Maladera inaequabilis

Maladera inaequabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. inaequabilis
Binomial name
Maladera inaequabilis
(Brenske, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Autoserica inaequabilis Brenske, 1899

Maladera inaequabilis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Indonesia (Sumatra).[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.5 mm. They are brown and dull. They are very dark above with a greenish tinge. The clypeus is broad, scarcely tapered, densely finely wrinkled punctate, almost metallic-looking. The pronotum is not projecting in the middle of the anterior margin, the sides almost straight, finely punctate, with minute hairs. The scutellum is small. The elytra are punctate in rows and next to them densely irregularly, with minute hairs, the intervals only weakly demarcated.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) inaequabilis 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.
  3. ^ 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.