Maladera lonaviaensis

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Maladera lonaviaensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. lonaviaensis
Binomial name
Maladera lonaviaensis
Ahrens & Fabrizi, 2016 [1]

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

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.1–8.5 mm. They have a dark brown, oblong-oval body with yellowish antennae. They are mostly dull and the dorsal surface is nearly glabrous, except for some setae on the head and elytra. [2]

Etymology

The species name refers to its type locality, Lonavia. [2]

References

  1. BioLib
  2. 1 2 3 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) lonaviaensis 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.