Maladera deenstana
| Maladera deenstana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. deenstana
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera deenstana Ranasinghe et al., 2022[1]
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Maladera deenstana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8.2 mm. They have an oval, dark brown body. The antennae are yellow, and the dorsal surface is dull and densely minutely setose, the elytra with moderately dense, short setae.
Etymology
The species is named after its type locality 'Deenston'.[2]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Ranasinghe, Sasanka; Eberle, Jonas; Athukorala, Namal; Benjamin, Suresh P.; Ahrens, Dirk (2022-05-30). "New species of Sericini from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Part II". European Journal of Taxonomy. 821 (1): 57–101. Retrieved October 9, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.