Maladera rufoplagiata
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. rufoplagiata
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Maladera rufoplagiata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[2] It is found in China (Yunnan), northern Vietnam, eastern Nepal, India (Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh), Bhutan, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and the Malay Peninsula.[3][2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 4.7–5.3 mm. They have a black, short, oval body, the head and pronotum with a faint greenish shine. The elytra are yellowish to reddish-brown with black margins, and each elytron with a black spot. The upper surface is dull and glabrous, except for a few setae on the head and the lateral cilia of the pronotum and elytra.[4]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ a b Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved November 4, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) rufoplagiata 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 4, 2025.
- ^ Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.