IRMNG - Anomala Samouelle, 1819

IRMNG taxon details

Anomala Samouelle, 1819

IRMNG_ID

1299905 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1299905)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Synonymised names

Anomalepta Casey, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Anomalopides Strand, 1928 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Anomalopus Casey, 1915 · unaccepted > junior homonym

Aprosterna Hope, 1835 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Bifurcanomala Kim, 1998 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Chejuanomala Kim, 1998 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Choumala Kobayashi & Chou, 2008 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Chrysoplethisa Reitter, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Dichomala Reitter, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Diplomala Reitter, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Emphalena Reitter, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Euchlora Macleay, 1819 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Euchromala Ohaus, 1918 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Euchronomala Reitter, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Euporochlora Reitter, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Euporomala Reitter, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Hemispilota Casey, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Heteroplia Burmeister, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Idiocnema Faldermann, 1835 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Idiocnemina Reitter, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Iliola Semenov & Medvedev in Medvedev, 1949 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Magniscarabaeus Hong, 1988 † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

Magniscarabeus Hong & Wang in Hong, 1983 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Nongoma Péringuey, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Oliganomala Casey, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Orphnomala Reitter, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Paragematis Reitter, 1903 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Peripopillia Kolbe, 1895 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Phyllurga Gistl, 1848 · unaccepted > unjustified emendation (unnecessary replacement name)

Psammoscapheus Motschoulsky, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pseudosinghala Heller, 1892 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Rhinoplia Burmeister, 1844 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Rhombonalia Casey, 1915 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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Species Anomala aeneotincta Fairmaire, 1883
Species Anomala antiqua (Gyllenhal, 1817)
Species Anomala dubia Scap
Species Anomala dubia Scopoli, 1763
Species Anomala aeneus DeGeer, 1774 accepted as Anomala dubia Scopoli, 1763
Species Anomala australasiae Blackburn, 1892 accepted as Anomala antiqua (Gyllenhal, 1817)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Samouelle, G. (1819). The entomologist's useful compendium. Thomas Boys, London. 496 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/34177
page(s): 191 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Anomala Samouelle, 1819. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1299905 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (41)

original description Samouelle, G. (1819). The entomologist's useful compendium. Thomas Boys, London. 496 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/34177
page(s): 191 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

status source ICZN. (1989). Opinion 1546. Chelonus Panzer, 1806 (Insecta, Hymenoptera) and Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Insecta, Coleoptera): names conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 46(2): 149-150., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12230161 [details]

verified source for family Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

current name source Allsopp, P. G.; Schoolmeesters, P. (2024). All genera of the world: Subfamilies Dynastinae, Rutelinae and Cetoniinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Megataxa. 12(1): 1-103., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.12.1.1 [details]

extant flag source SN2000, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Euchlora Macleay, 1819) Macleay, W.S. (1819-1821). Horae entomologicae, or Essays on the annulose animals. Vol. 1, Part 1. Bagster, London. xxx+562 pp. [i-xxx+1-160: 1819; 161-562: 1821]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33070953
page(s): 147 [details]

original description (of Euporomala Reitter, 1903) Reitter, E. (1903). Bestimmungs-Tabelle der Melolonthidae aus der europäischen Fauna und angrenzenden Ländern, enthaltend die Gruppen der Rutelini, Hoplini und Glaphyrini (Schluss.). Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn. 41(Abh.): 28-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43763752
page(s): 62 [details]

original description (of Hemispilota Casey, 1915) Casey, T.L. (1915). Memoirs on the Coleoptera. VI. The New Era Printing Company, Lancaster. 347., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/15941
page(s): 45 [details]

original description (of Anomalopides Strand, 1928) Strand, E. (1928). Nomenclatorische Bemerkungen über einige Coleopteren-Gattungen. Entomologisches Nachrichtenblatt. 2: 2-3., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Ent-Nachrbl-Troppau_2_0002-0003.pdf
page(s): 2 [details]

original description (of Choumala Kobayashi & Chou, 2008) Kobayashi, H. & Chou, W. (2008). Description of a new genus of Anomalini and two new species of Hoplini and Melolonthini from Taiwan, with two new records of scarabaeid beetles. Kogane. 9: 69-76.
page(s): 69 [details]

