Maladera muscula
| Maladera muscula | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. muscula
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera muscula (Frey, 1972)
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Maladera muscula is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Cambodia and Thailand.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5 mm. The upper and lower surfaces are dark reddish-brown, dull and tomentose. The clypeus is shiny and the antennae are light brown. There are a few setae beside the eye margins and on the sides of the pronotum, elytra, and at the tip of the pygidium. The rest of the upper surface is glabrous.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) muscula 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 18, 2026.
- ^ a b Frey, G. (1972). "Neue Sericinen aus Indien und Indochina sowie Abbildungen von Parameren bekannter Arten (Col., Scarab., Melolonthinae)" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey. 23: 186–216. Retrieved February 18, 2026.