Maladera orientalis
| Maladera orientalis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. orientalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera orientalis (Motschulsky, 1858)
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Maladera orientalis is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in China (Beijing, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Hubei, Hunan, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang), Japan, North Korea, South Korea, the Russian Far East and Taiwan.[2]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 7.6 mm. They have a dark brown, dull, oval body. The antennae are yellow. The labroclypeus is moderately shiny. They are glabrous, except for a few short setae on the head and lateral margins of the pronotum and elytra.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Omaladera) orientalis 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 19, 2025.
- ^ Fabrizi, Silvia; Liu, Wan-Gang; Bai, Ming; Yang, Xing-Ke; Ahrens, Dirk (2021). "A monograph of the genus Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871 of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)". Zootaxa. 4922 (1). Magnolia Pres: 1–400. Retrieved November 19, 2025.