A revision of the Maechidiini Burmeister, 1855 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from the Indo-Australian transition zone, and the first record of the tribe west of Wallace’s Line Author Telnov, Dmitry text European Journal of Taxonomy 2020 2020-10-19 721 1 210 journal article 9693 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127 0cd61b23-1089-4c1b-bfc0-487887abad84 4122118 89E62EF8-2E45-4C59-94B7-6A5603E8939B Maechidius hirtipes Arrow, 1941 Maechidius hirtipes Arrow, 1941: 453 (original description), 456 (key). Maechidius hirtipes – Frey 1969: 496 (key). Type material BMNH ( 1♂ lectotype ) [there should be 2 syntypes in BMNH according to the original description, but only one was located. Instead, there is note from M. Bacchus dated December 1969 : “second syntype missing”]. Distribution East New Guinea (Papuan Peninsula). Remarks The hypomeron is moderately raised on the anterolateral margin, medially acute and dentate.