Maladera xanthoptera

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

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

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Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.8–6.1 mm. They have a yellowish brown, oval body. The head, club of the antennae, anterior portion and disc of the pronotum, margins of the elytra and ventral surface are all dark brown to black, the dark parts of the pronotum and head with a greenish shine. The dorsal surface is dull and nearly glabrous, except for some setae on the head. [2]

Etymology

The species name is derived from the Latinised Greek words xanthos (meaning yellow) and pteron (meaning wing) and refers to the yellow elytra. [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) xanthoptera 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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