Maladera pseudomollis

Maladera pseudomollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Maladera
Species:	M. pseudomollis
Binomial name
Maladera pseudomollis Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2014 [1]

Maladera pseudomollis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Sri Lanka and India (Tamil Nadu). ^[2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.5-8 mm. They have a light reddish brown, oblong-oval body. The elytra and antennae are yellowish brown. The dorsal surface is dull and glabrous, except for a few small setae on the head and the lateral margins of the pronotum and elytra.

Etymology

The name pseudomollis is combined from the prefix pseudo- (Ancient Greek, pseudes, false) and mollis, with reference to the high similarity to Maladera mollis . ^[3]

References

1. BioLib
2. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Omaladera) pseudomollis 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.
3. Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2014). "A Monograph of the Sericini of Sri Lanka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 61: 1–129. Retrieved October 15, 2025.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.