Maechidius weigeli Telnov, 2020

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 : 65

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.16608421

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B2CA79-FFCC-FFB7-8FCB-2135FB308C20

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Maechidius weigeli Telnov, 2020
status

 

Maechidius weigeli Telnov, 2020 View in CoL

New material studied. 13 specimens: PAPUA N. GUINEA Onerunka XII 80 nr Kainantu W. G. Ulrich .

Note. Originally described from the westernmost part of the Central Cordillera of New Guinea (Nabire surroundings and Wapoga River Valley) of New Guinea. The new record from the Aiyura Valley in the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea significantly expands the known area of the species.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Maechidius

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