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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 » Asiatic Garden Beetle (Maladera formosae)

Species Maladera formosae - Asiatic Garden Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Asiatic Garden Beetle - Maladera formosae

Serica from night of August 11, 2011 - Maladera formosae

2018-07-26 Small reddish scarab - Maladera formosae

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 formosae (Asiatic Garden Beetle)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Maladera castanea (Arrow 1913)

Explanation of Names

Maladera formosae (Brenske 1898)

presumably named after Formosa (the early European name for Taiwan)

Size

8-11 mm(1)

Identification

Most closely resembles Serica, but has the hind tibiae wider. Ventrites 5 thru 7 have a transverse row of spines extending the width of each segment. Backward projecting hairs on top of head

Range

native to temperate East Asia, adventive and established in e NA (NS-FL-AL to KS)(1)

Season

Jun-Sep

Food

Feeds at night on leaves of roses, chrysanthemums.

Life Cycle

Larvae are found in turf, gardens

Remarks

Comes to lights, sometimes in great numbers

earliest record in our area: NJ 1921(1)

Print References

(2)(3)

Internet References

Fact sheet (Skelley 2013)(1)

Works Cited

1.	University of Florida: Featured Creatures

2.	Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina Phillip J. Harpootlian. 2001. Clemson University Public Service.

3.	A monograph of the genus Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871 of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini) Fabrizi S, Liu W-G, Bai M, Yang X-K, Ahrens D. 2021. Zootaxa 4922: 1–400.

Contributed by Cotinis on 17 June, 2004 - 12:55pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Phillip Harpootlian, Omar Fahmy, v belov, roar, metrioptera
Last updated 17 July, 2021 - 3:38pm

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