Maladera brevis
| Maladera brevis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. brevis |
| Binomial name | |
| Maladera brevis | |
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Maladera brevis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in southern India and Sri Lanka.
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 7-7.3 mm. They have a blackish to dark brown, short oval body, with yellow antennae. The dorsal surface is dull (but sometimes iridescent and moderately shiny) and glabrous except for a few small setae on the head and lateral margins of the pronotum and elytra.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ 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.
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