Athlia brasilica Saylor, 1946

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

Athlia brasilica Saylor, 1946

Figs. 15–18 , 67 .

Original combination. Athlia brasilica Saylor, 1946: 23 .

Type locality. “Nova Galicia, S. Catarina, Brazylja ” ( Saylor 1946).

Type series. Holotype at CASC labeled a) “Nowa Galicja / Brazylja,S. Catharina ” (typeset), b) “ HOLOTYPE / Athlia / BRASILICA / L.W.Saylor” (typeset and handwritten on red paper), c) “BRASILICA / Saylor / DET. / L.W. SAYLOR” (handwritten and typeset), d) “L.W. Saylor / Collection” (typeset), e) “ California Academy / of Sciences / Type / No. 7922” (typeset and handwritten). One paratype at CASC (examined).

Distribution. Fig. 67 . Brazil: Santa Catarina (based on specimens from CASC, CMNC).

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 15–18. Athlia brasilica Saylor, 1946. 15, dorsal habitus; 16, oblique habitus; 17, head and pronotum; 18, parameres.