Maladera secreta

Maladera secreta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Maladera
Species:	M. secreta
Binomial name
Maladera secreta (Brenske, 1898) [1]
Synonyms
Autoserica secretaBrenske, 1898 Maladera cruralisAhrens, 2006 Autoserica takaoanaNiijima & Kinoshita, 1927 Autoserica uyeiNiijima & Kinoshita, 1927

Maladera secreta is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang), Taiwan, Japan and Vietnam. ^[2]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 9.1 mm. They have an oblong, reddish brown body. The antennae are yellowish and the surface is dull. ^[3]

Subspecies

• Maladera secreta secreta (China [Fujian, Guangdong, Hubei, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang], Japan, Vietnam)
• Maladera secreta horaianaNomura, 1974 (Taiwan)

References

1. BioLib
2. Catalogue of Life
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), pp. 1-400