Athlia problematica Gutiérrez, 1950

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 : 292-293

Athlia problematica Gutiérrez, 1950

Figs. 40–43 , 70 .

Original combination. Athlia problematica Gutiérrez, 1950: 270 .

Type locality. “ Chile: Prov. Valparaíso, Concón ” ( Gutiérrez 1950).

Type series. Holotype, allotype, and eight paratypes at Museo de Zoología, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile ( Cekalovic & Artigas 1969). Two paratypes at BMNH, one paratype at FMNH, and two paratypes at CMNC were examined.

Distribution. Fig. 70 . Chile: IV Región de Coquimbo, V Región de Valparaíso, Región Metropolitana de Santiago (based on specimens from AMNH, BMNH, CASC, CMNC, FMNH, UMCE). The IV Región de Coquimbo record is based on a single AMNH specimen collected at Combarbalá on 11 November 1992 by Rosen, Sharkov, and Snyder. Additional specimens are needed to corroborate the Región de Coquimbo distributional record.

Figures

FIGURE 70. Distribution map of Athlia problematica Gutiérrez, 1950 (black circles).

FIGURES 40–43. Athlia problematica Gutiérrez, 1950. 40, dorsal habitus; 41, oblique habitus; 42, head and pronotum; 43, parameres.