original description (of Peripopillia Kolbe, 1895) Kolbe, H. J. (1895). Synopsis der in Afrika gefundenen Arten der Ruteliden-Gattung Popillia. Stettiner entomologische Zeitung. 55(7-9): 207-263 [1894]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33379385
page(s): 208 [details]

original description (of Orphnomala Reitter, 1903) Reitter, E. (1903). Bestimmungs-Tabelle der Melolonthidae aus der europäischen Fauna und angrenzenden Ländern, enthaltend die Gruppen der Rutelini, Hoplini und Glaphyrini (Schluss.). Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn. 41(Abh.): 28-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43763752
page(s): 57 [details]

original description (of Emphalena Reitter, 1903) Reitter, E. (1903). Bestimmungs-Tabelle der Melolonthidae aus der europäischen Fauna und angrenzenden Ländern, enthaltend die Gruppen der Rutelini, Hoplini und Glaphyrini (Schluss.). Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn. 41(Abh.): 28-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43763752
page(s): 67 [details]

original description (of Idiocnemina Reitter, 1903) Reitter, E. (1903). Bestimmungs-Tabelle der Melolonthidae aus der europäischen Fauna und angrenzenden Ländern, enthaltend die Gruppen der Rutelini, Hoplini und Glaphyrini (Schluss.). Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn. 41(Abh.): 28-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43763752
page(s): 67 [details]

original description (of Aprosterna Hope, 1835) Hope, R.F.W. (1835). Monograph on Mimela, a Genus of Coleopterous Insects. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1(2): 108-117 [1836]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13497050
page(s): 117 [details]

original description (of Oliganomala Casey, 1915) Casey, T.L. (1915). Memoirs on the Coleoptera. VI. The New Era Printing Company, Lancaster. 347., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/15941
page(s): 38 [details]

original description (of Nongoma Péringuey, 1902) Péringuey, L. (1901-1902). Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa (Lucanidæ and Scarabaeidæ). Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 12: 1-920. [(1): 1-563 (1901); (2): 563-920 (1902)]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/113562
page(s): 609 [details]

original description (of Magniscarabeus Hong & Wang in Hong, 1983 †) Hong, Y. (1984). 山东山旺硅藻土矿中的昆虫化石 [Fossil insects in the diatoms of Shanwang]. ·中国地质科学院天津地质矿产研究所所刊 [Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources]. 8: 1-15. ["1983"]., available online at https://antcat.org/documents/5018/4806.pdf
page(s): 12 [details]

original description (of Euchronomala Reitter, 1903) Reitter, E. (1903). Bestimmungs-Tabelle der Melolonthidae aus der europäischen Fauna und angrenzenden Ländern, enthaltend die Gruppen der Rutelini, Hoplini und Glaphyrini (Schluss.). Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn. 41(Abh.): 28-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43763752
page(s): 65 [details]

original description (of Chrysoplethisa Reitter, 1903) Reitter, E. (1903). Bestimmungs-Tabelle der Melolonthidae aus der europäischen Fauna und angrenzenden Ländern, enthaltend die Gruppen der Rutelini, Hoplini und Glaphyrini (Schluss.). Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn. 41(Abh.): 28-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43763752
page(s): 56 [details]

original description (of Bifurcanomala Kim, 1998) Kim, J. I. (1998). Taxonomic study of Korean Rutelidae (Coleoptera) VI. Two new genera and some removal species from Korean Anomala. Korean Journal of Entomology. 28(4): 311-316.
page(s): 311 [details]

original description (of Euporochlora Reitter, 1903) Reitter, E. (1903). Bestimmungs-Tabelle der Melolonthidae aus der europäischen Fauna und angrenzenden Ländern, enthaltend die Gruppen der Rutelini, Hoplini und Glaphyrini (Schluss.). Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn. 41(Abh.): 28-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43763752
page(s): 64 [details]

original description (of Anomalepta Casey, 1915) Casey, T.L. (1915). Memoirs on the Coleoptera. VI. The New Era Printing Company, Lancaster. 347., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/15941
page(s): 8 [details]

