Maladera straba
| Maladera straba | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Maladera |
| Species: | M. straba
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| Binomial name | |
| Maladera straba (Brenske, 1898)
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Maladera straba is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.[1] It is found on the Malay Peninsula and on Sumatra.[2] Reports from Sri Lanka are probably based on misidentifications[3] and reports for Madagascar are probably based on a mistaken type location.[4]
Description
Adults reach a length of about 6.6-8.1 mm. They have an oval, reddish-brown to yellowish-brown body. The upper surface is strongly glossy and glabrous, except for a few individual hairs on the head, the lateral elytral intervals and the pubescence along the lateral margin of the pronotum.[4]
References
- ^ BioLib
- ^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maladera (Maladera) straba 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
- ^ Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.
- ^ a b Ahrens, D. (2003). "Zur identität der aus Madagaskar beschriebenen Autoserica stupida Brenske, 1900 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)" (PDF). Beiträge Zur Entomologie, Berlin. 53 (1): 231–238. Retrieved February 10, 2026.