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Athlia brasilica Saylor 1946

Description

Athlia brasilica Saylor, 1946

Figs. 15–18, 67.

Original combination. Athlia brasilica Saylor, 1946: 23.

Type locality. “Nova Galicia, S. Catarina, Brazylja ” (Saylor 1946).

Type series. Holotype at CASC labeled a) “Nowa Galicja / Brazylja,S. Catharina ” (typeset), b) “ HOLOTYPE / Athlia / BRASILICA / L.W.Saylor” (typeset and handwritten on red paper), c) “BRASILICA / Saylor / DET. / L.W. SAYLOR” (handwritten and typeset), d) “L.W. Saylor / Collection” (typeset), e) “ California Academy / of Sciences / Type / No. 7922” (typeset and handwritten). One paratype at CASC (examined).

Distribution. Fig. 67. Brazil: Santa Catarina (based on specimens from CASC, CMNC).

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 279-308 in Zootaxa 4471 (2) on page 286, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1439674

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Athlia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Saylor
Species
brasilica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Athlia brasilica Saylor, 1946 sec. Smith & Evans, 2018

References

  • Saylor, L. W. (1946) Studies in the melolonthine scarab beetle genera of the American continents. I. Revision of the genus Athlia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 48, 18 - 25.