Anomala xanthoptera BLANCHARD, 1851

Wang, Fa-Lei & Zorn, Carsten, 2021, Description of a new species and new faunistic records of the genus Anomala SAMOUELLE (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) from China and neighboring regions, Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 71 (1), pp. 147-159 : 153

Anomala xanthoptera BLANCHARD, 1851

( Figs 21 , 50–52 )

Distribution: India; Nepal; Pakistan; China (new country record): Yunnan.

Type material: Syntype of Anomala prasinicollis BATES, 1891 [junior subjective synonym of Anomala xanthoptera ]. 1  ( MFNB), PUNJAB Kulu Distr. / Euchlora prasinicollis Cotype Bts. [Ohaus’s handwriting] / Anomala prasinicollis Bates [Bates’s handwriting].

Other specimens examined: CHINA: Yunnan: 1 , 2  ( FLWC), Nabang, Yingjiang County, Dehong , 17.II.2016, Hao Xu & Jian-Yue Qiu leg. INDIA: 34 , 8  ( CZGG, ZMH), Indien, Bhimtal , F. Smetacek leg. , Museum Hamburg, Eing. Nr. 3/1977; 1  ( SMTD), Sikkim India . NEPAL: 1  ( CZGG), Nepal, Narayani Prov. Sauraha Ufer Rapti River 180 m, 27°34'80"N, 84°29'49"E, 18.IV.2000, leg. A. Skale , LF [collected at light]; 1  ( CZGG), Nepal-Himalaya, Myagdi distr., Babichor-Beni , 16.III.1994, 900- 1000 m, leg. D. Ahrens. PAKISTAN: 1  ( HNHM), Pakistan, Kashmir, Himalaya , Mts. 20 km S Muzaffarabad, Nara village , 750 m, 73°29'E, 34°01'N, 20.V.1998, leg. M. László & G. Ronkay.

Remarks: This species was previously known from India, Nepal and Pakistan ( BATES 1891; ARROw 1917; ZORN & BEZDĚK 2016), and is here newly recorded in China based on three specimens collected from Yunnan.

Figures

Figs 13–21: Male habitus of Anomala spp., male. – 13. A. anguliceps (Emei Mount, Sichuan). 14. A. anthracina (Gongshan County, Yunnan). 15. A. bilobata (Yingjiang County, Yunnan). 16. A. callifera (Gongshan County, Yunnan). 17. A. cantorioides (Mengla, Yunnan). 18. A. fusitibia (Yingjiang County, Yunnan). 19. A. kuatuna (Jinxiu County, Guangxi). 20. A. siamensis (Menglun County, Yunnan). 21. A. xanthoptera (Yingjiang County, Yunnan).

Figs 22–52: Aedeagus of Anomala spp., male. – 22–24. A. anguliceps (Emei Mount, Sichuan). 25–28. A. anthracina (Gongshan County, Yunnan). 29–32. A. bilobata (Yingjiang County, Yunnan). 33–35. A. callifera (Gongshan County, Yunnan). 36-39. A. cantorioides (Mengla, Yunnan). 40–42. A. fusitibia (Yingjiang County, Yunnan). 43–45. A. kuatuna (Jinxiu County, Guangxi). 46–49. A. siamensis (Menglun County, Yunnan). 50–52. A. xanthoptera (Yingjiang County, Yunnan). 22, 25, 29, 33, 36, 40, 43, 46, 50. dorsal view. 23, 26, 30, 34, 37, 41, 44, 47, 51. ventral view. 24, 28, 31, 35, 38, 42, 45, 48, 52. lateral view from right. 28, 39. lateral view from left. 32, 49. frontal view.