Maladera floresina
| Maladera floresina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. floresina
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera floresina (Brenske, 1899)
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Maladera floresina is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Indonesia (Flores).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6.5-8 mm. They have an oblong-ovate, dull, brownish-red body, with the back of the head dark. The clypeus is broad, finely punctate with bristled punctures and a slight elevation in the middle. The pronotum is not projecting anteriorly, the sides are weakly rounded with sharply angular hind angles. The elytra have fine rows of punctures and irregular punctures in the striae, with intervals broad and flat, with some bristled punctures on the sides. The pygidium is pointed and finely punctate.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) floresina 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 12, 2026.
- ^ a b Brenske, E. (1899). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. III" (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 44: 161–272. Retrieved February 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.