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Species Maladera japonica

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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)
Print References
Steury B.W., Paulsen M.J. (2022) The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia, USA. Maryland Entomol. 8: 58–79.