Anomala esmeralda PROKOFIEV 2013

Anomala esmeralda PROKOFIEV, 2013 Distribution: Vietnam. Specimens examined: 1 ���, 2 ������, C VIETNAM: Gia Lai Province, Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve, surroundings HQ, about 900 m 14��28,450N 108��32,401E | leg. L. Bartolozzi, A. Bandinelli, S. Bambi, V. Sbordoni at light 8-12.V.2016 (n�� Mag. 3078) (CZPC, MZUF); 1 ���, 1 ���, C VIETNAM: Gia Lai Province, Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve, about 8 km from HQ, 1100 m 14��30,256'N 108��30,109E | leg. L. Bartolozzi, A. Bandinelli, S. Bambi, V. Sbordoni at light 8-12.V.2016 (n�� Mag. 3078) (MZUF); 3 ������, 1 ���, C. VIETNAM: Gia Lai Province, Kon Chu Rang Nature Reserve, 15 km from HQ, 1100 m 14��31,212N 108��28,192E | leg. L. Bartolozzi, A. Bandinelli, S. Bambi, V. Sbordoni at light 8-12.V.2016 (n�� Mag. 3078) (CZPC, MZUF); 1 ���, C VIETNAM: Kon Tum Province, ca. 30 km from Kon Plong, 1250 m 14��40,320N 108��15,829E | leg. L. Bartolozzi, A. Bandinelli, S. Bambi, V. Sbordoni at light 4-7.V.2016 (n�� Mag. 3078) (MZUF). Remarks: Anomala esmeralda was known only from Kh��nh H��a and L��m ���ng provinces in southern Vietnam. Our records extend its range to two additional localities in central Vietnam (Gia Lai and Kon Tum provinces).
Published as part of Zorn, Carsten, Kobayashi, Hirokazu & Wada, Kaoru, 2017, Notes on the genus Anomala SAMOUELLE, 1819 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) in Vietnam and neighboring regions: eight new species and faunistic records, pp. 325-352 in Beitr��ge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 67 (2) on page 341, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.67.2.325-352, http://zenodo.org/record/5742448