Maladera pseudomollis
| Maladera pseudomollis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. pseudomollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera pseudomollis Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2014[1]
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Maladera pseudomollis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Sri Lanka and India (Tamil Nadu).[2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6.5–8 mm. They have a light reddish brown, oblong-oval body. The elytra and antennae are yellowish brown. 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 pseudomollis is combined from the prefix pseudo- (Ancient Greek, pseudes, false) and mollis, with reference to the high similarity to Maladera mollis.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Omaladera) pseudomollis 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 (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
- ^ 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.