Anomala valida Burmeister, 1844

Taboada-Verona, Carlos, Sermeño-Correa, Carlos, Sierra-Serrano, Oscar & Noriega, Jorge Ari, 2019, Checklist of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Insecta, Coleoptera) in an urban area of the Caribbean Colombia, Check List 15 (4), pp. 579-594 : 585

Anomala valida Burmeister, 1844

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Geographic distribution. Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, and Nicaragua ( Bates 1887, Flores et al. 2008, Filippini et al. 2017). In Colombia: Córdoba, Risaralda, and Valle del Cauca ( Útima and Vallejo 2008,

Pardo-Locarno et al. 2012, Pardo-Locarno et al. 2017).

Material examined, new record. Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus. (09°18′52″N, 075° 23′18″W), 2016/05/11, MZUSU E02513 (1♀). Colom- bia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09° 18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/05/19, MZUSU E02514-15 (2♀), MZUSU E02516 (1♂). Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/05/27, MZUSU E02517 (1♀). Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/05/30, MZUSU E02518 (1, sex un- determined). Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/06/8, MZUSU E02519-20 (2♀).

Identification. This species can be distinguished from other Anomala species by having the protibia with 2 teeth, the pronotum darkish, and the elytral striae with darker punctures.