taxonID	type	description	language	source
99698B71FF9F9648751EF43BFBA9FD1D.taxon	description	Dazhulin, Yubei District, Chongqing, 621000, P. R. China. E-mail: 531609816 @ qq. com Summary. Two new species of the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 are described from Yunnan province of China, namely A. tentaculata sp. n. and A. menghaiensis sp. n.	en	Wang, F. L. (2024): Two new species of the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from China. Far Eastern Entomologist 495: 22-28, DOI: 10.25221/fee.495.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.495.4
99698B71FF9F964B74E4F3C3FE8CFE1E.taxon	description	Figs 1 – 7	en	Wang, F. L. (2024): Two new species of the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from China. Far Eastern Entomologist 495: 22-28, DOI: 10.25221/fee.495.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.495.4
99698B71FF9F964B74E4F3C3FE8CFE1E.taxon	materials_examined	TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype: ♂ (MYNU), China: Yunnan Province / Yingjiang County, Xima / Hulukou, VI. 2020 / Wei-Zong Yang leg. // HOLOTYPE // Anomala tentaculata / Wang det. 2023. Paratypes: 2 ♂ (MYNU), same data as holotype.	en	Wang, F. L. (2024): Two new species of the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from China. Far Eastern Entomologist 495: 22-28, DOI: 10.25221/fee.495.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.495.4
99698B71FF9F964B74E4F3C3FE8CFE1E.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. Holotype, male. Length: 9.0 mm; width: 5.9 mm. Body ovoid, moderately convex. Coloration. Whole body color light brown except for abdominal ventrites I-IV reddish brown. Head, pronotum, scutellum, elytra, metasternum, and abdominal ventrites with weak metallic green shine. Legs predominantly light brown, with the distal portion of tarsomeres and protibia reddish brown, short setae of tarsus joints and tibiae dark brown. Head. Clypeus broad trapezoidal, disc densely, shallowly punctate, anterior margin rounded, moderately reflexed. Frons with dense punctures, which are smaller on vertex. Ratio of interocular width / head width approximately 0.68. Length of antennal club shorter than combined length of antennomeres 2 – 6. Pronotum approximately 1.78 times as wide as long; disc with moderately deep, moderately dense punctures; anterior angles subrectangular, posterior angles obtuse; sides of pronotum well curved, lateral margins with several long setae; anterior marginal line and posterior marginal line complete. Scutellum triangular, with the sides moderately curved, posterior corner rounded, punctures resemble those on pronotum. Elytra striate regularly, interval I (subsutural interval) double wider than costae interval 1 (sutural costae), with a row of deep longitudinal punctures in the middle of interval I, costae interval 1 narrower than the costae interval 2. Surface of elytra sparsely punctate. Epipleuron ridged prominently, broadest just after umbones, disappearing in posterior 1 / 4. Propygidium with dense transverse punctures, posterior margin raised in the middle, with several long setae. Pygidium triangular, slightly convex; surface with densely, transversely striate, striae partly confluent and reticulated, posterior margin with several long, erect setae. Abdominal ventrites with moderately, densely punctate, punctures becoming gradually transverse punctures to the sides; each ventrite with several setae from side to side, posterior margin slightly smooth. Legs. Protibia bidentate, apical tooth slightly prolonged, proximal tooth acute, apex sharp, inner spur positioned in opposite to proximal tooth. Mesotibia and metatibia slightly fusiform, end not widened, surface with short setae, setae on inner surface slightly long, metatibia and metatarsal nearly equal length. Protarsal and mesotarsal outer claw clefted. Aedeagus as Figs 5 – 7. