Athlia bruchi Moser, 1924

Smith, Andrew B. T. & Evans, Arthur V., 2018, Taxonomic review of Athliini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae), a new tribe of scarab beetles endemic to South America, Zootaxa 4471 (2), pp. 279-308 : 286-287

Athlia bruchi Moser, 1924

Figs. 19–23 , 67 .

Original combination. Athlia bruchi Moser, 1924: 121 .

Type locality. “ Argentina: Cordoba ” ( Moser 1924).

Type series. Lectotype ( Figs. 19–23 ) at ZMHB labeled a) “Rep ARGENTINA / Prov. Cordoba / 1911 / C. Bruch” (typeset), b) “ Athlia / Bruchi / Type Mos.” (handwritten), c) “Bruchi Mos.” (handwritten), d) “SYNTYPUS / Athlia / bruchi Moser, 1924 / labelled by MNHUB 2009” (typeset, orange label), e) “ ATHLIA / BRUCHI / MOSER, 1924 / LECTOTYPE / A.B.T. SMITH” (handwritten and typeset, red label). Lectotype here designated. A lectotype is designated to preserve the stability of the nomenclature by selecting a single specimen as the namebearing type for this species. Since Moser (1924) did not explicitly state how many specimens he examined, it is impossible to know the exact composition of the type series.

Distribution. Fig. 67 . Argentina: Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Jujuy, La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Luis (based on specimens from CASC, CMNC, ZMHB).

Figures

FIGURE 67. Distribution map of Athlia bollei Martínez, 1955 (red circle), Athlia brasilica Saylor, 1946 (green circle), Athlia bruchi Moser, 1924 (black circles), and Athlia freyi Martínez, 1974 (blue circle).

FIGURES 19–23. Athlia bruchi Moser, 1924 lectotype. 19, dorsal habitus; 20, oblique habitus; 21, labels; 22, head and pronotum; 23, parameres.