Maladera iridescens is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in India (Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, West Bengal), Nepal and Pakistan.
Description Adults reach a length of about 9.2 mm. They have a black, broadly oval body. The upper surface is mostly dull and glabrous, except for some setae on the head and 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.
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