Maladera dambullana
| Maladera dambullana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. dambullana
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera dambullana Ranasinghe et al., 2022[1]
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Maladera dambullana is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5.6–6.7 mm (males) and 6–6.5 mm (females). They have a short oval, yellowish brown body. The antennae are yellow, and the dorsal surface is shiny and densely finely setose.
Etymology
The species is named after its type locality 'Dambulla'.[2]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Ranasinghe, Sasanka; Eberle, Jonas; Athukorala, Namal; Benjamin, Suresh P.; Ahrens, Dirk (2022-05-30). "New species of Sericini from Sri Lanka (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Part II". European Journal of Taxonomy. 821 (1): 57–101. Retrieved October 9, 2025. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.