Maladera freyi is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found from eastern Nepal to Bhutan and in India (Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, West Bengal).
Description Adults reach a length of about 7–8.3 mm. They have a reddish to dark brown, oval body. The upper surface is mostly dull and glabrous, except for the lateral cilia of the pronotum and elytra.Ahrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp.
Taxonomy Due to secondary homony with Maladera opaca, originally described as Autoserica opaca from Africa by Moser in 1924, the name Maladera opaca, originally described as Cephaloserica opaca by Frey in 1975, was replaced with the substitute name Maladera freyi by Ahrens and Fabrizi in 2016.
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