FOUR NEW SPECIES OF EPHOLCIS WATERHOUSE, 1875 (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: MELOLONTHINAE: MAECHIDIINI) FROM THE MOLUCCAS, INDONESIA

Raden Pramesa Narakusumo (1)Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)), Jl. Raya Jakarta–Bogor km 46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia 2)Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Erbprinzenstraße 13, 76133 Karlsruhe, German)
Michael Balke (SNSB – Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstraße 21, München, 81247 Germany)

TREUBIA
Vol 46 (2019): Vol. 46, December 2019

Here, we provide the first record of the chafer beetle genus Epholcis Waterhouse, 1875 from the Moluccan Islands, Indonesia. We describe four new species: E. acutus sp. nov., E. arcuatus sp. nov., E. cakalele sp. nov., and E. obiensis sp. nov. A lectotype is designated for Maechidius moluccanus Moser, 1920, which is redescribed and transferred to the genus Epholcis as E. moluccanus (Moser) comb. nov.