Maladera fumosa

Maladera fumosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. fumosa
Binomial name
Maladera fumosa
(Brenske, 1899)[1]
Synonyms
  • Autoserica fumosa Brenske, 1899
  • Autoserica perpendicularis Khan & Ghai, 1980
  • Autoserica tristicula Moser, 1915
  • Hyboserica globuliformis Peringuey, 1904
  • Serica pilula Sharp, 1903

Maladera fumosa is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[2] It is found in Pakistan and India (Uttarakhand, Karnataka).[3]

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.3–7 mm. They have a black, oval body, sometimes with some dark brown areas or with a dull greenish sheen. The upper surface is mostly dull and glabrous, except for the lateral cilia of the pronotum and elytra.[4]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved 5 November 2025.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
  3. ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Omaladera) fumosa 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 5 November 2025.
  4. ^ Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.