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'''''Maladera barasingha''''' is a species of [[beetle]] of the family [[Scarabaeidae]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id2106876/|title=Maladera barasingha &#124; BioLib.cz}}</ref> It is found in India (Manipur).<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last= Schoolmeesters|first= P.|date= 2025|title= ''Maladera (Maladera) barasingha'' at Catalogue of Life|url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/KTVVZ|website= World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR).|location= Amsterdam, Netherlands|publisher= Catalogue of Life Foundation|access-date=November 19, 2025}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><br />
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==Description== <br />
Adults reach a length of about 8.6&nbsp;mm. They have a dark reddish brown, oval body.<ref>https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2120964</ref> They are mostly dull (but the labroclypeus is shiny) and nearly [[glabrous]], except for some single [[setae]] on the head dorsal surface.<ref name=":2">{{cite journal|last1=Gupta|first1=Devanshu|last2=Bhunia|first2=Debika|last3=Ahrens|first3=Dirk|last4=Chandra|first4=Kailash|date= 2025|title= New species and records of Sericinae from India and Nepal (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)|url= https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.11|journal= Zootaxa |volume= 5613|issue=2|publisher= Magnolia Press |pages=371–385|doi= |access-date= November 19, 2025}}</ref><br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The species is named after the India swamp deer (''[[Rucervus duvaucelii]]'') because the aedeagus resembles the antler of this animal.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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