Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Bayfield-Farrell, William P., Matsumoto, Keita & Barclay, Maxwell V. L., 2022, Catalog of the Anatistini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) Deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, The Coleopterists Bulletin 76 (3), pp. 341-349 : 344-345

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802 Rutelinae MacLeay, 1819

Anatistini Lacordaire, 1856

Anatistidae Lacordaire 1856: xi. Type genus: Anatista Brême 1844: 305.

Spodochlamyini Ohaus 1918: 166 (junior synonym). Type genus: Spodochlamys Burmeister 1855: 528 .

Spodochlamys caesarea Burmeister, 1855 Spodochlamys caesarea Burmeister 1855: 529 (original combination).

Material Studied. Nine specimens, three males, six females: “46/97 [h, brown, circular]// SPODOCHLAMYS CAESAREA / BURM. [ EISTER]/det. M. L. Jameson 2007 [h & p]// NHMUK 014560438 [p]”; “Brazil/Lauzcal [?] [h, green label]// Leucothyreus gigas /Murray [h]//Nevinson Coll./1918- 14 [p]// NHMUK 014560439 [p]”; “Nevinson Coll./1918-14 [p]//[unreadable]/ Brazil [h, red label]// NHMUK 014560440 [p]”; “boite [“box”; French translation] 25 - [h]//Nevinson Coll./1918-14 [p]// NHMUK 014560441 [p]”; “ Bahia [p]//Fry Coll./1905-100 [p]// NHMUK 014560442 [p]”; “BRITISH GUIANA:/[green line]/ New River./iii-v. 1938./ C. A. Hudson. [p]//Brit. Mus./1939-370. [p]// NHMUK 014560443 [p]”; “Brazil [top of label], 43/22 [bottom of label] [h, circular]// NHMUK 014560444 [p]”; “[male genitalia]// Bahia [p]//Fry Coll./1905-100 [p]// NHMUK 014560445 [p]”; “ BRAZIL - Agua /PE (Faz. Palauguela)/ 13.iii.1994 / LIMA AJ. de M. leg. [h]// Brit. Mus. (n.H.)./1994-144 [I. Lima] [p]// SPODOCHLAMYS CAESAREA / BURMEISTER/det. M.L. Jameson 2007 [h & p]// NHMUK 014560446 [p]”.

Distribution. BRAZIL (5): Bahia, no data. GUYANA (1): New River. NO DATA (3).

Spodochlamys cupreola Bates, 1888 Spodochlamys cupreola H. W. Bates 1888: 294 ,

T. 17, f. 10 (original combination).

Type Material. Holotype male ( Fig. 1 ): “Type [p, circular, red ring]//Sp. figured [p]// B.C.A. Col. II. (2) [p]// Chiriqui,/ Panama./Trötsch. [p]// Spodochlamys /cupreola/Bates// Spodochlamys /cupreola/H. Bates 1888 / HOLOTYPE /det. M. L. Jameson 2007 [p, red label, black border]// NHMUK014560447 [p]”.

Remarks. The holotype of S. cupreola was part of the collection made for the Biologia Centrali-Americana (BCA), a project resulting in a series of publications from 1879 to 1915, documenting the natural history of Mexico and CentralAmerica ( Godman 1915). The BCA was issued by Frederick DuCane Godman (1834–1919) and Osbert Salvin (1835–1898), who recruited many naturalists, including Henry Walter Bates (1825–1892), to help collect specimens and produce publications on New World biodiversity. The material from the BCA was deposited centrally at BMNH (not in the collections of the individual naturalists who worked on it), and Godman and Salvin were accordingly honored with a bronze plaque on the main staircase of the Natural History Museum.

Additional Material. Two specimens, male: “Turrialba. Costa Rica /Date 2.4.[19]81/ Found on Big light traps / Collector A. B. S. King [h & p]// A.B.S. King /B.M. 1984-284 [p]// SPODOCHLAMYS / CUPREOLA/ BATES /det. M.L. Jameson 2007 [h & p]// NHMUK 014560448 ”; “ Colombia [h]//1911 [h, blue label]//67 45 [p]// ♂ [h]//[male genitalia]// So named/in Reiches /Collection./C. W. [p]// Leucothyreus /dimidiata/ Reiche / Colombia [h, by Charles Waterhouse]// NHMUK 04560449 [p]” .

Remarks. “ Leucothyreus dimidiata ” appears to be an unpublished name.

Distribution. COSTA RICA (1): Cartago. PANAMA (1): Chiriqui. COLOMBIA (1): no data.

Spodochlamys flavofemorata Ohaus, 1905 Spodochlamys flavofemorata Ohaus 1905: 265 (original combination).

Material Studied. Five specimens, one male, four females: “8610 [h]//Vene. a [ Venezuela] [h]//Fry Coll./1905-100.[p]// SPODOCHLAMYS /FLAVOFE MORATA/ OHAUS /det. M. L. Jameson 2007 [h & p]// NHMUK 014560455 [p]”; “ Venezuela /St: [h]// Ot [h]//[blank, square, green]//Nevinson Coll./1918- 14 [p]// NHMUK 014560456 [p]”; “Veneza./55.89. [p]/ Spodochlamys / flavofemorata Ohs. /Determined from description. G.J.A. [Gilbert J. Arrow] [h & p]// NHMUK 014560457 [p]”; “ VENEZUELA /Rancho Grande/ 27. v. 1948 /H E Box [h & p]// COM. EST. ENT./ COLL. NO. 10973 [h & p]//Pres. by/Comm Inst Ent/B.M. 1981-315 [p]// SPODOCHLAMYS / SP./Det: A.B. T. Smith 2011 [h & p]// NHMUK 014560472 [p]// Spodochlamys flavofemorata / Ohaus, 1905 /det. W. Bayfield-Farrell 2021 [p]”; “[male genitalia]// VENEZUELA /Rancho Grande/ 27. v. 1948 /H E Box [h & p]// COM. EST. ENT./ COLL. NO. 10973 [h & p]//Spodo-/chlamys sp./G.J. Arrow det. [h & p]//Pres. by/Comm Inst Ent/ B.M. 1981-315 [p]// NHMUK 014560473 [p]// Spodochlamys flavofemorata / Ohaus, 1905 /det. W. Bayfield-Farrell 2021 [p]”.

Distribution. VENEZUELA (5): Henri Pittier National Park (Aragua and Carabobo), no data.

Figures

Figs. 1–2. Type specimens of Spodochlamys spp. 1) S. cupreola, holotype, male; 2) S. gigas, holotype, female. A) Dorsal habitus, B) Labels.