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS. This species is distinct in the genus by the following combination of characters: body small, ovoid; the whole body color light brown with weak metallic green shine, but abdominal ventrites reddish brown; protarsal short and strong; each parameres with an elongate and tentacle-shape part, apex expanded and rounded. Among the species distributed in the China, Indochina, and Himalayan region, the new species is most similar and probably closely related to: A. agilis Arrow, 1917; A. ardoini Frey, 1971; A. aureoflava Arrow, 1917; A. aurora Arrow, 1912; A. ciliatipes Arrow, 1917; A. dolichophalla Prokofiev, 2015; A. gracilenta Reitter, 1903; A. hamuliphalla Prokofiev, 2021; A. nepalensis Machatschke, 1966; A. nervulata Paulian, 1959; A. nigricollis Lin, 1992; A. nigripes Nonfried, 1892; A. obscurata Reitter, 1903; A. palleola (Gyllenhal, 1817); A. potanini Medvedev, 1949; A. puncticlypea Lin, 1992; and A. variegata Hope, 1831. Anomala tentaculata sp. n. can be distinguished from A. agilis (Lin, 1981: fig 3), A. ardoini (Frey, 1971: fig 5), A. aureoflava (Arrow, 1917: Plate III, figs 32 & 33), A. dolichophalla (Prokofiev, 2015: figs 4 – 6), A. hamuliphalla (Prokofiev, 2021: figs 3 – 5), A. nepalensis (Machatschke, 1966: figs 6 & 7), A. nervulata (Paulian, 1959: figs 211 – 213), A. nigricollis (Lin, 1992: fig 3), A. palleola (Prokofiev, 2015: fig 9), A. potanini (Prokofiev, 2015: fig 10), A. puncticlypea (Lin, 1992: fig 4), and A. variegate (Arrow, 1917: Plate IV, fig 9) by the shape of parameres. This new species is different from A. aurora by body smaller, body without dark patch or spot, from A. ciliatipes by legs short and claw-joint without long bristles, from A. gracilenta (female holotype) by whole body color light yellow, without dark patch on pronotum, from A. nigripes by body smaller, elytra striate distinctly, all tarsus light brown, from A. obscurata by body shape more rounded, elytra color light yellow (Arrow, 1917; Nonfried, 1892; Reitter, 1903).	en	Wang, F. L. (2024): Two new species of the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from China. Far Eastern Entomologist 495: 22-28, DOI: 10.25221/fee.495.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.495.4
99698B71FF9F964B74E4F3C3FE8CFE1E.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. The name refers to each parameres with an elongate and tentacle-shape part.	en	Wang, F. L. (2024): Two new species of the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from China. Far Eastern Entomologist 495: 22-28, DOI: 10.25221/fee.495.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.495.4
99698B71FF9F964B74E4F3C3FE8CFE1E.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. Known only from its type locality in southwestern Yunnan province, China.	en	Wang, F. L. (2024): Two new species of the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from China. Far Eastern Entomologist 495: 22-28, DOI: 10.25221/fee.495.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.495.4
99698B71FF9C964D74E4F7C4FBCBFDA7.taxon	description	Figs 8 – 16	en	Wang, F. L. (2024): Two new species of the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from China. Far Eastern Entomologist 495: 22-28, DOI: 10.25221/fee.495.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.495.4
99698B71FF9C964D74E4F7C4FBCBFDA7.taxon	materials_examined	TYPE MATERIAL. Holotype: ♂ (MYNU), China: Yunnan Province / Xishuangbanna / Menghai County / IV – V. 2023, local leg. // HOLOTYPE // Anomala menghaiensis / Wang det. 2023; Paratypes: 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (MYNU): same data as holotype.	en	Wang, F. L. (2024): Two new species of the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from China. Far Eastern Entomologist 495: 22-28, DOI: 10.25221/fee.495.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.495.4
99698B71FF9C964D74E4F7C4FBCBFDA7.taxon	description	DESCRIPTION. Holotype, male. Body length: 18.4 mm, width: 9.0 mm. Body elongate ovoid, rather convex in profile. Coloration. Whole body color dark brown with bronze metallic lustre and green reflections except for antennal club brown. Each elytron with four yellow spots from sides to sutural, all spots located separately on costal interval 1 (sutural interval) to costal interval 4, connection of all spots on elytra forming M-shaped. Head. Clypeus approximatively semicircular, width slightly more than twice as length, anterior margin moderately reflexed, disc slightly raised, surface densely rugo-punctate. Fronto-clypeal