First finding of the genus Paramaechidius Frey, 1969 from the Indonesian province Maluku (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

Paramaechidius agnellus spec. nov. is described from Seram Island (Maluku province, Indonesia). It is very similar to P. pauxillus (Heller, 1910) and P. speciosus Frey, 1969 in appearance, but can be easily distinguished from these species by the structure of the aedeagus. The genus Paramaechidius is recorded outside of New Guinea and the nearby islands for the first time.