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| 6:02a | [Entomology • 2021] Taxonomic Changes Resulting from A Review of the Types of Australian Anoplognathini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) housed in Swedish Natural History Collections
Abstract The type material of Australian Anoplognathini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) housed in Swedish natural history collections is reviewed, concerning three genera: Anoplognathus Leach, 1815, Amblyterus MacLeay, 1819, and Repsimus MacLeay, 1819. The species were described by G.J. Billberg, J.W. Dalman, L. Gyllenhal, C.J. Schönherr, O. Swartz, and C.P. Thunberg. The contemporary type material of W.S. MacLeay in the Macleay Museum, Sydney, is also examined as it has been overlooked by previous researchers. In total, type specimens for 12 species described between 1817 and 1822 were found in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet in Stockholm the Evolutionsmuseet in Uppsala and the Macleay Museum. Five of these species are valid: Anoplognathus brunnipennis, (Gyllenhal, 1817); A. olivieri (Schönherr & Dalman, 1817); A. porosus (Dalman, 1817); Amblyterus cicatricosus (Gyllenhal, 1817); and Repsimus manicatus (Swartz, 1817). The other seven species are junior synonyms, as follows (senior synonym first): A. brunnipennis = Rutela chloropyga Thunberg, 1822 (new synonym); A. olivieri = Rutela lacunosa Thunberg, 1822 (new synonym); A. viridiaeneus (Donovan, 1805) = A. latreillei (Schönherr & Gyllenhal, 1817); A. viriditarsus Leach, 1815 = Rutela analis Dalman, 1817; and R. manicatus = Anoplognathus brownii W.J. MacLeay, 1819 = A. dytiscoides W. J. MacLeay, 1819 = Rutela ruficollis Thunberg, 1822 (new synonym). Authorship of A. latreillei and A. olivieri is corrected, as noted above. Anoplognathus brunnipennis has been misidentified for the last 60 years at least, leading to the synonymy noted above. Anoplognathus flavipennis Boisduval, 1835 (revised status), is reinstated as the oldest available name for the misidentified A. brunnipennis and the types of A. flavipennis in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, are illustrated. Lectotypes are designated for: Anoplognathus brownii, A. flavipennis, A. dytiscoides, Melolontha cicatricosa, Rutela analis, R. brunnipennis, R. lacunosa, R. latreillei, R. manicata, R. olivieri, R. porosa, R. ruficollis, and R. chloropyga. Photographs of all type specimens examined are presented for the first time. Keywords: Coleoptera, Australia, Sweden, history, synonymy, nomenclature, Christmas beetle, Repsimus, Anoplognathus, Amblyterus, Dalman, Gyllenhal, Swartz, Thunberg, MacLeay   Matthias Seidel and Chris A.M. Reid. 2021. Taxonomic Changes Resulting from A Review of the Types of Australian Anoplognathini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) housed in Swedish Natural History Collections. 4908(2); 225–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.2.4  | ||||
| 7:56a | [Botany • 2020] Lost and Found: Rediscovery of Ruellia bella Craib (Acanthaceae) After Over A Century, and First Record of This Species in Myanmar
Abstract A recent exploration of the Sagaing Region, Myanmar resulted in the re‐collection of Ruellia bella Craib, a long lost species previously known to be endemic to Thailand that was first described by Craib over 100 years ago. This study reports the first record of the species in Myanmar and presents an amended English description based on our newly collected material, colour photographs to aid accurate identification, and its proposed conservation status. An artificial key to the Ruellia species of Myanmar is provided below. Keywords: Acanthaceae, lectotypification, new record, Ruellieae, tropical botany  
Ruellia bella Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 10: 366 (1918). Mark Arcebal K. Naive and Khant Zaw Hein. 2020. Lost and Found: Rediscovery of Ruellia bella Craib (Acanthaceae) After Over A Century, and First Record of This Species in Myanmar. Feddes Repertorium - Journal of Botanical Taxonomy and Geobotany. 131(4); 278-282. DOI: 10.1002/fedr.202000026 First record of long-lost Ruellia bella reported in Myanmar    |
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