Maladera burmeisteri
| Maladera burmeisteri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. burmeisteri
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera burmeisteri (Brenske, 1898)[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Maladera burmeisteri is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[2] It is found in India (Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu) and Nepal.[3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.4–9.8 mm. They have a dark brown, oval body. The dorsal surface is mostly dull and nearly glabrous, except for the setae of the lateral margins of the pronotum and elytra.[2]
Subspecies
- Maladera burmeisteri burmeisteri (India [Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttarakhand] and Nepal)[2]
- Maladera burmeisteri alternans (Frey, 1975) (Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu)[2]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ a b c d Fabrizi, Silvia; Ahrens, Dirk (2016). "A monograph of Sericini of India (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum. 65: 1–355. Retrieved November 3, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) burmeisteri 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 November 3, 2025.