Maladera pieli

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Maladera pieli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. pieli
Binomial name
Maladera pieli
Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2021

Maladera pieli is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in China (Zhejiang). [2] [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 9.5 mm. They have a dark reddish brown, elongate body. The dorsal surface is dull (but the labroclypeus, tibiae and tarsi are shiny) and nearly glabrous, except for the lateral setae of the pronotum and elytra and a few setae on the head. [3]

Etymology

The species is named after its collector, O. Piel. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) pieli 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 December 1, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Fabrizi, Silvia; Liu, Wan-Gang; Bai, Ming; Yang, Xing-Ke; Ahrens, Dirk (2021). "A monograph of the genus Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871 of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)". Zootaxa. 4922 (1). Magnolia Pres: 1–400. Retrieved December 1, 2025.
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