Maladera tomentosa

Maladera tomentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. tomentosa
Binomial name
Maladera tomentosa
(Frey, 1972)
Synonyms
  • Cephaloserica tomentosa Frey, 1972

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

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6 mm. The upper surface is blackish-brown, dull and tomentose and the clypeus is shiny. The underside and antennae are brown. The anterior and lateral margins of the pronotum, as well as lateral margins of the elytra are sparsely fringed with cilia. Tiny setae are present in the punctures of the pronotum and elytra. On the elytra, there are also a few very scattered, longer, whitish, erect setae.[3]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Omaladera) tomentosa 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 18, 2026.
  3. ^ a b Frey, G. (1972). "Neue Sericinen aus Indien und Indochina sowie Abbildungen von Parameren bekannter Arten (Col., Scarab., Melolonthinae)" (PDF). Entomologische Arbeiten Aus Dem Museum G.Frey. 23: 186–216. Retrieved February 18, 2026.