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Issue: Vol. 5786 No. 1: 1 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5786.1.19
Page range: 186-211
Abstract views: 18
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Discussion of four species of Anomala Samouelle from Mêdog, Xizang and description of one new species of Melanopopillia Lin from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae)

State Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100101; China
State Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100101; China; School of Agriculture; Ningxia University; Yinchuan 750021; Ningxia; China
State Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100101; China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 101408; China
Coleoptera taxonomy key Anomala cinderella Melanopopillia guangxiensis sp. nov.

Abstract

Four species comprising the so-called Anomala cinderella species-group are herein treated based on material recently collected from Mêdog and the contiguous Himalayan region. Members of this assemblage, including Anomala cinderella Arrow, 1917, A. liuhaoyii Zhao, 2025, A. pemako Zhao, 2025, and A. piliscutella Lin, 1981, are characterized by a distinctively testaceous to rufescent habitus and a pronotum densely clothed in elongate, yellowish setae. The present contribution provides a key to these species, detailed descriptions, differential diagnoses and distribution for each taxon. Furthermore, Melanopopillia guangxiensis sp. nov. is described from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

 

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How to Cite

Lu, Y.-Y., Borjigin, M. & Bai, M. (2026) Discussion of four species of Anomala Samouelle from Mêdog, Xizang and description of one new species of Melanopopillia Lin from Guangxi, China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae). Zootaxa, 5786 (1), 186–211. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5786.1.19