Maladera sumbawana

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

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5.5–6.5 mm. They are dull and brownish-red, with the back of the head and elytral apex black. The clypeus is broad and finely punctate with setae. The pronotum is not projecting anteriorly, rounded at the sides, with sharp hind angles. The elytra are densely irregularly punctate in the striae, the intervals narrow and unpunctate with scattered setae. The anterior half is brownish-red and the posterior half black. The pygidium is pointed, dull and very slightly wrinkled and punctate.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) sumbawana 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 12, 2026.
  3. ^ a b Brenske, E. (1899). "Die Serica-Arten der Erde. III" (PDF). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift. 44: 161–272. Retrieved February 12, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.