Anomala manseri, Zorn, 2007

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 : 89

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.57.1.81-91
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4793485
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E6D866-2149-FFF3-E21C-424CFCD3FB12
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Anomala manseri
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Anomala manseri sp. n.

Holotype:  „At light | SARAWAK: Gungong Mulu Nat. Oark [sic!] R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 J.D. Holloway et al. B.M. 1978-206 | Site 1. January Camp 4, Mulu 1790m. 452463 Lower montane (moss) forest, MV – canopy“ ( BMNH).

Paratypes: 1  „ SARAWAK: Gunong Mulu Nat. Park R.G.S. Exped. 1977-8 J.D. Holloway et al. B.M. 1978-206 | Site 19. March W. Melinau Gorge 100m. 457567 Alluvial forest. Acl-understorey “ ( CCZ) . 1  „ Old Secondary forest . | Native collected | SARAWAK: Foot of Mt. Dulit. Junction of rivers Tinjar & Lejok. 6. x.1932. | Oxford Univ.Exp. B.M.Hobby & A.W.Moore. B.M.1933- 254 | Ohaus determ. Anomala felicia Arr. ?  “ ( BMNH) . 1 , 1  „Dr. J. Bosscha Sambas Borneo occ. | Mus. Leiden | Anomala kinabalensis Ohs. Cotype “ ( NMHB, CCZ). 1  „ Sarawak Baram R. | Anomala sarawakensis Cotype Ohs. “ ( NMHB) . 2 , 5  „ Dr. J. Bosscha Sambas Borneo occ. | Museum Leiden ANOMALA (A.) SARAWAKENSIS OHS. “ ( CCZ, RMNH) . 1  „Dr. J. Bosscha Sambas Borneo occ. | Ohaus determ. Anomala sarawakensis Ohs. “ ( RMNH).

Description and diagnosis:

Length. 9.5-10.4 mm; width. 5.5-6.1 mm. Anomala manseri shares most morphological characters with A. felicia as described above. The inner limitation of the yellow lateral band of the pronotum is strongly narrowed towards the posterior angle, a character that is only shared with A. sarawakensissarawakensis ( Fig. 21 View Figs 19-21 ). Moreover, A. manserimanseri and A. sarawakensissarawakensis appear to be slightly larger than the other species of this complex, but too few specimens are available for final conclusions. From A. sarawakensissarawakensis the new species can only be distinguished by the shape of the aedeagus. The parameres are much more elongated and pointed than in A. sarawakensissarawakensis (Figs 15-16).

Distribution: Anomala manserimanseri is known from the Baram River region in east Sarawak and Sambas in West Kalimantan ( Fig. 22 View Fig ).

Etymology: This species is dedicated to Bruno Manser, a Swiss rain forest

and human rights activist who is missing in Sarawak since 2000.