suture slightly arcuate backward. Frons densely punctate, punctures coalescent posterior of fronto-clypeal suture and area close to eyes, interocular distance equals 0.63 times the maximum transverse head width. Vertex with dense, rounded, identifiable punctures. Antennal club longer than antennomeres 1 – 6 combined. Pronotum widely trapezoidal, approximately 1.86 times wider than long in dorsal view, with two rounded impressions before middle on each side and before posterior angle. Sides weakly convergent before middle, anterior marginal line complete, posterior marginal line disappear before scutellum, posterior margin forward in the middle, gently backward between scutellum and posterior angle. Anterior angles acute and produced; posterior angles subrectangular. Surface densely, finely, and transversely rugo-punctate, becoming unmerged transverse punctures on posterior areas between posterior angles and scutellum, the narrow posterior margin burnished. Scutellum nearly triangle, broader than long, surface with dense transverse punctures, slightly sparser than those on pronotum. Elytra. Surface with regular striae, costal intervals lightly raised, strial punctures distinct, interval I double wider than interval II, interval II with a row of longitudinal punctures before central portion. Surface slightly corrugated, densely transverse punctate. Epipleuron slightly widened in anterior 2 / 5, disappearing just after middle of side. Propygidium. Surface of anterior half with dense transverse stripes, surface of posterior half smooth, with several long setae. Pygidium weakly convex in profile. Surface densely transversely striate, striae partly meshedly transversely combined together. Area before apex angle raised, apex with yellow setae. Abdominal ventrites. Surface with dense transverse punctures, punctures becoming denser to the sides, posterior margin smooth, each ventrite with a transverse row of long yellow setae. Legs. Protibia bidentate, outer margin curved, apical tooth short, slightly bend outwards, proximal tooth acute, inner spur short, positioned in opposite to proximal tooth. Mesotibia and metatibia slightly fusiform, inner surface with a row of long setae, metatibia with quite a number of deep stripes. Protarsal and mesotarsal outer claw clefted. Genitalia as in Figs 13 – 16. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS. Anomala menghaiensis sp. n. differs from most species of this genus around China and Indochina by following combination of characters: body color dark reddish-brown, with yellow spots (maybe sometimes with yellow band) slightly before the middle on each elytron, elytra glabrous and without regular striae, parameres partly membranous, membranes and osseous part wrapped into cylindrical shape generally, and left parameres have a long osseous branch. Species show common characteristics above of Anomala known were A. flavonotata Arrow, 1912; A. flavofasciata Arrow, 1912; A. projecta Lin, 2002; A. transversa Lin, 1999; and A. accincta Prokofiev, 2013. This new species can be distinguished with five similar species above by the shape of parameres (compare figs 5 – 6 with Lin, 1988: fig 4; Prokofiev, 2013: figs 13 – 14; Wang, 2022: figs 44 – 47, 52 – 55; Zorn, 2005: figs 3 – 5).	en	Wang, F. L. (2024): Two new species of the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from China. Far Eastern Entomologist 495: 22-28, DOI: 10.25221/fee.495.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.495.4
99698B71FF9C964D74E4F7C4FBCBFDA7.taxon	etymology	ETYMOLOGY. This species is named after its type locality Menghai county, China.	en	Wang, F. L. (2024): Two new species of the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from China. Far Eastern Entomologist 495: 22-28, DOI: 10.25221/fee.495.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.495.4
99698B71FF9C964D74E4F7C4FBCBFDA7.taxon	distribution	DISTRIBUTION. Known only from its type locality in southern Yunnan province, China.	en	Wang, F. L. (2024): Two new species of the genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from China. Far Eastern Entomologist 495: 22-28, DOI: 10.25221/fee.495.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.495.4
