Anoplognathus viriditarsis Leach, 1815

Seidel, Matthias & Reid, Chris A. M., 2021, Taxonomic changes resulting from a review of the types of Australian Anoplognathini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) housed in Swedish natural history collections, Zootaxa 4908 (2), pp. 225-238 : 232

Anoplognathus viriditarsis Leach, 1815

Anoplognathus viriditarsis Leach, 1815: 44

Rutela analis Dalman, 1817 (in Schönherr 1817: 61); Dejean 1833: 154 (synonymy)

Anoplognathus reticulatus Boisduval, 1835: 169 ; Carne 1957: 102 (synonymy)

Anoplognathus impressifrons Boisduval, 1835: 170 ; Ohaus 1918: 172 (synonymy with A. reticulatus )

Anoplognathus viridicollis Macleay, 1873: 357 ; Carne 1957: 102 (synonymy)

Types. Rutela analis Dalman, 1817 : lectotype (present designation): ϐ: “ϐ / N: Hollande / Hooker. // NHRS–JLKB / 000029803” (NHRS); paralectotype (1): ♀: “ ♀ / N: Hollande / Hooker. // NHRS-JLKB / 000029802” (NHRS).

Remarks. We designate a lectotype for Rutela analis to fix the identity of this species. Carne (1957) did not locate the type series of R. analis ( Fig. 5 A–J), which is deposited in NHRS. Our examination confirms the synonymy of A. analis and A. viriditarsis first proposed by Dejean (1833), although Dejean gave precedence to the younger name. Male and female syntypes of A. viridicollis in ANIC were examined by Carne (1957) and have been re-examined by us, confirming the synonymy of this name with A. viriditarsis . The validity of the synonymy of the two Boisduval species listed under A. viriditarsis in Carne (1957) was not examined in this work.

Anoplognathus viriditarsis occurs from Victoria to southeatern Queensland and is a common species around Sydney (AMS). It is distinguished from other species by the shiny pygidium and apical setal tuft, the shovel-shaped male clypeus, and the incomplete bands of setae on the ventrites ( Reid & Smith 2016; Burleigh & Reid 2017).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Male lectotype (A–F) and female paralectotype (G–J) of Rutela analis Dalman, 1817. A, H, Dorsal habitus; B, I, ventral habitus; C, J, lateral habitus; D, aedeagus, frontal view; E, aedeagus, lateral view; F, G, frontal view.