Maladera windy
| Maladera windy | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. windy
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera windy Ranasinghe et al., 2022[1]
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Maladera windy is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Sri Lanka.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6–6.4 mm (males) and 6.5–6.8 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 name of the species is derived from 'Windy Holiday Bungalow', where the research group stayed during the second expedition in Knuckles region.[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.