Onthophagus vladimiri Frey, 1957

Tarasov, Sergey I., 2010, Seven new synonyms within the genus Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Oriental Region, Zootaxa 2566, pp. 45-48 : 47-48

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.197274
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6208728
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scientific name	Onthophagus vladimiri Frey, 1957
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Onthophagus vladimiri Frey, 1957 View in CoL

Onthophagus vladimiri Frey, 1957: 687 View in CoL (type locality: Süd Indien, Anamalai Hills, Cinchona) Onthophagus anamalaiensis Balthasar, 1974: 183 View in CoL syn.n. (type locality: S. Indien, Anamalai Hills, Cinchona) Type material examined. One male and one female paratype of O. vladimiri View in CoL (NMP) bearing the following two geographical labels:

1. Anamalai Hills Cinchona 3500 ft.V.56

2. Süd Indien leg. Nathan

Holotype of O. anamalaiensis ( NMP), male bearing the following labels:

1. White, printed: Anamalai Hills Cinchona S. Ind. 3500 ft.1959

2. Rose: Onth anamalaiensis Holo Balt [handwritten] Allotypus [printed, crossed with hand]

3. White: Onthophagus vladimiri Frey, 1957 [handwritten] S. Tarasov det. 2009 [printed]

Remarks. The examined holotype of O. anamalaiensis is conspecific with the type series of O. pseudojavanus because they share the same aedeagus and principle diagnostic characters of the external morphology (structure of head and vertex horns, pronotum punctation, body coloration, etc.). Moreover, both type series were collected at the same locality in southern India. It seems that O. anamalaiensis was described as a new species because the author did not know the identity of O. vladimiri .