Anomalomorpha monteithi Allsopp, 2000

Hutchinson, Paul M. & Allsopp, Peter G., 2021, Revision of Anomalomorpha Arrow, 1908 and Enracius Dechambre, 1999, with Erbmahcedius new genus from southeastern Australia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini: Cheiroplatina), Zootaxa 5072 (5), pp. 439-462 : 450

Anomalomorpha monteithi Allsopp, 2000

Anomalomorpha monteithi Allsopp, 2000: 5 , Figs. 2E–F, 3 .

Type series. Holotype male (by original designation). “ Mt Spurgeon , Queensland ” [16.45°S, 145.18°E], registration number QMT62780; in QM (examined).

Diagnosis ( Figs. 23–27 , 43 , 48–49 ). Description by Allsopp (2000) . Body 19.2–20.8 mm long; dorsal surface sericeous; distance between outer edges of canthi 1.6 times interocular distance; ocular canthus weakly arcuate then posteriorly angulate; pygidium with apical ridge setose; abdominal sternite 6 with posterior margin normal; metacoxa posterior margin sublinear then arcuate through posterolateral angle; metafemur with posterior margin sublinear; parameres tapering to acute apices, apices curved slightly outwards, with lateral tooth angulate and prominent.

Distribution ( Fig. 51 ). Known only from high-elevation wet sclerophyll forest along the western edges of rainforest plateaus in the Wet Tropics area of northeastern Queensland ( Allsopp 2000 ).

Figures

FIGURE 51. Known distribution of Anomalomorpha species and Erbmahcedius giveni (Carne, 1957).

FIGURES 1–4. Enracius longipes Dechambre, 1999, paratype male. 1, Dorsal view; 2, pygidium; 3, phallobase and parameres, lateral view; 4, labels (photograph by Fabien Dupuis).

FIGURES 23–27. Anomalomorpha monteithi Allsopp, 2000, male. 23, Dorsal view; 24, ventral view; 25, lateral view; 26, head dorso-lateral view; 27, pygidium.

FIGURES 41–43. Anomalomorpha metacoxae. 41, Anomalomorpha anthracina Arrow, 1908; 42, A. pilbara Hutchinson & Allsopp new species; 43, A. monteithi Allsopp, 2000.

FIGURES 44–49. Anomalomorpha male aedeagi. 44–45, Anomalomorpha anthracina Arrow, 1908. 44, parameres dorsal; 45, aedeagus lateral; 46–47, A. pilbara Hutchinson & Allsopp new species. 46, parameres dorsal; 47, aedeagus lateral; 48–49, A. monteithi Allsopp, 2000. 48, parameres dorsal; 49, aedeagus lateral. Arrows show regions of major differences.