Maladera moebiusi
| Maladera moebiusi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. moebiusi
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera moebiusi (Brenske, 1899)
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Maladera moebiusi 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 12.6 mm. They are dull, very strongly tomentose, and with shiny legs. They are blackish-brown, but brown underneath. The clypeus is broad, tapering anteriorly, widely striate and weakly punctate. The frons is shiny behind the suture, sparsely but not widely punctate. The pronotum is distinctly projecting anteriorly in the middle, the sides are straight, widening evenly posteriorly, the hind angles are right-angled, not rounded. The elytra are punctate in rows, the intervals are flat, evenly widely punctate. The pygidium is slightly tapered and densely and coarsely punctate.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) moebiusi 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.