Anomala Samouelle 1819
Creators: name: Allsopp, Peter G.
name: Schoolmeesters, Paul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Anomala

description: Anomala Samouelle, 1819
(not Anomala von Block, 1799 (supressed), Anomala Möller, 1832, Anomala Deshayes, 1854, Anomala Marshall, 1895, nor Anomala Travassos, 1918) [1164 species and 35 additional subspecies].
Type species Melolontha frischii Fabricius, 1775
(= Anomala dubia (Scopoli, 1763)), by original designation.
Placed on Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1989).
Euchlora MacLeay, 1819 (not Euchlora Ecklon & Zeyher, 1836, nor Euchlora Chun, 1880). Type species Melolontha viridis Fabricius, 1775, by subsequent designation of Hope (1837). Synonymy by Burmeister (1844).
Mimela (Aprosterna) Hope, 1835. Type species Mimela nigrican s Kirby, 1825 (= Anomala antiqua (Gyllenhal, 1817)), by original designation.Synonymy by Burmeister (1844).
Idiocnema Faldermann, 1835. Type species Idiocnema sulcipennis Faldermann, 1835, by original designation. Status revised to Anomala (Idiocnema) by Reitter (1903). Synonymy by Harold (1869b).
Anomala (Heteroplia) Burmeister, 1844. Type species Melolontha elata Fabricius, 1792 (= Anomala varians (Olivier, 1789)), by subsequent designation of Arrow (1917). Synonymy by Harold (1869b).
Anomala (Rhinoplia) Burmeister, 1844. Type species Melolontha dorsalis Fabricius, 1775, by subsequent designation of Arrow (1917). Synonymy by Harold (1869b).
Phyllurga Gistel, 1848b. Unnecessary replacement name for Euchlora.
Psammoscapheus Motschulsky, 1854. Type species Psammoscapheus dilutus Motschulsky, 1854, by subsequent designation of Machatschke (1957b). Status revised to Anomala (Psammoscapheus) by Reitter (1903). Synonymy by Harold (1869b). Note: Medvedev (1949) incorrectly spelt Psammoscapheus as “ Psammoscaphaeus ”.
Pseudosinghala Heller, 1893. Type species Pseudosinghala vorstmanni Heller, 1893, by subsequent designation of Arrow (1917). Synonymy by Prokofiev (2012b).
Popillia (Peripopillia) Kolbe 1894b. Type species Popillia oberthueri Kraatz, 1892, (= Anomala basalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1847)), by monotypy. Synonymy by Machatschke (1957b).
Nongoma Péringuey, 1902. Type species Anomala calcarata Arrow, 1899, by monotypy. Synonymy by Machatschke (1954).
Anomala (Chrysoplethisa) Reitter, 1903. Type species Phyllopertha octiescostata Burmeister, 1844, by monotypy. Synonymy by Lucas (1920).
Anomala (Dichomala) Reitter, 1903. Type species Melolontha devota Rossi, 1790, by monotypy. Synonymy by Lucas (1920).
Anomala (Diplomala) Reitter, 1903. Type species Anomala (Diplomala) subvittata Reitter, 1903, by subsequent designation of Machatschke (1957b). Synonymy by Lucas (1920).
Anomala (Emphalena) Reitter, 1903. Type species Anomala exoleta Faldermann, 1835, by monotypy. Synonymy by Lucas (1920).
Anomala (Euchronomala) Reitter, 1903. Type species Euchlora albopilosa Hope, 1839, by monotypy. Synonymy by Lucas (1920).
Anomala (Euporochlora) Reitter, 1903. Type species Melolontha viridis Fabricius, 1775, by monotypy. Objective synonym of Euchlora MacLeay, 1819. Synonymy with Anomala (Chrysoplethisa) Reitter by Medvedev (1949).
Anomala (Euporomala) Reitter, 1903. Type species Anomala sieversi Heyden, 1887, by monotypy. Synonymy by Lucas (1920).
Anomala (Idiocnemina) Reitter, 1903. Type species Anomala (Idiocnemina) gracilenta Reitter, 1903, by monotypy. Synonymy by Lucas (1920).
Anomala (Orphnomala) Reitter, 1903. Type species Anomala rufozonula Fairmaire, 1887, by subsequent designation of Machatschke (1957b). Synonymy by Lucas (1920).
Anomala (Paragematis) Reitter, 1903. Type species Anomala (Paragematis) melanopa Reitter, 1903
(= Anomala plebeja (Olivier, 1789)), by monotypy. Synonymy by Lucas (1920).
Anomala (Anomalopus) Casey, 1915. Type species Anomala rhizotrogoides Blanchard 1851, by original designation. Synonymy by Machatschke (1957b).
Anomala (Oliganomala) Casey, 1915. Type species Strigoderma exigua Schwarz, 1878, by monotypy. Synonymy by Machatschke (1957b).
Anomalepta Casey, 1915. Type species Anomala semilivida LeConte, 1878, by original designation. Synonymy by Machatschke (1957b).
Rhombonalia Casey 1915. Type species Anomala cavifrons LeConte, 1868, by original designation. Synonymy by Machatschke (1957b).
Spilota (Hemispilota) Casey, 1915. Type species Melolontha lucicola Fabricius, 1798, by subsequent designation of Machatschke (1957b). Synonymy by Machatschke (1957b).
Anomalopides Strand, 1928. Replacement name for Anomala (Anomalopus) Casey, 1915, not Anomalopus Duméril, 1851, Anomalopus Stimpson, 1871, nor Anomalopus Gilmore, 1927. Synonymy by Machatschke (1957b).
Iliola Semenov-Tian-Shanaskij & Medvedev in Medvedev, 1949. Type species Iliola pallens Semenov-Tian-Shanaskij & Medvedev, 1949, by original designation. Synonymy by Machatschke (1957b).
† Magniscarabaeus Hong & Wang in Hong, 1983. Type species Magniscarabaeus furvus Hong & Wang, 1983, by original designation. Synonymy by Zhang (1989).
Bifurcanomala Kim, 1998. Type species Melolontha aulax Wiedemann, 1823, by original designation. Synonymy by Zorn (2004).
Chejuanomala Kim, 1998. Type species Anomala (Diplomala) quelparta Okamoto, 1924, by original designation. Synonymy by Zorn (2004).
Choumala Kobayashi in Kobayashi & Chou, 2008. Type species Choumala choui Kobayashi, 2008 (= Anomala phalaena Ohaus, 1915), by original designation. Synonymy by Prokofiev (2021).
description: Published as part of Allsopp, Peter G. & Schoolmeesters, Paul, 2024, All genera of the world: Subfamilies Dynastinae, Rutelinae and Cetoniinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), pp. 1-103 in Megataxa 12 (1) on pages 20-21, DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.12.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13273023