Synonymy

• Autoserica secreta Brenske, 1897: 431 (original combination)
• Maladera secreta (Brenske): Murayama 1938: 12
• Autoserica takaoana Niijima & Kinoshita, 1927: 11 (synonymized by Nomura 1973: 136)
• Autoserica uyei Niijima & Kinoshita, 1927: 12 (synonymized by Nomura 1973: 136)
• Autoserica cruralis Frey, 1972: 170. (synonymized by Fabrizi et al., 2021: 22)
  • Type locality: Kuatun (2300 m) 27,40 n.Br. 117,40 ö.L.
    • Holotype: ZFMK. male ♂. 29.IV.1938. legit J. Klapperich.

Primary references

Additional references

• Fabrizi, S., Liu, W.G., Bai, M., Yang, X.K. & Ahrens, D. 2021. A monograph of the genus Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871 of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa 4922(1): 001–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4922.1.1. . Reference page. 
• Niijima, Y. & Kinoshita, E. 1927. Revision of Japanese Melolonthids and allied families. III. Research Bulletin of the College Expermental Forestry Hokkaido Imperial University 4: 1–97. Reference page. 
• Nomura, S. 1973. On the Sericini of Japan. I. Toho-Gakuho 23: 119–152. Reference page. 

Links

• Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on March 10, 2017]