Maladera sordida

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

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7–9 mm. They are brown, dull, without a silky sheen, but faintly opalescent. The clypeus is broad, almost angular, the angles only slightly rounded, densely and rather coarsely punctate, and more or less wrinkled, with a few coarser punctures on the anterior margin, bearing very short setae. The suture is quite indistinct. The pronotum is somewhat shortened, strongly projecting anteriorly in the middle, gradually widening posteriorly, without strongly rounded sides, with weakly rounded hind angles. The marginal setae are short and the surface is fairly densely covered with strong punctures with minute hairs. The scutellum is rather broad and pointed. The elytra are broadly but flatly striated, with confused punctation in the rows, the intervals less dense, and with fine tiny hairs everywhere in the punctures. The marginal setae are short.[3]

References

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