Maladera nitidipes
| Maladera nitidipes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. nitidipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera nitidipes (Moser, 1915)
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Maladera nitidipes is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Indonesia (Sumbawa).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5.5 mm. They are black and dull, with shiny, dark brown legs. The head is sparsely setate and the frons is extensively and finely punctate. The antennae are brown. The pronotum is quite widely covered with punctures, the punctures with minute setae. The anterior margin and lateral margins also have setae. The elytra are slightly furrowed and punctate in rows within the furrows, while the intervals are unpunctate. Some spots have long, light-colored, protruding setae, while the remaining spots have extremely tiny setae.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) nitidipes 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 January 26, 2026.
- ^ a b Moser, J. (1915). "Weitere neue Serica-Arten (Col.)". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 76: 144–202. Retrieved January 26, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.