Maladera setosa

Maladera setosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Maladera
Species:	M. setosa
Binomial name
	Maladera setosa; (Brenske, 1896)
Synonyms
	Serica setosaBrenske, 1896 ; Autoserica cinereaBrenske, 1898 ;

Last updated November 08, 2025

Maladera setosa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Sri Lanka ^[2] and on the whole Indian subcontinent, up to the foothills of the Himalayas and eastern Burma.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.1–6.3 mm. They have a yellowish brown, oblong-oval body, with yellow antennae. The dorsal surface is shiny and the entire body is covered with dense, long hairs, between the surface of the elytra and pronotum, these are extremely dense and very fine.^[3]

References

↑ BioLib
↑ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2014). "A Monograph of the Sericini of Sri Lanka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 61: 1–129. Retrieved October 23, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
↑ Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.

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[1] BioLib

[2] Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2014). "A Monograph of the Sericini of Sri Lanka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 61: 1–129. Retrieved October 23, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[3] Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.

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