Anomala harpagophysa PROKOFIEV, 2014

Zorn, Carsten, Kobayashi, Hirokazu & Wada, Kaoru, 2017, Notes on the genus Anomala SAMOUELLE, 1819 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) in Vietnam and neighboring regions: eight new species and faunistic records, Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 67 (2), pp. 325-352 : 342

Anomala harpagophysa PROKOFIEV, 2014

Distribution: China (new country record), Vietnam.

Specimens examined: 1 , Mt. Tam Dao , Vinh Phu prov., N. Vietnam, V-2008, native collector leg. ( MFPC) ; 1 , Cao Bang, N. Vietnam, V-1999, native collector leg. ( MFPC) ; 1 , Cao Bang, N. Vietnam, 5-VII-1996, Itoh leg. ( MFPC) ; 1 , Tamdao Near Hanoi VIETNAM 3 – 8 VI 1990 leg. Masao Ito | K.WADA Col No. 519 ( KWPC) ; 1 , Mt. Tam Dao (LT: 900 m), Vinh Phu prov., N. Vietnam, 6.V.2000, S. Nomura leg. ( KWPC) ; 2 , Mt. Deo Tram (LT: 1850 m), nr. Sa Pa, Lao Cai prov., N. Vietnam, 14~ 15.V.1994, S. Nomura leg. ( NSMT) ; 1 , Mt. Pia Oac , Cao Bang prov., N. Vietnam, v.1999, native collector leg. ( NSMT) ; 1 , Mt. Pia Oac , Cao Bang, N. Vietnam, 22~ 29.v.1998, Haruki Karube leg. ( MFPC) ; 1 , Tam Dao , N. Vietnam, V-1994, native collector leg. ( MFPC) ; 1 , Cao Bang, N. Vietnam, v.1999, native collector leg. ( MFPC) ; 1 , 1 , CHINA, GUIZHOU env. Kaili , Xijiang h= 1200 m 14.VI.2000. leg. S. Murzin ( CZPC) ; 1 , Guangxi, Wuming , Daming Shan, lgt. Liu Sikong, 1963.V.21. ( GEI) (examined by photographs only).

Remarks: This species was recently described from Mt. Mẫu SƠn from historical material collected by H. Fruhstorfer near the beginning of the 20th century. Recent findings suggest that its distribution range encompasses northeastern Vietnam and the neighboring Chinese province of Guangxi.