Anomala confrater, Zorn & Kobayashi & Wada, 2017

Zorn, Carsten, Kobayashi, Hirokazu & Wada, Kaoru, 2017, Notes on the genus Anomala SAMOUELLE, 1819 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) in Vietnam and neighboring regions: eight new species and faunistic records, Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 67 (2), pp. 325-352 : 328-329

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.67.2.325-352
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Anomala confrater
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Anomala confrater spec. nov.

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Type series: Holotype: , Tam Dao N. VIETNAM 28-30.IV.1991 M. Fujioka & R. Muramoto -leg. ( NSMT) . Paratypes: 3 , 5 , the same data as the holotype ( MFPC) ; 1 , Tam Dao , N. Vietnam, 7-V-1992, T. Miyata leg. ( MFPC) ; 4 , Tam Dao , N. Vietnam, 4~ 6-V- 1996, Y. Okushima leg. ( HKPC) ; 3 , 2 , Tam Dao , N. Vietnam, V 1999 ( KWPC) ; 1 , Tam Dao , N. Vietnam, IV 2000 ( KWPC) ; 2 , Tam Dao , N. Vietnam, 16 VI 1997, S. Nomura leg. ( KWPC, NSMT) ; 1 , 1 , Mt. Tam Dao , Vinh Phuc Prov., N. Vietnam, 14~ 18-V- 1999, S. Nomura leg. ( KWPC) ; 2 , 2 , Mt. Tam Dao , Vinh Phuc Prov., N. Vietnam, V-1999, native collector leg. ( KWPC) ; 1 , Mt. Tam Dao , Vinh Phu N. VIETNAM 3-5 V 1994 Haruki Karube leg. | Kaoru WADA collection 2002 ( KWPC) ; 1 , Mt. Tam Dao , Vinh Phuc Prov., N. Vietnam, V-1999, native collector leg. ( KWPC) ; 1 , Mt. Tam Dao (alt. 900 m), Vinh Phuc Prov., N. Vietnam, 6-V-1999, S. Nomura leg. ( KWPC) ; 1 , N.- Vietnam Vinh Phu Prov. , Tam Dao 01.-07.V.1998 Y. Arita leg. ( CZPC) ; 1 , Tam Dao Vietnam 8.5.-22-5.1990 Dudvcha Miloč ( CZPC) ; 1 , 4 , N. VIETNAM (TONKIN) TAMDAO 12.- 24.5.1989 PACHOLATKO Leg. ( PPPC, CZPC) ; 1 , N-VIETNAM: Vinh Phuc Prov. Tam Dao National Park , 950 m 5.-12.VI.2010 L. Bartolozzi & S. Bambi leg.; (n° Mag. 2894) ( MZUF) ; 1 , Vietnam bor. Pr. Vinh phu TAM DAO v. 1990 J. Picka lgt. | sp. 6 | coll. Vladislv Malý Česká Rep. Praha ( VMPC) ; 3 , 3 , Vietnam bor. Pr. Vinh phu TAM DAO v. 1990 J. Picka lgt. | sp. 6 | coll. Vladislv Malý Česká Rep. Praha ( CZPC, VMPC) .

Description: Body shape elongate ovoid, convex; body length: 18.0- 19.5 mm, width: 9.0- 10.3 mm.

Color. Entire body deep metallic green with reddish as well as faint iridescent reflections which are stronger on elytra, pygidium and abdomen; antennae greenish black, tarsi somewhat bluish.

Head with erect yellow setae (0.38-0.5 mm in length) along eyes; interocular distance equals 0.66 times the maximum transverse head width. Clypeus broadly trapezoidal, densely punctate; the punctures round and large (ca. 0.07 mm in diameter), partly coalescent along marginal portion; anterior margin distinctly reflexed; fronto-clypeal suture weakly sinuate. Frons densely punctate, somewhat larger anteriad, sparser and smaller posteriad. Vertex with sparse, small, somewhat transverse punctures.

Pronotum 1.7 times as wide as long; sides arcuate, convergent in apical 2/5, almost straight in posterior 3/5; widest at base; anterior and lateral margin with weak marginal line; lateral marginal line extending to hind angles; posterior margin with marginal line between hind angle and scutellum; front angles produced and acute, hind angles obtuse; disc with dense small transverse punctures in the middle, punctures becoming larger laterad; with sparse erect yellow setae (ca. 0.63 mm in length) along lateral margin.

Scutellum 1.3 times as wide as long, apex weakly rounded; with sparse transverse punctures.

Elytra. Regularly striate-sulcate; intervals moderately convex; sutural interval elevated in the posterior 2/3 of elytra; surface covered with irregular, transverse, microscopic-seta-bearing punctures; punctures adjacent to each other, confluent towards striae, much sparser and smaller at the ridges of the intervals and the humeral protuberance; epipleura disappearing behind middle of elytron; marginal membrane starting approximately at level of anterior third of metacoxa.

Pygidium triangular, widely rounded at apex; tumid; with reticulate striolation which is arranged concentrically around the tumidity; with reddish brown setae (0.5-0.75 mm in length) at lateral and apical portion.

Mesoventrite very narrow and somewhat concave between the approximated mesocoxae.

Metaventrite reticulately rugulose, with sparse yellow setae (0.25-0.38 mm in length) in lateral portions; sparsely punctate and almost glabrous in the middle.

Abdominal ventrites transversely punctate in the middle, transversely striolate at the sides; 2nd to 4th ventrite with a transverse row of semierect brownish setae (0.13- 0.25 mm in length) in the apical half.

Legs slender and long; protibia bidentate; terminal tooth prolonged and obtuse at apex in male; protarsal segment 5 with a sharp tooth in the middle; inner protarsal claw and outer mesotarsal claw apically incised, forming two branches; the upper branch of the inner protarsal claw small and slender, the lower branch broad with a distinct tooth at its ventral margin.

Female: Body shape more stout; sides of pronotum slightly more rounded; pygidium convex but not tumid; terminal tooth of protibia spatulate and rounded at apex; modified protarsal claw less enlarged, without ventral tooth.

Diagnosis: This species is closely allied to A. immeliorata and probably represents an allopatric sister species. Details of the shape of the aedeagus are diagnostic. The hook-shaped process of the ventral plate is less strongly curved and the right paramere is equipped with a distinct lateral tooth in A. confrater (fig. 12).

Etymology: The epithet “confrater” [Latin noun in apposition] is translated by “brother”. It is alluding to the resemblance to A. immeliorata .