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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Scarabaeoidea » Scarab Beetles (Scarabaeidae) » May Beetles and Junebugs (Melolonthinae) » Sericini » Maladera » Maladera japonica

Species Maladera japonica

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Print References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Scarabaeidae (Scarab Beetles)
Subfamily Melolonthinae (May Beetles and Junebugs)
Tribe Sericini
Genus Maladera
Species japonica (Maladera japonica)
Explanation of Names
Maladera japonica (Motschulsky 1860)
Range
native to E. Asia. Reported from VA (Steury & Paulsen 2022).
Remarks
Recently introduced from Asia (may have shown up in the last 20 years or so, per Paul Lago).
Print References
Steury BW and Paulsen MJ. 2022. The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway,
Virginia, USA. The Maryland Entomologist 8(2):58–79.
Contributed by Guy A. Hanley on 4 April, 2016 - 11:19am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, nebbeetle, v belov
Last updated 1 September, 2022 - 10:37am

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