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                  New and poorly known Papuan species of Maechidius W.S. MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Maechidiini)
Creators
- 1. Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD, London, United Kingdom & Coleopterological Research Center, Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Vienības iela 13, LV-5401, Daugavpils, Latvia & Institute of Biology, University of Latvia, O. Vācieša iela 4, LV-1004, Rīga, Latvia
 
Description
      Telnov, Dmitry (2025): New and poorly known Papuan species of Maechidius W.S. MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Maechidiini). Zootaxa 5665 (1): 58-66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5665.1.3, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5665.1.3
    
  
            
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Identifiers
- URL
 - https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/311551
 - LSID
 - urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FDF8461C-A293-4B19-9B0A-6D66CA4F2502
 - LSID
 - urn:lsid:plazi.org:pub:FF8BB201FFCBFFB08F5C2557FFF18910
 - URL
 - http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF8BB201FFCBFFB08F5C2557FFF18910
 
References
- Britton, E.B. (1957) A Revision of Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Volume I. The trustees of the British Museum, London, 185 pp.
 - Narakusumo, R.P. & Balke, M. (2019) Four new species of Epholcis Waterhouse from the Moluccas, Indonesia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Maechidiini). Treubia, 46, 35-50.
 - Prokofiev, A.M. (2022) New species and records of Maechidius Macleay, 1819 from New Guinea (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Zootaxa, 5205 (5), 445-462. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5205.5.3
 - Telnov, D. (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, 1-210. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127
 - Weir, T.A., Lawrence, J.F., Lemann, C. & Gunter, N.L. (2019) Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae Leach, 1819. In: Slipinski, A. & Lawrence, J.F. (Eds.), Australian Beetles. Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga (part). Vol. II. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, pp. 467-507.