Maladera sujitrae

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Maladera sujitrae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. sujitrae
Binomial name
Maladera sujitrae
Sreedevi, Ranasinghe, Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2019

Maladera sujitrae is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. [1] It is found in India (Kerala). [2] [3]

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 8.9 mm. They have an oval body. The dorsal and ventral surface are dark brown and the antennae are yellowish. The dorsal surface is dull, but the labroclypeus is shiny. They are nearly glabrous, except for some single setae on the dorsal surface of the head. [3]

Etymology

The species is dedicated to the collector of the species, M. Sujitra. [3]

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) sujitrae 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 19, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Sreedevi, K.; Ranasinghe, S.; Fabrizi, S.; Ahrens, D. (2019). "New species and records of Sericini from the Indian subcontinent (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) II". European Journal of Taxonomy. 567: 1–26. Retrieved November 19, 2025. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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