Maladera woodi

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Maladera woodi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. woodi
Binomial name
Maladera woodi
Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2014 [1]

Maladera woodi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 8.8 mm. They have a dark brown, oval body, with dark yellowish antennae. The dorsal surface is dull, with fine, sparse erect setae on the head, pronotum and elytra.

Etymology

The species is named after one of its collectors, B.L. Wood. [2]

References

  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. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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