Maechidius esau Heller, 1914

Telnov, Dmitry, 2025, New and poorly known Papuan species of Maechidius W. S. MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Maechidiini), Zootaxa 5665 (1), pp. 58-66 : 59

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.1.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FDF8461C-A293-4B19-9B0A-6D66CA4F2502

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16608384

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B2CA79-FFCA-FFB1-8FCB-2614FE208D49

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Maechidius esau Heller, 1914
status

 

Maechidius esau Heller, 1914 View in CoL

New material studied. 10 specimens: XI 78 PNG / Morobe Umg. Kaiapit ; 6 specimens: XII 78 PNG / Morobe Umg. Kaiapit ; 1 specimen: PAPUA N. GUINEA Morobe XII.78 env. Kaiapit W.G. Ulrich ; 3 specimens: IV 79 PNG / Morobe Umg. Kaiapit ; 9 specimens: XII 79 PNG / Morobe Umg. Kaiapit .

Note. The species was previously known from northern (East Sepik Province) and eastern (Finisterre Mts.) New Guinea. The specimens from the Markham Valley discussed above probably come from the southern foothills of the Finisterre Mountains.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

SubFamily

Melolonthinae

Tribe

Maechidiini

Genus

Maechidius

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