Maladera straba is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.BioLib It is found on the Malay Peninsula and on Sumatra. Reports from Sri Lanka are probably based on misidentificationsAhrens, D. 2004. Monographie der Sericini des Himalaya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Dissertation.de – Verlag im Internet GmbH, Berlin, 534 pp. and reports for Madagascar are probably based on a mistaken type location.
Description Adults reach a length of about 6.6–8.1 mm. They have an oval, reddish-brown to yellowish-brown body. The upper surface is strongly glossy and glabrous, except for a few individual hairs on the head, the lateral elytral intervals and the pubescence along the lateral margin of the pronotum.
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