Maladera rufoplagiata

Maladera rufoplagiata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Maladera
Species:	M. rufoplagiata
Binomial name
Maladera rufoplagiata (Fairmaire, 1893) [1]
Synonyms
Homaloplia rufoplagiataFairmaire, 1893 Autoserica rufoplagiata Autoserica birmanicaBrenske, 1898

Maladera rufoplagiata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. ^[2] It is found in China (Yunnan), northern Vietnam, eastern Nepal, India (Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh), Bhutan, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and the Malay Peninsula. ^{[3] [2]}

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4.7–5.3 mm. They have a black, short, oval body, the head and pronotum with a faint greenish shine. The elytra are yellowish to reddish-brown with black margins, and each elytron with a black spot. The upper surface is dull and glabrous, except for a few setae on the head and the lateral cilia of the pronotum and elytra. ^[4]

References

1. BioLib
2. Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved November 4, 2025.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
3. Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) rufoplagiata 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.
4. Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.