Athlia parvissima Saylor, 1946

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 : 288-289

Athlia parvissima Saylor, 1946

Figs. 32–35 , 69 .

Original combination. Athlia parvissima Saylor, 1946: 24 .

Type locality. “ Zapala , Neuquen, Argentina ” ( Saylor 1946).

Type series. Holotype at CASC labeled a) “Zapala, / Neuquen ” (typeset), b) “ Argentina / Dec 9 1920 ” (typeset), c) “ HOLOTYPE / Athlia / PARVISSIMA / L.W.Saylor” (typeset and handwritten on red paper), d) “PARVISSIMA / Saylor / DET. / L.W. SAYLOR” (handwritten and typeset), e) “L.W. Saylor / Collection” (typeset), f) “ California Academy / of Sciences / Type / No. 7923” (typeset and handwritten), g) “Southern Neotropical Scarabs / database # AS 2617613 / Athlia parvissima / Saylor, 1946 ♀ / DET: A.B.T. SMITH 2008 ” (typeset).

Distribution. Fig. 69 . Argentina: Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut (based on specimens from CASC, CDFA, CMNC, LEMQ).

Figures

FIGURE 69. Distribution map of Athlia parvissima Saylor, 1946 (black circles) and Athlia plebeja Burmeister, 1855 (red circles).

FIGURES 32–35. Athlia parvissima Saylor, 1946. 32, dorsal habitus; 33, oblique habitus; 34, head and pronotum; 35, parameres.