Anomala felicia ARROW

Zorn, Carsten, 2007, Notes on Anomala felicia A ,, 1910 and its relatives from Borneo with descriptions of six new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 57 (1), pp. 81-91 : 82-83

Anomala felicia ARROW ,, 1910 ( Fig. 23 )

Anomala felicia ARROW, 1910: 69 [description]

Lectotype (here designated):  „Type | Whitehead | Borneo Kina Balu | Fry Coll. 1905-100. | Anomala felicia, Arrow Type“ ( BMNH).

Paralectotypes: 1  „Whitehead | 68259 | Borneo Kina Balu | Fry Coll. 1905-100.“ ( BMNH). 1  „Whitehead; Borneo Kina Balu ; Fry Coll. 1905-100.; Anomala felicia, Arrow Cotype “ ( BMNH). [= Anomala kinabalensis Ohaus, 1910 ]; 1  „Whitehead | Borneo Kina Balu | Fry Coll. 1905- 100.“ ( BMNH). [uncertain species identity] .

Note: Because the type series is not monospecific a lectotype designation was necessary.

Additional material: 1 , 1  „Kinabalu Borneo“ ( NHMB). 1  „BORNEO, Sabah W., Crocker Range , W of Apinapin, ii. 2000, M.Snižek leg.“ ( CCZ) . 1  „BORNEO, SABACH W. route RANAU – TAMBUNAN 2.2000 Ltg. Snižek“ ( CCZ). 1 , 1  „BORNEO Sabah Crocker Range Keningau V.93 LEGRAND leg.“ ( CDK) .

Redescription:

Body shape. Elongate ovoid; length. 9.2-10.3 mm; width. 5.1-5.5 mm. Color. Dorsal face, abdominal sternites (except the last one in  ), tibiae and tarsi reddish brown with metallic green shine; ventral face including the femora, pygidium and antennae brownish yellow; lateral parts of the pronotum yellow; inner limitation of the yellow lateral band notched in the middle ( Fig. 19 ); laterobasal part of pygidium sometimes darkened. Head. Clypeus trapezoid; clypeus and frons with sometimes confluent, rather coarse punctures; vertex finely and not densely punctate; clavus distinctly shorter than antennomeres 1-6 combined but longer than the funiculus. Pronotum. Ca. 1.7x as broad as long, widest at base; sides subparallel in the posterior half, strongly convergent in the anterior half; anterior angles square; posterior angles obtuse and narrowly rounded; basal bead not interrupted; punctation fine and moderately dense on disc; punctures separated by 1-2(3) diameters. Scutellum. Punctured like the disc of the pronotum. Elytra. With regular, impressed striae; intervals slightly elevated; 2nd and 3rd interstice with interrupted and not impressed secondary striae; subsutural interstice irregularly punctured anteriorly, with an indistinct stria in the posterior half. Pygidium. With sparse, rather coarse, ocellated punctation; distal margin with erect setae. Metasternum. With well-separated, ocellated punctures and rather short and sparse setosity in the lateral part. Abdominal sternites. Sparsely punctured in the middle, with denser punctures laterally; with a transverse row of setae. Protibiae. Bidentate, terminal tooth shortly bent outwards; lateral tooth small, square. Metatibiae. Rather short, a little enlarged in the middle and constricted before the apex. Claws. Modified claw of the pro- and mesotarsi apically bifid, protarsi enlarged but with angle or tooth at the inner margin. Aedeagus. Figs 1-2 .

Diagnosis:

Anomala feliciafelicia is easily separated from the other members of this species group by the shape of the aedeagus which is simple and not elongate as in the other species. Moreover, the inner limitation of the yellow lateral patch of the pronotum is notched in the middle ( Fig. 19 ), not evenly broad from anterior to posterior angle or extremely narrowed in the posterior half.

Distribution: Anomala feliciafelicia is only known from the Kina Balu region in the province of Sabah ( Fig. 22 ).

Figures

Fig. 23: Anomala felicia male

Figs 19-21: Color pattern of pronotum, lateral aspect; Fig. 19, Anomala felicia;

Figs 1-2: Aedeagus of Anomala feliciafelicia (lectotype); Fig. 1, lateral aspect; Fig. 2, ventral aspect. Figs 3-4: Aedeagus of Anomala snizekisnizeki (holotype); Fig. 3, lateral aspect; Fig. 4, ventral aspect. Figs 5-6: Aedeagus of Anomala kaltengensiskaltengensis (holotype); Fig. 5, lateral aspect; Fig. 6, ventral aspect. - scale = 1 mm.

Fig. 22:Tistribution map.