Maechidius

***Maechidius*** er en slekt av biller som har larver som eter planterøtter. De hører til underfamilien oldenborrer (Melolonthinae) i den store gruppen skarabider (Scarabaeoidea).

## Utseende
Små til middelsstore, avlange, mørkt brunlige skarabider. Kroppen er matt og fint hårete.

## Levevis
Larvene lever i jorda, der de eter røtter.

## Utbredelse
Denne gruppen lever i Australia og vestover i alle fall til Molukkene.

## Systematisk inndeling

* Ordenen biller, Coleoptera
** Underordenen Polyphaga
*** Overfamilien skarabider, Scarabaeoidea
**** Familien skarabider, Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1806
***** Underfamilien oldenborrer, Melolonthinae Samouelle, 1819
****** Stammen Automoliini Britton, 1978 eller Maechidiini
******* Slekten *Maechidius* MacLeay, 1819
******** *[[Maechidius aenescens]]* Heller, 1910
******** *[[Maechidius algonus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius amanus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius angusticeps]]* Arrow, 1941
******** *[[Maechidius antennalis]]* Blackburn, 1898
******** *[[Maechidius aroae]]* Heller, 1914
******** *[[Maechidius arrowi]]* Frey, 1969
******** *[[Maechidius ater]]* Waterhouse, 1875
******** *[[Maechidius atratus]]* Burmeister, 1855
******** *[[Maechidius brevis]]* Waterhouse, 1875
******** *[[Maechidius caesius]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius calabyi]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius capitalis]]* Blackburn, 1907
******** *[[Maechidius caviceps]]* Blackburn, 1888
******** *[[Maechidius cavus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius chadwicki]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius charaxus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius clypealis]]* Blackburn, 1894
******** *[[Maechidius coelus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius conspicuus]]* Lea, 1917
******** *[[Maechidius corrosus]]* Waterhouse, 1875
******** *[[Maechidius crassifrons]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius crenaticollis]]* Blackburn, 1888
******** *[[Maechidius davidsoni]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius emarginatus]]* Waterhouse, 1875
******** *[[Maechidius esau]]* Heller, 1914
******** *[[Maechidius eutermiphilus]]* Lea, 1924
******** *[[Maechidius excisicollis]]* Blackburn, 1898
******** *[[Maechidius excisus]]* Waterhouse, 1875
******** *[[Maechidius fissiceps]]* MacLeay, 1888
******** *[[Maechidius fraterculus]]* Moser, 1920
******** *[[Maechidius froggati]]* MacLeay, 1888
******** *[[Maechidius geminus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius gibbicollis]]* Blackburn, 1898
******** *[[Maechidius gressitti]]* Frey, 1969
******** *[[Maechidius hackeri]]* Lea, 1919
******** *[[Maechidius hirtipes]]* Arrow, 1941
******** *[[Maechidius hopeanus]]* Westwood, 1842
******** *[[Maechidius hoplocephalus]]* Lea, 1917
******** *[[Maechidius humeralis]]* Heller, 1914
******** *[[Maechidius insularis]]* Lea, 1917
******** *[[Maechidius interruptocarinatus]]* Heller, 1914
******** *[[Maechidius jobiensis]]* Moser, 1920
******** *[[Maechidius kainantu]]* Telnov, 2025
******** *[[Maechidius kanallus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius kiwanus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius konandus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius kurantus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius lateripennis]]* Lea, 1917
******** *[[Maechidius latus]]* Waterhouse, 1875
******** *[[Maechidius lineatopunctatus]]* Frey, 1969
******** *[[Maechidius lobaticeps]]* Frey, 1969
******** *[[Maechidius longitarsus]]* Waterhouse, 1875
******** *[[Maechidius macleaynus]]* Westwood, 1842
******** *[[Maechidius major]]* Blackburn, 1888
******** *[[Maechidius mellianus]]* Westwood, 1842
******** *[[Maechidius metellus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius milkappus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius milneanus]]* Heller, 1914
******** *[[Maechidius modicus]]* Blackburn, 1898
******** *[[Maechidius moluccanus]]* Moser, 1920
******** *[[Maechidius muticus]]* Arrow, 1941
******** *[[Maechidius nanus]]* Arrow, 1941
******** *[[Maechidius occidentalis]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius olor]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius ordensis]]* Blackburn, 1898
******** *[[Maechidius papuanus]]* Moser, 1926
******** *[[Maechidius parallelicollis]]* Moser, 1920
******** *[[Maechidius parandus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius parvulus]]* MacLeay, 1871
******** *[[Maechidius paupianus]]* Heller, 1910
******** *[[Maechidius pauxillus]]* Heller, 1910
******** *[[Maechidius pedarioides]]* Arrow, 1941
******** *[[Maechidius pellus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius pilosus]]* Blackburn, 1891
******** *[[Maechidius proximus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius puncticollis]]* Lea, 1924
******** *[[Maechidius pygidialis]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius raucus]]* Blackburn, 1907
******** *[[Maechidius relictus]]* Blackburn, 1907
******** *[[Maechidius rufus]]* Westwood, 1842
******** *[[Maechidius rugicollis]]* Moser, 1920
******** *[[Maechidius rugosicollis]]* MacLeay, 1871
******** *[[Maechidius rugosipes]]* Blackburn, 1888
******** *[[Maechidius sabatinellii]]* Telnov, 2025
******** *[[Maechidius savagei]]* Lea, 1917
******** *[[Maechidius sculptipennis]]* Lea, 1917
******** *[[Maechidius seriepunctatus]]* Moser, 1920
******** *[[Maechidius serigranosus]]* Heller, 1914
******** *[[Maechidius serratus]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius setosellus]]* Frey, 1969
******** *[[Maechidius setosus]]* Moser, 1920
******** *[[Maechidius simplex]]* Frey, 1969
******** *[[Maechidius sordidus]]* Boisduval, 1835
******** *[[Maechidius spurius]]* (Kirby, 1818)
******** *[[Maechidius squamipennis]]* Lea, 1917
******** *[[Maechidius stradbrokensis]]* Lea, 1919
******** *[[Maechidius sturnus]]* Arrow, 1941
******** *[[Maechidius subcostatus]]* Heller, 1895
******** *[[Maechidius tarsalis]]* Arrow, 1941
******** *[[Maechidius tibialis]]* Blackburn, 1892
******** *[[Maechidius tridentatus]]* Britton, 1963
******** *[[Maechidius tumidifrons]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius variolosus]]* MacLeay, 1871
******** *[[Maechidius vicinus]]* Heller, 1914
******** *[[Maechidius wilsoni]]* Britton, 1957
******** *[[Maechidius woodlarkianus]]*  Heller, 1914

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