Anomala strigodermoides Filippini, Galante, and Micó, 2015

Filippini, V., Galante, E. & Micó, E., 2015, Descriptions of New Species ofAnomalaSamouelle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Costa Rica, The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (3), pp. 463-476 : 473-474

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065x-69.3.463
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scientific name	Anomala strigodermoides Filippini, Galante, and Micó
status	sp. nov.

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Anomala strigodermoides Filippini, Galante, and Micó , new species

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Type Material. Holotype: ♂ " COSTA RICA. Prov. Alajuela. Bijagua. Albergue Heliconias. 800-900m. 24–26 MAR 2006. B. Gamboa, M. Moraga, J. A. Azofeifa. Tp. Luz. L_N_299800_ 423800 #85743 / INB0004012910" deposited at MNCR . Paratypes (6): 1♀ " COSTA RICA. Prov. Cartago. Reserva Biol. El Copal. 900–1000 m. 24 ABR 2006. B. Gamboa, M. Moraga, E. Navarro. Tp. Luz. L_N_196916_563695 #86066 / INB0004012683" ; 1♀ " COSTA RICA.Prov. Alajuela.Bijagua.Albergue

Heliconias. 800- 900m. 24–26 MAR 2006.B. Gamboa, M. Moraga, J. A. Azofeifa. Tp. Luz. L_N_299800_ 423800 #85743 / INB0004012911"; 1♀ " COSTA RICA. Prov. Alajuela. Bijagua. Albergue Heliconias. 800- 900m. 24–26 MAR 2006. B. Gamboa, M. Moraga, J. A. Azofeifa. Tp. Luz. L_N_299800_423800 #85743 / INB0004012912" ; 1♀ " COSTA RICA. Prov. Alajuela. Guatuso. P.N. Volcán Tenorio. Punto 1: Catarata Río Buenavista. 800m. 5 MAY 2008. J. A. Azofeifa. Tp de Luz 1. L_N_298380_427850 #93735 / CEUA00106207 " ; 1♂ " P.N. Volcán Tenorio. Catarata Río Buenavista. Alajuela, Costa Rica. 780m 15/IV/2010. L. M. Zumbado, J.A.Azofeifa. / CEUA00106208 " ; 1♂ " P.N. Volcán Tenorio. Catarata Río Buenavista. Alajuela, Costa Rica. 780m 15/IV/2010. L. M. Zumbado, J.A.Azofeifa. / CEUA00106209 ". Three paratypes are deposited at MNCR , and three paratypes are deposited at Universidad de Alicante .

Holotype. Male ( Fig. 7 View Figs ). Body elongate. Length 9.04 mm, width 4.89 mm. Head, pronotum, and scutellum metallic green; elytra ochre with 3 pairs of brown maculae along basal margin and a brown, wavy, median, transverse band. Rows of punctures lightly pigmented. Entire surface with green luster. Pygidium, legs, and venter brown with green luster. Head: Clypeus trapezoidal, surface densely punctate-reticulate, flat. Anterior margin straight, ratio width/length 1.9. Frons densely punctate, flat. Ocular canthus long and thin, with acute apex. Ratio of interocular width/width of eye 2.76. Ratio of antennal funiculus/club 0.64. Pronotum: Trapezoidal, long, narrower than elytra. Width 1.26 times length. Lateral margins angulated at 1/3 of pronotal length from anterior margins. Anterior angles acute, posterior angles obtuse. Basal margin thin, sinuate, complete. Surface irregular, with coalescing punctures. Scutellum: Subtriangular, surface sparsely punctate. Ratio width/length 1.24. Elytra: With striae defined by regular rows of punctures. Surface covered with secondary punctures. Marginal membrane complete, very thin. Pygidium: Finely granulated, with short setae on disc and long setae at hind margin. Ratio width/length 1.87. Venter: Space between mesocoxae narrow, slightly convex. Mesometasternal suture welldefined at base of mesocoxae. Abdominal sternites with 2–3 rows of setae and 3–5 rows of punctures per sternite. Last sternite strigate, with apical margin thin and curved, protruding membrane thin. Legs: Protibia bidentate ( Fig. 15 View Figs ); apical tooth long and curved, basal tooth above internal apex of protibia, triangular, acute. Metatibia slen- der, fusiform. Ratio length/width 2.72. First external carina well-developed. Surface punctate above second external carina and rugose below. External protarsal claw curved; internal claw bifurcate, with upper branch of same length and 2/3 width of the lower one; inferior margin with a sharp angle near base. Male genitalia: Parameres with squared apex in lateral view ( Fig. 23 View Figs ). Endophallus ( Fig. 31 View Figs ) with a wide sacculus, ejaculatory duct opening at basal lateral inflation.

Female. Similar to male except protibia with wider apical tooth; internal protarsal claw narrower with curved inferior margin.

Variation. Six paratypes. Elytra with or without green luster; maculae on elytra vary from reddish to dark brown, may also be present on apex; venter varies from reddish to brown. Body length 8.17–9.64 mm, body width 4.42–4.89 mm. Clypeal width/length ratio 1.89–2.08. Ratio of interocular width/width of eye 2.26–3.04. Ratio of antennal funiculus/club 0.60–0.74. Pronotal width/length ratio 1.26–1.32. Scutellar width/length ratio 1.14–1.33. Pygidial width/length ratio 1.87 (n = 1). Metatibial width/length ratio 2.49–2.82.

Etymology. From the name of genus Strigoderma and suffix -oides, for its general resemblance with species of Strigoderma Burmeister.

Distribution. This species is known from the Guanacaste and Talamanca mountain ranges of Costa Rica, from 750 to 1,050 m elevation ( Fig. 35 View Figs ).

Diagnosis. The long and narrow pronotum with a coarse surface readily separates this species from other Neotropical Anomala . Another species with a relatively narrow pronotum is Anomala repressa Ohaus, 1908 ( Mexico) , which is of similar size. However, in A. repressa , the pronotum is wider than long, with a sinuate margin, the entire surface is covered with setae, and the elytra have a peculiar pattern with two light-colored maculae on a black to reddish basal color.