Maladera caifensis
| Maladera caifensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. caifensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Maladera caifensis | |
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Maladera caifensis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[2] It is found in India (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu).[3][2]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 6.5-7 mm. They are yellow and shiny, with the head, pronotum, scutellum and legs reddish-yellow. The frons is moderately densely punctate and the antennae are yellow. The pronotum is fairly densely punctate and the elytra have rows of punctures, with the intervals moderately densely punctate.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ BioLib
- 1 2 Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license. - ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Omaladera) caifensis 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 6, 2025.
- ↑ Moser, J. (1918). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Melolonthiden. (Col.) VII" (PDF). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift: 293–356. Retrieved January 19, 2026. Description of Autoserica flavipennis