Maladera neotridentipes

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

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

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 10.3 mm. They have a dark reddish brown, oblong-oval body. They are dull and the dorsal surface is nearly glabrous, except for some setae on the head. [2]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin tri- (meaning three), dens (meaning tooth) and pes (meaning limp), as well as the Greek prefix neo- (meaning new). [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) neotridentipes 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.