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Maechidius milneanus Heller 1914

  • 1. Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW 7 5 BD, 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, Miera iela 3, LV – 2169, Salaspils, Latvia

Description

Maechidius milneanus Heller, 1914

Maechidius milneanus Heller, 1914: 626 (key), 628 (original description).

Maechidius milneanus – Frey 1969: 495 (key).

Type material

SNSD (♀ lectotype, 1 ♀ paralectotype).

Distribution

Milne Bay, SE tip of Papuan Peninsula, New Guinea.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-210 in European Journal of Taxonomy 721 on page 193, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/4122118

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Maechidius
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Heller
Species
milneanus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Maechidius milneanus Heller, 1914 sec. Telnov, 2020

References

  • Heller K. M. 1914. Coleoptera. Nova Guinea. Resultats de l'Expedition scientifique neerlandaise a la Nouvelle-Guinee en 1907 et 1909 sous les auspices du Dr. H. A. Lorentz. Zoologie 9: 615 - 666.
  • Frey G. 1969. Revision der Maechidius - Arten Neu-Guineas (Col., Melolonth.). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey 20: 494 - 509.