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Anomala bella , Arrow 1917

Authors :: Zhao, Ming-Zhi
Publication Year :: 2021
Publisher :: Zenodo, 2021.
Abstract: Anomala bella Arrow, 1917 (Figs. 49��53) Anomala bella Arrow, 1917: 208 [type designated but type locality unspecified], Plate I, fig. 9; Machatschke 1972: 124; Zorn 2006: 257; Prokofiev 2015a: 39, figs. 10��13 [recorded from North Thailand, without detailed data]; Zorn & Bezd&ecaron;k 2016: 330. Type material examined. The type material was not examined by the author. Labels of the male holotype (BMNH) were provided by Carsten Zorn (Gnoien, Germany) and transcribed here. It is labeled �� &male; // Type H. T. Mungphu // Atkinson Coll. 92-3. // Anomala bella, Arrow Type��. Additional material examined. CHINA: 3&male;&male;, 1&female; (2&male;&male; CCPC, 1&male;, 1&female; ZMPC), CHINA: Yunnan, Dehong Pref., Yingjiang County, Nabang Town, Nabang Eletric Station, 2013.v.9 Xiao-Dong Yang leg.; 1&male; (CCPC), ditto, but 2013.v.10. Comments on type locality. Even Arrow (1917) designated type and cotypes for this species originally, the type locality was not specified by him. According to the above labels, Mungphu (currently Mungpoo in northeastern India) should be considered as type locality of this taxon. Remarks. This species is widely distributed from northern India to northern Thailand. The male genitalia of Chinese specimens well fits those figured by Prokofiev (2015a). Distribution. China: Yunnan (new country record); India; Myanmar; Thailand.<br />Published as part of Zhao, Ming-Zhi, 2021, Contribution to the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Rutelinae) of China and adjacent regions. Part I: descriptions of two new species and remarks on four species, pp. 578-590 in Zootaxa 4903 (4) on page 587, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4903.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/4431451<br />{"references":["Arrow, G. J. (1917) The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Coleoptera Lamellicornia part II (Rutelinae, Des - monycinae, and Euchirinae). Taylor & Francis, London, 387 pp.","Machatschke, J. W. (1972) Coleopterorum catalogus supplementa. Pars 66. Fascicle 1. Superfamilie Scarabaeoidea, Familie Melolonthidae, Subfamilie Rutelinae. Editio Secunda. Dr. W. Junk, Gravenhage, 361 pp.","Zorn, C. (2006) Subfamily Rutelinae, tribe Anomalini C. E. Blanchard, 1851. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3, Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 276 - 277.","Prokofiev, A. M. (2015 a) New Anomala Samouelle, 1819 from South-East Asia. Russian Entomological Journal, 24, 37 - 59. https: // doi. org / 10.15298 / rusentj. 24.1.04","Zorn, C. & Bezdek, A. (2016) Subfamily Rutelinae. In: Lobl, I. & Lobl, D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3. Scarabaeoidea, Scirtoidea, Dascilloidea, Buprestoidea, Byrrhoidea. Revised and updated edition. Brill, Leiden, pp. 317 - 358."]}