Maladera pauper

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

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

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.1–7.5 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. [2]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin pauper (meaning poor). [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) pauper 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.