Catalogue of Diplotaxini (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Melolonthinae) of the Old World Author Bezdĕk, Aleš text Zootaxa 2004 2004-03-16 463 1 1 90 https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.463.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.463.1.1 1175­5334 5028548 Empecta maculipennis Blanchard, 1850 Empecta maculipennis Blanchard, 1850: 153 ; Burmeister, 1855: 287 ; Gemminger and Harold, 1869: 1162 (catalogue); Künckel d’Herculais, 1887 : pl. 11; Alluaud, 1900: 265 ; Dalla Torre, 1912: 168 (catalogue); Dewailly, 1950: 234 ; Lacroix, 1989: 57 Type locality: " Madagascar " . Distribution: Madagascar ( Blanchard, 1850 , Dewailly, 1950 ; Lacroix, 1989 ).