). "A Monograph of the Sericini of Sri Lanka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 61: 1–129. Retrieved October 15, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.