Anomala friedrichi, Limbourg & Dekoninck & Seidel, 2024

Limbourg, Pol, Dekoninck, Wouter & Seidel, Matthias, 2024, Contribution to the knowledge of Afrotropical Rutelinae VII (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae), Belgian Journal of Entomology 145, pp. 1-48 : 16-17

Anomala friedrichi nom. nov.

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Anomala subvittata OHAUS, 1925: 175–176 (described from Tanzania, aedeagus illustrated) nec

Anomala subvittata REITTER, 1903

Anomala subvittata GRIDELLI, 1940: 225 (aedeagus illustrated; recorded from Aethiopia)

As Anomala similis BRENSKE, 1895: 226 (nec A. similis Lansberge, 1882 )

As Anomala similis GESTRO, 1895: 334 (nec A. similis Lansberge, 1882 )

Anomala subvittata MACHATSCHKE, 1957: 72 (catalogued)

Anomala subvittata MACHATSCHKE, 1972a: 144 (catalogued)

Anomala subvittata KRAJCIK, 2007: 49 (catalogued)

Anomala subvittata REITTER, 1903: 68 (description from Russia)

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED.

Not examined.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL EXAMINED.

ETHIOPIA. 1♂: South , 11km See Goro, 01.v.2013, S. Prepsl leg. ( PCSP) ; 4♂♂, 1♀: Sidamo , Negele Borana, V. 2007, Leg. C. Digennaro ( PCCD) ; 1♂, 1♀: Mega , IV.2008, Leg. C. Di Gennaro ( PCCD) ; 4♂♂, 1♀: Mega , Sidamo, V.2008, Leg. C. Digennaro ( PCCD) ;

TANZANIA. 1♂: Mbeya, Ujewa (08°41’S / 34°18’E), 13.xii.1997, Leg. G. Curletti ( MCCI) ; 1♀: NE, Mombo , 13.III.2002, leg. M. Snížek ( RBINS) ; 7♂♂: Singada, Sanza , 13-14.I.1995, Leg. G. Curletti ( MCCI) ; 1♂: same collection data as previous ( RBINS) ; 1♂: Ruaha N. P., Msembe , 03.xii.1972, Bjornstad 774 ( PCAB) ; 4♂♂: Tanganyika , Shinyanga, 1955, Dr. E. Burtt ( BMNH) ;

KENYA. 1♂: Meru distr., Matiri ( Mitunguu ), 800m, 18.x.1982, Leg. R. Mourglia ( MRAC) ; 1♂: ( MCSN) ; 1♂: Meru distr., Matiri , 1800m, 06.xi.1983, Leg. R. Mourglia ( MRAC) ; 1♂: S, Voi , XI.1997, leg. M. Snížek ( RBINS) ; 1♂: SC, 13-19.xi. 2011, 750m, Voi, Sagala env., lgt. M. Snížek [WSD00348095] ( NMEG) ; 2♂♂: SE, Kiboko env., 21.xi.1999, leg. M. Snížek ( RBINS) ; 1♂: Tsavo E., Voi lodge (3.23S / 38.34 E), 14.xii.1999, Dr. P. Croy leg. ( ZFMK) ; 1♂: same collection data as previous ( PCAR) ; 2♂♂, 1♀: Eastern Mwingi, Nguni env., 28.xi.1999, leg. M. Snížek ( RBINS) ; 2♂♂: same collection data as previous, W. of Nguni , 01.xii.2010 ( RBINS) ; 2♂♂: Eastern Katutu-Kithioko , 27.xi.1999, Leg. M. Snížek ( RBINS) ; 1♂: SC, E of Taveta , 20.11.2011, Snížek, 1100m [WSD00348096] ( MSPC) .

DERIVATIO NOMINIS.

Dedicated to the German Rutelinae specialist Friedrich Ohaus, who first recognized this taxon as distinct.

DISTRIBUTION.

Known from Ethiopia, Tanzania and Kenya (new country record).

BIOLOGY.

The species was collected in the months of January, March, April, May, October, November and December.

NOMENCLATURAL REMARKS.

The species Anomala subvittata Ohaus, 1925 was described based on specimens from Tanzania and is currently treated as a valid species. However, Anomala subvittata Ohaus, 1925 is a junior homonym of the Asian Anomala subvittata Reitter, 1903 . The rejected primary junior homonym has no known available and potentially valid synonyms and is replaced by the new substitute name Anomala friedrichi following ICZN (1999).

Anomala subvittata Reitter, 1903 was described from a single female specimen ( Reitter, 1903); according to V. G. Bezborodov and A. Legalov (pers. comm., February 2024), the type might not be correctly labelled and cannot be found in Reitter’s collection in HNHM.

Figures

Fig. 7. Anomala friedrichi nom. nov. ♂ (RBINS). A-B, habitus, A, dorsal view. B, lateral view. C-E, aedeagus. C, lateral view. D, dorsal view. E, ventral view. F, distribution map.