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Maladera kostali

species of beetle

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ28925286 ↗
Source-derived summary

Maladera kostali is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in India (Tamil Nadu) and Sri Lanka.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6.5–6.9 mm. They have a reddish brown, oblong-oval body, with the elytra slightly lighter and the antennae yellowish. The dorsal surface is mostly dull and nearly glabrous, except for a few short setae on sides of the elytra.

Etymology

The species is named after one of its collectors, Mr. Kostal.

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“Maladera kostali” enters the record as species of beetle. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Maladera, kostali and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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This entry incorporates text from “Maladera kostali” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.