Maechidius lapsus Telnov 2020, sp. nov.

Maechidius lapsus sp. nov. Described above. Prokofiev (2018: 61) figured aedeagus of this species misidentified as “ Paramaechidius pauxillus ” (see also below). Type material BMNH (♂ holotype, 6 paratypes). Distribution Entire northern New Guinea (from Nabire to Madang), Cenderawasih Bay Islands (Yapen), Raja Ampat Islands (Waigeo).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 191, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.721.1127, http://zenodo.org/record/412211