Maladera naveeni

Maladera naveeni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Maladera
Species:	M. naveeni
Binomial name
Maladera naveeni Sreedevi, Ranasinghe, Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2019

Maladera naveeni is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[1] It is found in India (Karnataka). ^{[2] [3]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.2 mm. They have a dark reddish brown, oblong-oval body. The elytra are reddish brown and the antennae are yellowish. The dorsal surface is dull, while the labroclypeus is shiny. They are glabrous, except for a few short setae on the sides of the elytra. ^[3]

Etymology

The species is dedicated to the collector of the species, R. Naveen. ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) naveeni 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 19, 2025.
3. Sreedevi, K.; Ranasinghe, S.; Fabrizi, S.; Ahrens, D. (2019). "New species and records of Sericini from the Indian subcontinent (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) II". European Journal of Taxonomy. 567: 1–26. Retrieved November 19, 2025.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.