Maladera mutabilis

Maladera mutabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Maladera
Species:	M. mutabilis
Binomial name
Maladera mutabilis (Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
Melolontha mutabilisFabricius, 1775 Autoserica pygmaeaFrey, 1972 Serica barwayanaBrenske, 1896 Melolontha globosaHerbst, 1790

Maladera mutabilis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[2] It is found in Indonesia (Java) and India (Tamil Nadu). ^[3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.6–6.4 mm. They have a reddish-brown, oval body. The upper surface is mostly dull and glabrous, except for some hairs on the head and elytra and the lateral cilia of the pronotum and elytra. ^[4]

Taxonomy

Some works incorrectly consider Olivier (1789) as the author of this species or even interpreted M. mutabilis (Olivier) as a homonym of M. mutabilis (Fabriciues). However, no syntypes of Olivier's M. mutabilis have been located and it is very likely that Melolontha mutabilis (Olivier, 1789) is a nomen nudum. ^[2]

References

1. BioLib
2. Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved November 6, 2025.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
3. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Hemiserica) mutabilis 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 6, 2025.
4. Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.