Maladera affinis
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. affinis
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera affinis | |
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Maladera affinis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[2] It is found in India (Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Assam, Bihar, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal), Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. It is an introduced species in La Réunion and Madagascar.[3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.5 mm. They have an ovate, reddish-brown, dull and opalescent body. The frons is finely punctate. The pronotum is straight anteriorly in the middle with angularly protruding anterior angles, the lateral margin slightly curved anteriorly, straight posteriorly with slightly rounded posterior angles, the surface finely punctate. The scutellum has fine hairs. The elytra are punctate in rows, with very slightly raised intervals. The abdomen has distinct rows of setae.[4]
References
- ^ 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) affinis 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.
- ^ Brenske, E. (1900). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. IV". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 45: 39–96. Retrieved February 10, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.