Maladera xingkeyangi
| Maladera xingkeyangi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. xingkeyangi
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera xingkeyangi Ahrens, Fabrizi & Liu, 2021
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Maladera xingkeyangi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found in China (Fujian).[2][3]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 8.7 mm. They have a dark reddish brown, oval body, with yellowish antennae. The labroclypeus is shiny, but the remainder of the dorsal surface is dull and glabrous, except for a few long setae on the head, pronotum and elytra.[3]
Etymology
The species is dedicated to Prof. Xingke Yang.[3]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) xingkeyangi 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 December 2, 2025.
- ^ a b c 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 December 2, 2025.