Maechidius hirtipes Arrow, 1941

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 : 190

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.4344243
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1A3787F6-9DA1-92E6-FDC7-FEB6CCA92B7F
treatment provided by	Valdenar
scientific name	Maechidius hirtipes Arrow, 1941
status

Treatment

Maechidius hirtipes Arrow, 1941 View in CoL

Maechidius hirtipes Arrow, 1941: 453 View in CoL (original description), 456 (key).

Maechidius hirtipes View in CoL – Frey 1969: 496 (key).

Type material

BMNH (1♂ lectotype) [there should be 2 syntypes in BMNH according to the original description, but only one was located. Instead, there is note from M. Bacchus dated December 1969: “second syntype missing”].

Distribution

East New Guinea (Papuan Peninsula).

Remarks

The hypomeron is moderately raised on the anterolateral margin, medially acute and dentate.