Anomala latifasciata Zhao, Fujioka & Zorn, 2025

Anomala latifasciata Zhao, Fujioka & Zorn View in CoL , sp. nov.

[Chinese vernacular name: Îŝ异丽aek]

( Figs 4A–D View FIGURE 4 , 10D View FIGURE 10 , 18A–D View FIGURE 18 )

Anomala flavonotata Arrow, 1912 View in CoL [misidentification]: Lin 1988b: 250, fig. 4 [from Motuo].

Type material ( 33♂♂, 54♀♀). Holotype: ♂ ( CAU) “ CHINA: Tibet, Nyingchi City, Medog County, 1106 m 29°19′41.01″N, 95°19′55.25″E 2022.VIII.16 light trap Yu-Chen Zheng leg.” Paratypes: 1♂ ( CCPC)“ CHINA, Xizang ( Tibet), Motuo Beibeng, Jiangxincun 705 m, 2019, VII-24, Leg. X.-D. YANG CCCC”; 1♂ ( ZMPC) “ CHINA: Tibet, Nyingchi City, Medog County, 1143 m 29°19′22.62″N, 95°20′1.65″E 26.VII.2022 (at light) Chuan-Tao Qu leg.”; 1♀ ( ZMPC) “ CHINA: Tibet, Nyingchi City, Medog County , 1143 m 29°19′22.62″N, 95°20′1.65″E 20.VII.2022 (at light) Chuan-Tao Qu leg.; 2♀♀ ( ZMPC) “ CHINA Xizang Nyingchi City Medog County Town 2015-VIII-16 Zhuo Chen leg.”; 1♂ ( ZMPC) “ Xizang, Medog Viewing Platform 2020-VII-29 light Yi-Ming Zhang leg.”; 1♂, 1♀ ( ZMPC) “ CHINA: TIBET, Nyingchi City, Medog Co., Beibeng, 864 m, 29.24807910°N, 95.18061479°E, 2023.VII.12, Hao-Yi Liu leg.”; 5♂♂, 13♀♀ ( ZMPC) “ CHINA: TIBET, Nyingchi City, Beibeng, Gelin Vill., 1768 m, 29.21315309°N, 95.17111894°E, 2023.VII.13-14, Hao-Yi Liu leg.”; 1♂, 2♀♀ ( ZMPC) “ CHINA: TIBET, Nyingchi City, Medog Co., 96k Marangkang vill., 1305 m, 29.56287354°N, 95.46563172°E, 2023.VII.17, Hao-Yi Liu leg.”; 10♂♂, 9♀♀ ( ZMPC) “ CHINA: TIBET, Nyingchi City, Beibeng Township, Gelin Vill., 1753 m, 29.214870°N, 95.169272°E, 18–30.VII.2023 (at light), Yao-Nan Zhang leg.”; 8♂♂, 8♀♀ ( ZYPC) “ CHINA: TIBET, Nyingchi City, Beibeng Township, Gelin Vill., 1753 m, 29.214870°N, 95.169272°E, 18–30.VII.2023 (at light), Yao-Nan Zhang leg.”; 1♂, 2♀♀ ( ZMPC) “ CHINA: TIBET, Nyingchi, Motuo, Beibeng Township, Gelin Vill. 1560 m, 21.VIII.2023, Zhi-Hao Qi, Chuan Liu, Peng-Xu Mu leg.”; 1♂, 2♀♀ ( IZAS) “ Xizang, Medog County, Beibeng Township, 799m, 2015. VIII.20, 29.3431°N, 95.17°E, light trap, Hong-Bin Liang et al. leg. // IOZ(E) 2083634–636”; 1♂, 7♀♀ ( IZAS) “ Xizang, Medog County, Beibeng Township, 799m, 2015.VIII.19, 29. 3431°N, 95.17°E, light trap, Hong-Bin Liang, Zheng-Zhong Huang leg. // IOZ(E) 2083637–644”; 1♀ ( IZAS) “ Xizang, North of Medog County, 1005m, 2015.VIII.14 N, 29.3319°N, 95.3397°E, light trap, Hong-Bin Liang, Zheng-Zhong Huang leg. // IOZ(E) 2083645”; 1♀ ( IZAS) “ Xizang, North of Medog County, 1005m, 2015.VIII.16, 29.3319°N, 95.3397°E, light trap, Hong-Bin Liang et al. leg. // IOZ(E) 2083646”; 1♀ ( IZAS) “ Xizang, Medog County, Beibeng Township, 799m, 2015.VIII.20, 29.3431°N, 95.17°E, light trap, Hong-Bin Liang leg. // IOZ(E) 2083647”; 1♀ ( IZAS) “ Xizang, Medog County, Beibeng Township, 799m, 2015.VIII.23, 29.3431°N, 95.17°E, light trap, Hong-Bin Liang, Zheng-Zhong Huang leg. // IOZ(E) 2083648”; 1♀ ( IZAS) “ Xizang, Medog County, Beibeng Township, 799m, 2015.VIII.23, 29.3431°N, 95.17°E, light trap, Jian Yao leg. // IOZ(E) 2083649”; 1♀ ( IZAS) “ Xizang, Medog County, Beibeng Township, 799m, 2015.VIII.24, 29.3431°N, 95.17°E, light trap, Jian Yao leg. // IOZ(E) 2083650”; 1♂, 1♀ ( CZPC) “ CHINA, Tibet Linzhi pref., Motuo co. 80k, June 2019 local collector leg.” GoogleMaps

Description. Male. Body shape elongated ovoid, moderately convex.

