Anomala blaisei Ohaus, 1914

Zhao, Ming-Zhi, 2021, Contribution to the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Rutelinae) of China and adjacent regions. Part I: descriptions of two new species and remarks on four species, Zootaxa 4903 (4), pp. 578-590 : 587-588

Anomala blaisei Ohaus, 1914

( Figs. 7–10 , 13–21 , 31 )

Anomala blaisei Ohaus, 1914: 196 [type localities: Annam, Keng-Trap and Tonkin, Luc-Nam], fig. 2; Paulian 1959: 43, 47, figs. 99–100; Machatschke 1972: 111; Li et al. 2012: 275 [recorded from Bokeo, Laos]; Prokofiev 2013a: 109, figs. 56–57 [photos for specimen from Tonkin, Luc-Nam].

Type material examined. One male syntype ( MFNB) was examined through photos, which were provided by Carsten Zorn ( Gnoien , Germany). It is labeled “ ANNAM / Keng. Trap 8.13 / R. V. d. Salvaza // Typus! // aprosterna / blaisei / Ohs.” .

Additional material examined. CHINA: 2♂♂, 1♀ (1♂, 1♀ CCPC, 1♂ ZMPC), China: Yunnan, Xishuangbanna Pref. , Mengla County, Lvshilin 2010.iv.20 Xiao-Dong Yang leg. ; 1♂ ( CCPC), CHINA, Yunnan, Mengla, Menglun , 538m 2018, V-12 , C.-C. Chen Leg. mercury light trap ; 1♂ ( CCPC), CHINA, Yunnan, Mengla, Menglun , 1200m 2018, V-13 , C.-C. Chen Leg. daytime on flowers; 1♀ ( ZMPC), Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Yexianggu 2015-VII-11 Yi-Fan Wang leg. ; 2♀♀ ( SCAU), CHINA · YUNNAN Damangjie , Nuozhadu , Lancang 100°30′35.12″E 22°33′57.02″N 620m Zhen Zhou, Xiaolong Luo, Chengcong Yu, Jianfeng Liang 2017.VII.06 Light trap LT0001; 1♂ ( ZMPC), CHINA, Yunnan, Luchen, Sanmeng 1069m 2018, V-01, Y.-Q. Lu leg. ; THAILAND: 1♂ ( ZMPC), N. THAILAND, Chiang Mai Reg., Chiang Dao Distr. N 19°33′28″ E 99°04′34″ 8.06.2017 Vishnyakov Alexey ; 1♀ ( ZMPC), THAILAND N., Chiang Mai prov., 5 km W of Chiang Dao 20.- 24.4.2017 , 480m N 19°24′25.9″ E 098°55′30.7″ lgt. T. Staněk & T. Staněk jun .

Remarks. Anomala blaisei was described based on specimens from Annam (Keng-Trap) and Tonkin (LucNam), which might not be conspecific. Hence, a lectotype designation is probably necessary (Carsten Zorn, personal communication, 2020). The examined specimens from China and Thailand are conspecific with the syntype from Annam.

Distribution. China: Yunnan (new country record); Laos; Thailand (new country record); Vietnam.

Figures

FIGURES 7–12. Habitus of Anomala spp. 7–8, A. blaisei Ohaus, 1914 (Yunnan, Mengla, Lvshilin); 9–10, A. blaisei (Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao); 11–12, A. myriopila Lin, 2002 (Hainan, 11 from Yinggeling, 12 from Bawangling); 7, 9, 11, male; 8, 10, 12, female.

FIGURES 13–29. Male genitalia of Anomala spp. 13–15, A. blaisei Ohaus, 1914 (Yunnan, Mengla, Lvshilin); 16–18, A. blaisei (Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao); 19–21, A. blaisei (syntype from Annam, Keng-Trap, images ©Carsten Zorn); 22–24, A. myriopila Lin, 2002 (Hainan, Yinggeling); 25–27, A. dianopicta Zhao, new species (holotype); 28–29, A. tricolorea Ohaus, 1915 (modified from Ohaus 1915); 13, 16, 19, 22, 25, dorsal view; 14, 17, 20, 23, 26, 28 ventral view; 15, 18, 21, 24, 27, right lateral view; 29, left lateral view.

FIGURES 30–32. Widened primary costa 4 of Anomala spp. 30, A. dianopicta Zhao, new species (holotype), 31, A. blaisei Ohaus, 1914 (Chiang Mai, Chiang Dao); 32, A. myriopila Lin, 2002 (Hainan, Yinggeling). Interstices III and IV are marked in red and blue respecitively.