Maladera ruficollis
| Maladera ruficollis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. ruficollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera ruficollis (Brenske, 1899)
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Maladera ruficollis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Thailand.[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.3–7.5 mm. They are dull, faintly opalescent and reddish-brown, with the elytra blackish-blue-green. The clypeus is strongly punctate and the frons is very large and broad. The pronotum is rounded posteriorly at the sides, with obtuse posterior angles that are broadly rounded, the marginal setae are short. The surface is rather densely punctate, somewhat more sparsely in the middle, the punctures are distinct, not very fine. The scutellum is small, and the elytra are striated with raised striations, the intervals unpunctate and narrow, densely and rather coarsely punctate within the striations. The pygidium tapers towards the apex.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) ruficollis 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 16, 2026.
- ^ a b Brenske, E. (1899). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. II. Monographisch bearbeitet". Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 43: 205–404. Retrieved February 16, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.