Maladera brevis

Maladera brevis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maladera
Species:
M. brevis
Binomial name
Maladera brevis
(Blanchard, 1850)[1]
Synonyms
  • Omaloplia brevis Blanchard, 1850
  • Autoserica brevis
  • Autoserica chalybaea Brenske, 1898

Maladera brevis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in southern India and Sri Lanka.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 7-7.3 mm. They have a blackish to dark brown, short oval body, with yellow antennae. The dorsal surface is dull (but sometimes iridescent and moderately shiny) and glabrous except for a few small setae on the head and lateral margins of the pronotum and elytra.[2]

References

  1. ^ BioLib
  2. ^ Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2014). "A Monograph of the Sericini of Sri Lanka (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 61: 1–129. Retrieved October 23, 2025.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.