Maechidius divergens

Maechidius divergens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Maechidius
Species:	M. divergens
Binomial name
	Maechidius divergens; (Waterhouse, 1875)
Synonyms
	Epholcis divergens Waterhouse, 1875 ; Maechidius albertisi Fairmaire, 1877 ;

Maechidius divergens is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae.^[1] It is found in Australia (Queensland).^[2]^[3]

Description

They are pitchy, with the forehead, the disk of the thorax and the elytra darker. The head is large, and has punctures that form irregular, transverse, short lines. The sides of the thorax are somewhat angular behind the middle and the posterior angles are somewhat obtuse. The elytra are closely covered with rows of setiferous punctures. Each puncture has at its base a minute shining tubercle, and the interstices are extremely narrow, except the third, fifth and seventh, which appear as narrow, irregular, shining costae.^[4]

References

^ BioLib
^ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maechidius divergens 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.
^ 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.
^ Waterhouse, C. O. (1875). "XII. Descriptions of new Coleoptera from Australia". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 23 (2): 191–206. Retrieved February 3, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[1] BioLib

[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Maechidius divergens 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.

[:2-3] 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.

[:3-4] Waterhouse, C. O. (1875). "XII. Descriptions of new Coleoptera from Australia". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 23 (2): 191–206. Retrieved February 3, 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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