Maladera peguana

Maladera peguana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. peguana
Binomial name
Maladera peguana
(Brenske, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Autoserica peguana Brenske, 1899

Maladera peguana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Myanmar.[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7 mm. They are reddish-brown, dull, opalescent and weak setae. The clypeus is broad, tapering anteriorly, weakly margined, widely punctate, the intervals shiny, with a slight elevation in the middle. The suture is fine but sharp, the frons finely punctate. The pronotum is almost straight laterally, the setae short, the posterior angles rounded, finely and rather densely punctate, with minute hairs, the anterior margin not curved outwards in the middle. The elytra are striated by deep punctures arranged in rows at regular intervals. Between these are coarse but less deep punctures bearing a minute hair, more or less densely spaced, so that the intervals appear evenly punctate here, and the rows extend only on the single punctate striae. The marginal setae are short, with a short seta here and there next to the margin. The pygidium is pointed, very dense, rather coarsely punctate with a midline free of punctures, and has tiny but distinct hairs.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) peguana 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.
  3. ^ 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.