Maechidius sturnus

Maechidius sturnus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Maechidius
Species:
M. sturnus
Binomial name
Maechidius sturnus
Arrow, 1941

Maechidius sturnus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Indonesia (Yapen).

Description

The dorsum and venter are uniformly black, while the edges of the labroclypeus, lateral margins of the pronotum, legs and antennae are brown.

References

  1. ↑ BioLib
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maechidius sturnus at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
  3. 1 2 Telnov, D. (2020-10-19). "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 (1): 1–210. Retrieved February 3, 2026.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.