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
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journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127
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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.