Checklist and identification key of Anomalini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) of Costa Rica

Abstract

A checklist and identification key for the species of the tribe Anomalini in Costa Rica are presented. The Anomalini species are important economically, as they have larvae that are or can become agricultural pests, as well as ecologically, having potential as bioindicators. In spite of their importance and richness, identification tools for the group in the Neotropics remain scarce. The Costa Rican fauna comprises six genera (Anomala, Anomalorhina, Callistethus, Epectinaspis, Moroniella, and Strigoderma) and a total of 120 species. Anomala contusa Filippini, Micó, Galante, 2015 is proposed as a synonym of Anomala inbio (Ramírez-Ponce, Bitar, Curoe 2014); Anomala limon nom. n. is proposed as a new name for Anomala inbio Filippini, Galante, Micó, 2015, a homonym of Anomala inbio (Ramírez-Ponce, Bitar, Curoe, 2014); Anomala cinaedias nom. n. is proposed as a new name for Anomala chloropyga Ohaus, 1897, a homonym of Anomala chloropyga Burmeister, 1844; and Anomala chrysomelina is moved to the genus Callistethus.

Avances en la taxonomía de los Anomalini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) de Costa Rica

“…Se describieron un total de 58 especies nuevas de Anomala y Callistethus (Figuras 3-17), que junto a las nuevas identificaciones y las correcciones elevaron el número de especies conocidas de Anomalini en Costa Rica de 64 a 120 (Filippini et al, 2013(Filippini et al, , 2014(Filippini et al, , 2015a(Filippini et al, -e, 2016). …”

Diversity, Distribution and DNA Barcoding Tribe of Anomalini beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) in Wheat Fields of Van, Türkiye

“…The larvae of many species feed on the subsoil parts of a wide variety of plants. While the adults of some species feed little or not at all, the adults of others feed on the leaves, flower parts, and fruits of angiosperms and gymnosperms, causing severe damage to fruits and leaves (Jameson et al, 2003;Filippini et al, 2016;Vittum, 2020).…”

A checklist of Rutelinae MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae) of Bahia, Brazil

“…In the Neotropical Region, approximately 1,337 species of Rutelinae were recorded (Morón 1990, 2004, Jameson 2008, Soula 2011, Filippini et al 2016, Ferreira et al 2017, Howkins 2017, Moore et al, 2017, Sierra 2017, while 436 are from Brazil (Grossi & Vaz-de-Mello 2016, Ferreira et al 2017. Grossi & Vaz-de-Mello (2016) also included 104 subspecies and 58 genera in their list from Brazil.…”