Maladera cardoni
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. cardoni |
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| Maladera cardoni | |
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Maladera cardoni is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[2] It is found in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bhutan, China (Xizang), India (Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal) and Nepal.[3]
Description
[edit]Adults reach a length of about 5.7–8 mm. They have a yellowish-brown, oblong-oval body, while the head and pronotum are light reddish brown. The upper surface is mostly dull and glabrous, except for some setae on the head and the lateral cilia of the pronotum and elytra.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ BioLib
- ↑ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license. - ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Omaladera) cardoni 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 5, 2025.
- ↑ Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.