Athlia rustica Erichson, 1835

Smith, Andrew B. T. & Evans, Arthur V., 2018, Taxonomic review of Athliini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), a new tribe of scarab beetles endemic to South America, Zootaxa 4471 (2), pp. 279-308 : 294-295

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.2.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5958512

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03AF87E4-8E40-FFC8-FF49-FF50FBA783A2

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scientific name

Athlia rustica Erichson, 1835
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Athlia rustica Erichson, 1835 View in CoL

Figs. 48–53 View FIGURES 48–53 , 72 View FIGURE 72 .

Original combination. Athlia rustica Erichson, 1835: 267

Type locality. “ Chile ” ( Erichson 1835).

Type series. Lectotype ( Figs. 48–53 View FIGURES 48–53 ) at ZMHB labeled a) “25008” (typeset), b) “Type” (typeset, orange label), c) “ rustica / Er. / Chile Meyen.” (handwritten, green label), d) “SYNTYPUS / Athlia / rustica Erichson, 1835 / labelled by MNHUB 2009” (typeset, orange label), e) “ ATHLIA / RUSTICA / ERICHSON, 1835 / LECTOTYPE / A.B.T. SMITH” (handwritten and typeset, red label). Lectotype here designated. Four paralectotypes at ZMHB labeled a) “Type” (typeset, orange label), b) “Hist.-Coll. ( Coleoptera ) / Nr. 25008 / Athlia / rustica Erichs. / Chili, Meyen / Zool. Mus. Berlin” (typeset), c) “SYNTYPUS / Athlia / rustica Erichson, 1835 / labelled by MNHUB 2009” (typeset, orange label), d) “ ATHLIA / RUSTICA / ERICHSON, 1835 / PARALECTOTYPE / A.B.T. SMITH” (handwritten and typeset, yellow label). A lectotype is designated to preserve the stability of the nomenclature by selecting a single specimen as the name-bearing type for this species. Since Erichson (1835) did not explicitly state how many specimens he examined, it is impossible to know the exact composition of the type series.

Distribution. Fig. 72 View FIGURE 72 . Chile: IV Región de Coquimbo, V Región de Valparaíso, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, VI Región del Libertador General Bernardo O’Higgins, VII Región del Maule, VIII Región del Biobío, IX Región de la Araucanía (based on specimens from AMNH, AVEC, BMNH, CASC, CMNC, CNCI, FMNH, FSCA, INHS, LEMQ, MNHN, MNNC, UMCE, UMSP, USNM). One 19th century specimen is labeled “Valdivia” (BMNH) but we consider this record erroneous. The record from IX Región de la Araucanía is based on a single collecting event from “ 30 km NE Villarrica”, which might need further verification.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Athlia

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