Maladera iuga
| Maladera iuga | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. iuga
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera iuga Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2014[1]
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Maladera iuga is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8.5-9.9 mm. They have a reddish brown, oval body with a dull iridescent shine. The antennae are yellow. The dorsal surface is dull and glabrous, except for a few small setae on the head and the lateral margins of the pronotum and elytra.
Etymology
The name of the species is derived from Latin iugus (meaning united) and refers to the shape of the parameres having a very short and immotile basal lobe.[2]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2014). "A Monograph of the Sericini of Sri Lanka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 61: 1–129. Retrieved October 15, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.