Maladera seriatoguttata

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

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

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 7.7–8.9 mm. They have a dark brown, oval body. The ventral surface, including the legs, is reddish brown, while the antennae are yellow. Most of the dorsal surface is dull, with moderately dense and erect long setae on the head, pronotum and elytra. [2]

Etymology

The species name is derived from Latin seriatus (meaning in rows) and guttatus (meaning spotted). [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 3, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) seriatoguttata 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 3, 2025.
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