Color . Generally black; shiny, with weak greenish luster; elytra with a yellow, narrow to very broad zigzag band extending from primary costa 5 to 1; protibial teeth and antennae reddish brown, club darker; setae yellowish brown, robust setae reddish brown.

Head. Greatest width/length of clypeus approximately 2.3; subtrapezoidal, lateral margin almost straight and weakly convergent anteriad, anterior margin slightly convex, anterior corner obsolete and rounded; anterior margin weakly reflexed; surface very densely and finely rugopunctate. Frontoclypeal suture straight, distinct. An inverted triangular area on anterior half of frons rugopunctate, other portions with dense and large punctures, gradually sparser and smaller posteriad. Interocular distance/maximum head width approximately 0.7. Length of antennal club slightly shorter than combined length of antennomeres 1–6. Inner margin of eye with a few moderately long setae.

Pronotum. Sides strongly convergent anteriad and weakly curved. Anterior angle right-angled and protruding, posterior angle obtuse. Posterior marginal line indistinct and broadly interrupted before scutellum, other marginal lines complete. Lateral fovea strongly impressed. Disc with moderately dense and small punctures. Lateral margin with several long setae.

Scutellum triangular, lateral margin moderately excurved; with dense and minute punctures.

Elytra. Intervals slightly elevated, subsutural interstice widest; strial punctures dense and large, subsutural interstice with extensive, moderately dense and large punctures, interstice II with a secondary stria, all intervals bearing moderately dense and minute punctures. Humeral protuberance moderately prominent, apical protuberance strongly prominent. Lateral carina weakly expanded from base to apical two fifths. Epipleuron with a row of rather sparse and short setae in basal third.

Abdomen. Propygidium with very dense and transverse striation. Pygidium with dense and transverse striation, sparse on the greatest tumidity; with some long setae preapically and a transverse row of long setae along posterior margin. Abdominal ventrites 1–3 strongly carinate laterally, concave between ventrites 5 and 6 in profile; ventrites 2–5 with transverse and incompletely annulated punctures, short and sparse medially, gradually elongated and denser laterad, frequently confluent at the lateralmost area, ventrite 6 very densely and finely rugostriolate; ventrites 2–5 each with a transverse and sparse row of long setae, dense laterally, the row of ventrite 6 present at posterior margin..

Ventral thoracic surface. Hypomeron longitudinally striolate, with moderately dense and long setae. Ventral mesothoracic surface with dense, small and confluent punctures each bearing a short seta. Ventral metathoracic surface with dense, large and annulated punctures, gradually denser and confluent laterad, with dense and rather long setae, medial area with sparse and small punctures, setae short. Metacoxa punctate as lateral metasternum but bearing sparser and shorter setae. Width of mesofemur/narrowest extremity of mesosternum approximately 6.0.

Legs. Protibia bidentate, both teeth distinct; apical tooth extending to middle of protarsomere 2, preapical tooth acute. Inner spur inserted shortly behind the level of the preapical tooth. Inner protarsal claw and outer mesotarsal claw split apically, both lower branches two times wider than their upper branches, lower branch longer in protarsal claw and equally as long as upper branch in mesotarsal claw; lower margin of lower branch of inner protarsal claw not convex, forming a notch internobasally; outer metatarsal claw slightly longer than inner one. Each tarsomere 5 with an acute internomedial denticle, that of mesotarsomere 5 small, metatarsomere 5 with an additional rounded basal denticle. Ventral surface of mesofemur with a row of dense and long setae at lateral margin, a row of long and slightly robust setae submedially, additional dense and long setae between rows; ventral surface of metafemur with two rows of sparse and long setae, one lateral and the other submedial; meso- and metatibiae each bearing three transverse groups of robust setae emerging from a carina, with the basal fourth featuring some randomly arranged and shorter robust setae.

Male genitalia. See fig. 18A–D.

Female. The zigzag band on elytral narrow to broad, sometimes interrupted where reaching the subsutural interstice. Length of antennal club approximately 0.8 times as long as combined length of antennomeres 1–6. Lateral margin of pronotum more excurved. Pygidium more triangular and flat preapically; ultimate abdominal ventrite 1.5 times as long as that in male medially; laterally flat between ventrites 5 and 6. Apical protibial tooth spatulate; inner spur inserted at mid-length of protibia; protarsomeres thinner, internomedial denticle of each tarsomere 5 small, basal denticle of metatarsomere 5 absent; lower branch of inner protarsal claw and outer mesotarsal claw slightly wider and shorter than upper branch.

Measurement. Body length: 14.8–17.0 mm in males and 14.9–17.3 mm in females, greatest width: 8.3–10.0 mm in males and 9.2–10.2 mm in females.

Differential diagnosis. Anomala latifasciata sp. nov. can be distinguished from the similar A. flavonotata by the unbranched and apically rounded upper branch of the left paramere. The lower branches of both parameres have a straight lateral margin, which is distinctly bend preapically with the internoapical angle not produced.

Etymology. The name latifasciata comes from the Latin words latus (broad) and fasciatus (banded), referring to the broadest elytral band present in the species.