Maladera bandarwelana
| Maladera bandarwelana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. bandarwelana
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera bandarwelana Fabrizi & Ahrens, 2014[1]
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Maladera bandarwelana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.[2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 9.7–11.2 mm. They have an oval dark brown body. The antennae are yellow.
Etymology
The species is named after the type location 'Bandarwela'.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2014). "New species of Sericini from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Part II". Bonn Zoological Bulletin. 61. Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig: 1–124. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
- ^ Ranasinghe, Sasanka; Eberle, Jonas; Athukorala, Namal; Benjamin, Suresh P.; Ahrens, Dirk (2022-05-30). "A Monograph of the Sericini of Sri Lanka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy (1): 57–101. Retrieved October 9, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.