Maladera iridicauda
| Maladera iridicauda | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. iridicauda
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera iridicauda (Fairmaire, 1893)
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Maladera iridicauda is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Vietnam.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 10 mm. They are black, slightly dull and very strongly opalescent. The clypeus is broad, the corners broadly rounded, slightly marginate, very dull and finely punctate with scattered setae, and with the suture quite indistinct. The pronotum is almost straight at the sides, with angular hind angles, rather strongly but not densely punctate. The scutellum is large, broad and pointed. The elytra are densely, coarsely, irregularly punctate in the striae, the intervals strongly raised and unpunctate. The pygidium is pointed and densely punctate.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) iridicauda 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.