original description (of Pseudosinghala Heller, 1892) Heller, K.M. (1892). Die mit der Ruteliden-GattungSinghala Burm. verwandten Gattungen und Arten. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 1891(2): 289-306 [1891]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33121568
page(s): 294 [details]

original description (of Chejuanomala Kim, 1998) Kim, J. I. (1998). Taxonomic study of Korean Rutelidae (Coleoptera) VI. Two new genera and some removal species from Korean Anomala. Korean Journal of Entomology. 28(4): 311-316.
page(s): 312 [details]

original description (of Psammoscapheus Motschoulsky, 1854) Motschulsky, V. de. (1854). Études entomologiques. Deuxième année. Société de Litérature Finnoise, Helsingfors. 56 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51901199
page(s): 30 [details]

original description (of Anomalopus Casey, 1915) Casey, T.L. (1915). Memoirs on the Coleoptera. VI. The New Era Printing Company, Lancaster. 347., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/15941
page(s): 40 [details]

original description (of Euchromala Ohaus, 1918) Ohaus, F. (1918). Coleopterorum Catalogus, pars 66: Phaenomerinae Euchirinae Rutelinae. W Junk, Berlin. 241 pp. [1915]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39852
page(s): 209 [details]

original description (of Phyllurga Gistl, 1848) Gistel, J. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs: Für höhere Schulen. Hoffmann, Stuttgart.. xvi+216 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526
page(s): xi, xiii [details]

original description (of Iliola Semenov & Medvedev in Medvedev, 1949) Medvedev, S.I. (1949). Жесткокрылые. Т. X, вып. 3. Пластинчатоусые (Scarabaeidae). Rutelinae (хлебные жуки и близкие группы). [Coleoptera Volume 10. Part 3, Lamellicornia (Scarabaeidae) subfamily Rutelinae (cereal beetles and related groups)]. Fauna SSSR (N.S.). 36: 1-372., available online at https://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/rus/simed_49.htm
page(s): 198 [details]

original description (of Heteroplia Burmeister, 1844) Burmeister, H. (1844). Handbüch der Entomologie, Volume 4, Part 1. T.C.F. Enslin, Berlin, 588 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34019
page(s): 233 [details]

original description (of Paragematis Reitter, 1903) Reitter, E. (1903). Bestimmungs-Tabelle der Melolonthidae aus der europäischen Fauna und angrenzenden Ländern, enthaltend die Gruppen der Rutelini, Hoplini und Glaphyrini (Schluss.). Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn. 41(Abh.): 28-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43763752
page(s): 69 [details]

original description (of Dichomala Reitter, 1903) Reitter, E. (1903). Bestimmungs-Tabelle der Melolonthidae aus der europäischen Fauna und angrenzenden Ländern, enthaltend die Gruppen der Rutelini, Hoplini und Glaphyrini (Schluss.). Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn. 41(Abh.): 28-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43763752
page(s): 63 [details]

original description (of Rhombonalia Casey, 1915) Casey, T.L. (1915). Memoirs on the Coleoptera. VI. The New Era Printing Company, Lancaster. 347., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/15941
page(s): 3, 5, 9 [details]

original description (of Diplomala Reitter, 1903) Reitter, E. (1903). Bestimmungs-Tabelle der Melolonthidae aus der europäischen Fauna und angrenzenden Ländern, enthaltend die Gruppen der Rutelini, Hoplini und Glaphyrini (Schluss.). Verhandlungen des naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn. 41(Abh.): 28-158., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43763752
page(s): 68 [details]

original description (of Rhinoplia Burmeister, 1844) Burmeister, H. (1844). Handbüch der Entomologie, Volume 4, Part 1. T.C.F. Enslin, Berlin, 588 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34019
page(s): 232 [details]

original description (of Idiocnema Faldermann, 1835) Faldermann, F. (1835). Coleopterorum ab illustrissimo Bungio in China boreali, Montgolia, et montibus Altaicis collectorum, nec non ab ill. Turczaninoffio et Stchukino e provincia Irkutzk missorum illustrationes. Mémoires présentés à l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg. 2(4-5): 337-464., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37113387
page(s): 377 [details]