Anomala anthracina ARROW, 1912

Wang, Fa-Lei & Zorn, Carsten, 2021, Description of a new species and new faunistic records of the genus Anomala SAMOUELLE (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) from China and neighboring regions, Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 71 (1), pp. 147-159 : 150

Anomala anthracina ARROW, 1912

( Figs 14 , 25–28 )

Distribution: Bhutan; India: Sikkim; China (new country record): Xizang, Yunnan; Nepal (new country record).

Type material: Syntypes. 1  ( BMNH), Type /  / Kurseong, Sikkim. R. P. Verschraeghen. 1911-218. / Kurseong Inde Verschraeghen 1904. 1908 / Anomala anthracina, Arrow Type [Arrow’s handwriting]; 2  ( BMNH), Kurseong, Sikkim. R. P. Verschraeghen. 1911-218. / Kurseong Inde Verschraeghen 1904. 1908; 1  ( BMNH), Co-type / MUSEUM PARIS SIKKIM HARMAND 1886 / Anomala anthracina Arr. [Arrow’s handwriting]; 1  ( BMNH), Cotype / MUSEUM PARIS SIKKIM DARJEELING HARMAND 1890; 1  ( BMNH), Mungphu / Atkinson Coll. 92-3 / Anomala anthracina, Arrow [Arrow’s handwriting].

Other specimens examined: CHINA: Xizang: 1  ( SYSU), Tibet, Bomi County, nr. 318 national road, 30°03'54"N 95°11'23"E, 2300 m, 2018.VI.19, S. S. Wang & Z. L. Liang leg. Yunnan: 6 , 13 ( FLWC), Gongshan County, 30.V.2018, Zheng Zhou leg. ; 1  ( FLWC), Hulukou, Xima , Yingjiang County, VI-VII.2018, Wei- Zong Yang leg. ; 1  ( FLWC), Mangyun, Pingyuan , Yingjiang County, VIII.2019, Gui-Chang Liu leg. INDIA: 1 , 1  ( CZGG), W Sikkim Pemayangste env., 1900- 2080 m, 15-17.V.1998 leg. Fabrici & Ahrens ; 1  ( CZGG), India (Arunachal Pradesh) , Tawang Ugelling, 19.VI.2014, K. Krause lgt.; 1  ( CZGG), India W. Bengal, Darjeeling env. 1800-2500 m, 8-10.V.1991, St. Jakl lgt . NEPAL: 1 , 1  ( CZGG), Nepal east, Taplejung , 23-24.V.2013, lgt. E. Kučera .

Remarks: Anomala anthracina was formerly known only from Bhutan and India (Sikkim) ( ARROw 1912a; ARROw 1917; FREY 1975; SABATINELLI 1997; ZORN & BEZDĚK 2016). Here, it is reported from Xizang and Yunnan, China, and Nepal for the first time.

Figures

Figs 13–21: Male habitus of Anomala spp., male. – 13. A. anguliceps (Emei Mount, Sichuan). 14. A. anthracina (Gongshan County, Yunnan). 15. A. bilobata (Yingjiang County, Yunnan). 16. A. callifera (Gongshan County, Yunnan). 17. A. cantorioides (Mengla, Yunnan). 18. A. fusitibia (Yingjiang County, Yunnan). 19. A. kuatuna (Jinxiu County, Guangxi). 20. A. siamensis (Menglun County, Yunnan). 21. A. xanthoptera (Yingjiang County, Yunnan).

Figs 22–52: Aedeagus of Anomala spp., male. – 22–24. A. anguliceps (Emei Mount, Sichuan). 25–28. A. anthracina (Gongshan County, Yunnan). 29–32. A. bilobata (Yingjiang County, Yunnan). 33–35. A. callifera (Gongshan County, Yunnan). 36-39. A. cantorioides (Mengla, Yunnan). 40–42. A. fusitibia (Yingjiang County, Yunnan). 43–45. A. kuatuna (Jinxiu County, Guangxi). 46–49. A. siamensis (Menglun County, Yunnan). 50–52. A. xanthoptera (Yingjiang County, Yunnan). 22, 25, 29, 33, 36, 40, 43, 46, 50. dorsal view. 23, 26, 30, 34, 37, 41, 44, 47, 51. ventral view. 24, 28, 31, 35, 38, 42, 45, 48, 52. lateral view from right. 28, 39. lateral view from left. 32, 49. frontal view.