Maladera fulgida
| Maladera fulgida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. fulgida
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera fulgida (Brenske, 1899)
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Maladera fulgida 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 8 mm. The clypeus is broad but not tapered, strongly margined, rounded at the sides, with a slight transverse elevation behind the anterior margin, and sparse setae behind it. The frons is finely punctate. The pronotum is strongly convex, not projecting anteriorly in the middle, the sides slightly rounded anteriorly, straight posteriorly with pointed hind angles. The elytra are densely, irregularly punctate in the striae, with minute hairs and distinct setae arranged in rows between them. The pygidium is not covered by the elytra.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) fulgida 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.