Maechidius helleri ( Frey, 1969 ) Telnov, 2020

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, European Journal of Taxonomy 721, pp. 1-210 : 189

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:89E62EF8-2E45-4C59-94B7-6A5603E8939B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4344405
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1A3787F6-9DA0-92E7-FD8B-FC41CA042DFA
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Maechidius helleri ( Frey, 1969 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Maechidius helleri ( Frey, 1969) View in CoL comb. nov.

Paramaechidius helleri Frey, 1969: 504 View in CoL key, 506 (original description).

Type material

BPBM (♀ holotype), NHMB (♀ paratype).

Distribution

New Britain of Bismarck Archipelago. Frey (1969) gives “S. E. Bismarck Range Tipu, 6000 ft. ” in the key [Central Cordillera of New Guinea, Bismarck Range], but “New Britain Sio. N. Coast” in the original description. Moreover, Sio is a settlement on the northern coast of New Guinea’s Huon Peninsula and not on New Britain.

References

Abbreviations

BPBM	USA, Hawaii, Honolulu, Bernice P. Bishop Museum
NHMB	Switzerland, Basel, Naturhistorisches Museum
BPBM	Bishop Museum
NHMB	Natural History Museum Bucharest