Maechidius, Macleay, 1819

Telnov, Dmitry, 2020, 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, European Journal of Taxonomy 721, pp. 1-210 : 201-203

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:89E62EF8-2E45-4C59-94B7-6A5603E8939B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4344489

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1A3787F6-9DD4-9291-FD24-FB78CCDC2B7D

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Valdenar

scientific name

Maechidius
status

 

Maechidius View in CoL spp.

INDONESIA • 3 ♀♀; “[sp.2]: INDONESIA, N-Molukken Bacan Labuha, Hotel “Buana Lipu” 0°39’0”N [sic♂ Labuha is in Southern Hemisphere], 127°29’6”E, 12.I.2006 leg. A. Skale LF hotel + plantage”; ASC. This species is close to M. arcuatus comb. nov., M. cakalele comb. nov. and M. obiensis comb. nov. but specifically different .

PAPUA NEW GUINEA • 12 ♀♀; “ TERR. PAPUA & NEW GUINEA: Maprik. 28.x.1957. J.Smart. // Brit. Mus. 1957-693. [p]”, BMNH. This species is undoubtedly related to M. esau but the pronotum is more strongly constricted anteriorly in all studied females .

PAPUA NEW GUINEA • 1 ♀; “[sp.9]: Stn. No. 46.// NEW GUINEA: Madang Distr., Finisterre Mts. Damanti 3,550 ft. 2-11.x.1964 // M.E. Bacchus. B.M. 1965-120// Maechidius opatroides Arr. det.G.Frey,1967/68”; BMNH. This species is close to M. heterosquamosus Heller, 1910 but specifically different.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA • 1 ♀; “Stn. No. 46. // NEW GUINEA: Madang Distr., Finisterre Mts. Damanti 3,550 ft. 2-11.x.1964 // M.E. Bacchus. B.M. 1965-120 // 20 prope M. Arrowi det.G.frey,1967/68”; BMNH. Close to M. paupianus but specifically different.

INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “[sp.6]: N. DUTCH NEW GUINEA: Waigeu. Mt. Nok. Camp 2. (Buffelhorn) vi.1938. L.E.Cheesman. B.M.1938-593”; BMNH. Close to M. angusticeps and M. muticus , impossible to identify.

INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “ DUTCH NEW GUINEA: Humboldt Bay Dist. Bewani Mts. ix.1937.// W.Stüber. B.M. 1938-177”; BMNH. Close to M. interruptocarinulatus .

PAPUA NEW GUINEA • 6 ♀♀; “N.E. NEW GUINEA: Saiko, 5,500 -6,000 ft. Bubu River (Upper Waria River.) Sept.-Oct. 1936.// F.Shaw-Mayer. B.M.1937-350”; BMNH. Close to M. fraterculus and M. seriegranosus but larger and specifically different.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA • 4 ♀♀; “[sp.10]: PAPUA: Kokoda. 1,200ft. viii.1933. L.E.Cheesman. B.M.1933-577”; BMNH. Same as previous lot .

PAPUA NEW GUINEA • 1 ♀; “[sp.11]: Papua N. Guinea Central Prov. Yule Island . // 10 Jan 1978 at black light Coll. Ento. Staff // 29312 // C.I.E. COLL. A10223”; BMNH. Similar to M. seriegranosus but larger and specifically different .

PAPUA NEW GUINEA • 1 ♀; “[sp.15]: Stn. No. 137. // NEW GUINEA: Morobe Dist. , Herzog Mts., Vagau, C. 4,000 ft. 4-17.i.1965. // M.E. Bacchus. B.M. 1965-120”; BMNH .

INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “[sp.4]: INDONESIA E, New Guinea, Papua Prov. , Star Mountains , Oksibil 23 km SSE, Beringin vill., 05°05’01”S, 140°43’27”E, 310 m, 12.III.2018, secondary lowland rainforest, MV light, leg. D.Telnov ”; DTC. Member of the M. pauxillus group, but not a female of any species reviewed in current paper GoogleMaps .

INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “[sp.1]: Indonesia, N. MOLUCCAS, BACAN ISL., 500-700 M alt., SE slopes of MT. SIBELA 5 km SE of MAKIAN vill., 2.- 15.5.2008, St. Jakl lgt”; IECA. This is peculiar species with no externally close relatives.

INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “[sp.5]: Indonesia, West Papua, ARFAK Mts., 1190 m alt., DUEBEI env., 21.1.- 8.2.2008, cca 20 km S of Wamere, Manokwari distr. , S. Jakl lgt”; IECA. This species is close to M. sougb sp. nov. but specifically different .

PAPUA NEW GUINEA • 1 ♀; “[sp.7]: Muruk Nlle Bretagne 1.98 P. de Coninck // Expe speleo Nlle Guinee FFSI 11.1198 // New Britain Nakanai Mts. Nuruk cave ”; IECA. This is a peculiar species close to M. caperatus sp. nov .

INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “[sp.12]: INDONESIA, Papua: Jayapura Distr.; 5 km NE of Sentani S slopes of Cycloops [sic♂] Mts., Gn. Ifar 02°32.8’S, 140°33.2’E, 315 m J.Hájek & J.Šumpich leg., 30.i.2015 // coll. general National Museum Prague, Czech Republic ”; IECA. Close to M. paupianus and M. vicinus but specifically different.

INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “[sp.13]: Coll. I. R.Sc.N.B. SULAWESI Utara Ice Station Zebra (1570m) 03.XI.1985, station: 081 Leg. J. Van Stalle ”; IRSN. Similar to Sulawesi congeners but specifically different .

INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “[sp.16]: INDONESIA E, W New Guinea, Doberai Peninsula , Arfak mts , Anggi Gigi Lake S env., Uper vill. & surroundings, 1°18’10”S, 133°54’03”E, 08-09.IX.2015, 1985 m, primary mid montane rainforest, white light, leg. D.Telnov ”; DTC. Similar to M. interruptocarinulatus but specifically different GoogleMaps .

INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “[sp.4]: INDONESIA E, New Guinea, Papua Prov. , Star Mountains, Oksibil, 4°54’17”S, 140°38’09”E, 1320 m, 09.III.2018, white light, leg. D.Telnov ”; DTC. This is a peculiar species with no externally close relatives GoogleMaps .

INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “ INDONESIA, West Papua prov. [sic ♂ Misool Island belongs to Raja Ampat administrative province] E. Moluccas [sic! Misool Island is not a part of the Moluccan Islands administrative area], Misool I. XI.2016, 0-500 m alt. local collector leg.”; IECA. Member of the M. pauxillus group, not possible to identify .

INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “ INDONESIA Irian Jaya Nabire,S, km 120-150 Unipo-Ebomani [sic ♂] 09.I.1997 leg. A.Weigel ”; NME. Species of the M. pauxillus group .

INDONESIA • 1 ♀; “[sp.8]: IRIAN JAYA, Japen [sic ♂] Isl. (north coast), Tindaret 50-100 m, 21.XII.2000, leg. A. RIEDEL”; SMNS .

PAPUA NEW GUINEA • 1 ♀; “ D.Neuguinea Rawinnson Geb. [p, blue label]// 1914 [p] 16 [h]// Staatl. Museum für Tierkunde Dresden [p]“; SNSD .

PAPUA NEW GUINEA • 1 ♀; „[sp.14]: Fergusson I. ix. x. xii. xii. 98, (A. S. Mee). [p] // Coll. C. Felsche Kauf 20, 1918 [p, blue label]// Staatl. Museum für Tierkunde Dresden [p]”; SNSD .

BMNH

United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]

IECA

Czech Republic, Budejovice, Czech Academy of Science, Institute of Entomology

FFSI

FFSI

IRSN

Belgium, Brussels, Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

SMNS

Germany, Stuttgart, Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde

SNSD

SNSD

NEW

University of Newcastle

MV

University of Montana Museum

MT

Mus. Tinro, Vladyvostok

IECA

Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Entomology

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

IRSN

Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

NME

Sammlung des Naturkundemseum Erfurt

SMNS

Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkund Stuttgart

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

SubFamily

Melolonthinae

Tribe

Maechidiini

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