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 popei ( Frey, 1969 ) comb. nov. Paramaechidius popei Frey, 1969: 505 key, 508 (original description). Type material BMNH ( holotype , 1 ♂ paratype ), NHMB ( 1 paratype ). Distribution Bismarck Range of Central New Guinea and Papuan Peninsula (East new Guinea ). Frey (1969) erroneously gives “ New Britain N. coast” [ Bismarck Archipelago ] in the key, but “S. E. Bismarck Range Topu [sic♂], 6000 ft. ” in the original description, and does not mention any paratype from Boneno.