Maladera spinosa

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

Maladera spinosa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in Indonesia (Java).[2][3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 9 mm. They are oblong-oval, somewhat slender, golden-yellow with glossy legs, vividly opalescent, and distinguished by the numerous erect setae on the pronotum and elytra. The pronotum is slightly projecting at the anterior margin, the sides are barely rounded, with erect setae in the middle. The elytra are punctate in rows, with the intervals shallow, and with distinct setate punctures next to the suture and on the 2nd and 4th intervals along the row of punctures.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) spinosa 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 11, 2026.
  3. ^ a b Brenske, E. (1899). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. III" (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 44: 161–272. Retrieved February 11, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.