Athlia plebeja Burmeister, 1855

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, Zootaxa 4471 (2), pp. 279-308 : 289-292

Athlia plebeja Burmeister, 1855

Figs. 36–39 , 69 .

Original combination. Athlia plebeja Burmeister, 1855: 125 .

Subsequent combination. Rivera plebeja (Burmeister) : Germain 1903: 392.

Type locality. “ Chili ” ( Burmeister 1855).

Type series. Syntypes presumably at Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle , Germany (not examined).

Synonym. Athlia rivera Saylor, 1946: 23 . Type locality: “ Chile, Concepcion” ( Saylor 1946). Type series: holotype male at CASC labeled a) “ CHILE / Concepcion / P.HerbstS.” (typeset) on upperside and “ 30.x.04.” (handwritten) on underside, b) “Moser determ. / Athlia n.sp. ” (typeset and handwritten), c) “ HOLOTYPE / Athlia / RIVERA / L.W.Saylor” (typeset and handwritten on red paper), d) “ RIVERA / Saylor / DET. / L.W. SAYLOR” (handwritten and typeset), e) “L.W. Saylor / Collection” (typeset), f) “ California Academy / of Sciences / Type / No. 7924” (typeset and handwritten), g) “Southern Neotropical Scarabs / database # AS 2617639 / Athlia plebeja / Burmeister, 1855 ♂ / DET: A.B.T. SMITH 2008 ” (typeset). One paratype at CASC erroneously labeled “ Peru ” (examined).

Distribution. Fig. 69 . Chile: VII Región del Libertador General Bernardo O’Higgins, VIII Región del Biobío, IX Región de la Araucanía (based on specimens from BMNH, CASC, CMNC, FMNH, MNHN, USNM). Two century-old specimens were also seen labeled “Limache” (CASC) and “ Valparaíso ” (CMNC) but we consider these records as erroneous. The Valparaíso region is far outside the distribution of this species.

Figures

FIGURE 69. Distribution map of Athlia parvissima Saylor, 1946 (black circles) and Athlia plebeja Burmeister, 1855 (red circles).

FIGURES 36–39. Athlia plebeja Burmeister, 1855. 36, dorsal habitus; 37, oblique habitus; 38, head and pronotum; 39, parameres.