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Athlia problematica Gutierrez 1950

Description

Athlia problematica Gutiérrez, 1950

Figs. 40–43, 70.

Original combination. Athlia problematica Gutiérrez, 1950: 270.

Type locality. “ Chile: Prov. Valparaíso, Concón ” (Gutiérrez 1950).

Type series. Holotype, allotype, and eight paratypes at Museo de Zoología, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile (Cekalovic & Artigas 1969). Two paratypes at BMNH, one paratype at FMNH, and two paratypes at CMNC were examined.

Distribution. Fig. 70. Chile: IV Región de Coquimbo, V Región de Valparaíso, Región Metropolitana de Santiago (based on specimens from AMNH, BMNH, CASC, CMNC, FMNH, UMCE). The IV Región de Coquimbo record is based on a single AMNH specimen collected at Combarbalá on 11 November 1992 by Rosen, Sharkov, and Snyder. Additional specimens are needed to corroborate the Región de Coquimbo distributional record.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 279-308 in Zootaxa 4471 (2) on pages 292-293, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1439674

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Gutierrez
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Athlia
Species
problematica
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Athlia problematica Gutierrez, 1950 sec. Smith & Evans, 2018

References

  • Gutierrez, R. (1950) Notas sobre Scarabaeidae Chilenos (Coleoptera Lamellicornia). Arthropoda, 1 (2 / 4), 267 - 278.
  • Cekalovic, T. & Artigas, J. N. (1969) Catalogo de los tipos de Insecta depositados en la coleccion del Departamento de Zoologia de la Universidad de Concepcion (INCO) (Diciembre, 1968). Boletin de la Sociedad de Biologia de Concepcion, 41, 111 - 133.