Maladera andamana
| Maladera andamana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. andamana
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera andamana (Brenske, 1899)
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Maladera andamana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in India (the Andaman islands).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 4.5 mm. They are dull, reddish-brown, with a darker head, and with a dark green spot on the anterior margin of the pronotum, as well as dark-edged elytra. They are silky-glossy underneath. The clypeus is metallic-glossy, not tapered, finely punctate with a slight elevation behind the anterior margin. The pronotum is strongly convex, not projecting anteriorly in the middle, barely curved at the sides with somewhat pointed posterior angles, finely punctate with minute hairs. The elytra are densely, coarsely, deeply punctate in the striae and the intervals are narrow, smooth and raised. They are minutely hairy with distinct setae between them.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) andamana 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved February 17, 2026.
- ^ a b Brenske, E. (1899). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. II. Monographisch bearbeitet". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 43: 205–404. Retrieved February 17, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.