Other Common Names
Padre Island Tibial Scarab, Padre Island Anomala
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anomala schaefferi Seidel, 2021
Orig. Comb: Anomala tibialis Schaeffer 1906 [homonym of Anomala tibialis Lansberge, 1886]
Range
Texas endemic. A female specimen from the collection of [Ottomar] Dietz was described from Texas without further data (Schaeffer, 1906) and had remained unknown. A second specimen of this distinctive species was subsequently collected by James E. Gillaspy on Padre Island, Kleberg County, Texas on May 19, 1976. No other records are known.
(1)Print References
Riley, E.G. & C.S. Wolfe. 2003. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement, no. 26. 37 pp.
(1)
Schaeffer, C. 1906. Notes on some species of the genus
Anomala with descriptions of new species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, l4(1): 1-5. (
Full Text)
Seidel, M. 2021. New records of
Anomala tibialis Lansberge, 1886 and a new replacement name for
Anomala tibialis Schaeffer, 1906 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anomalini). Zootaxa 4966(4): 494–496. (
Abstract)
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