Maechidius aenescens Heller, 1910

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.16608376
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B2CA79-FFCA-FFB1-8FCB-2588FE1288BD
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Maechidius aenescens Heller, 1910
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Maechidius aenescens Heller, 1910 View in CoL

New material studied. 4♀: XII 78 PNG / Morobe Umg. Wau ; 2♀: Papua Nlle Guine’e Morobe i.80 env. de Gurakor W. G. Ullrich .

Note. A species of northern and northeastern New Guinea. First record from the Morobe Province. As yet only female specimens are known.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Scarabaeidae
Genus	Maechidius

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