taxonID	type	description	language	source
BC30C623513BFFCFFAA6DE05003EFDB8.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. Democratic Republic of the Congo. Current status. Valid species. Literature records. BENIN (Limbourg 2016); BURKINA FASO (Limbourg 2016); CAMEROON (Limbourg 2016); DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (Lansberge 1886; Benderitter 1928; Ohaus 1918; Machatschke 1957, 1974; Limbourg 2016); EQUATORIAL GUINEA (Limbourg 2016); GABON (Limbourg 2016); GHANA (Limbourg 2016); IVORY COAST (Limbourg 2016); GHANA (Limbourg 2016); LIBERIA (Limbourg 2016); MALI (Limbourg 2016); NIGERIA (Arrow 1899; Machatschke 1957, 1974; Limbourg 2016); REPUBLIC OF CONGO (Frey 1968; Limbourg 2016); SENEGAL (Limbourg 2016); SIERRA LEONE (Limbourg 2016); TOGO (Limbourg 2016); ZAMBIA (Limbourg 2016). New records. ANGOLA (new country record): 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (ZMH): Cabinda, 6. xi. 1955, F. Zielinski, ZMH 842062 – ZMH 842064 [WSD 00347530 – WSD 00347532]; CAMEROON: 1 ♂ (MSPC): Northwest Region, x. 2011, local collector [WSD 00346920]; 1 ♀ (ZMH): Douala, 22. xi. 1954, F. Zielinski, ZMH 842061 [WSD 00347529]; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (ZMH): Buea, 1911 ZMH 842068 – ZMH 842069 [WSD 00347536 – WSD 00347537]; 1 ♂ (ZMH): Doula, 16. v. 1956, F. Zilinski, ZMH 842084 [WSD 00347552]; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: 1 ♀ (MSPC): North Kivu, Kasuo, i. 2013, local collector [WSD 00346899]; GABON: 1 ♀ (ZMH): Owendo, Libreville, 24. xi – 4. xii. 1954. F. Zielinski, ZMH 842066 [WSD 00347534]; 2 ♂, 4 ♀ (ZMH): Gabon, Libreville and environs, ZMH 842078 – ZMH 842083 [WSD 00347546 – WSD 00347551]; GHANA: 1 ♂, 2 ♀ (MSPC): Volta Region, Hohoe environs, 3 – 6. vi. 2006, L. Veselý, [WSD 00346917 – WSD 00346919]; IVORY COAST: 1 ♀ (ZMH): Abidjan, Elfenbeinküste, 14. xi. 1954, F. Zielinski, ZMH 842067 [WSD 00347535]; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (ZMH): Elfenbeinküste, Abifjan, 30. v. 1956, F. Zielinski, ZMH 842085 – ZMH 842086 [WSD 00347553 – WSD 00347554]: MALI: 5 ♂, 8 ♀ (MSPC): Bamako, vi. 1968, Verner [WSD 00346900 – WSD 00346912]; 1 ♂, 3 ♀ (MSPC): Mali, Sikasso, v. 1968, Verner [WSD 00346913 – WSD 00346916]; NIGERIA: 1 ♂ (MSPC): Taraba State, 30 km SE Serti environs, Gashaka-Gumti, 380 – 560 m, 24. iv – 8. v. 2011, J. Halada [WSD 00347026]; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (ZMH): Nord Nigeria, Lokoja 1911, ZMH 842059 – ZMH 842060 [WSD 00347527 – WSD 00347528]; 2 ♀ (ZMH): Lagos, Nigeria, v. 1956, F. Zielinski, ZMH 842070 – ZMH 842071 [WSD 00347538 – WSD 00347539]; 1 ♂ (ZMH): Burutu, 22. ii. 1962, ZMH 842072 [WSD 00347540]; REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (ZMH): Makouna, ZMH 842057 – ZMH 842058 [WSD 00347525 – WSD 00347526]; 1 ♀ (ZMH): Pointe Noire, 1. xi. 1955, F. Zielinski, ZMH 842065 [WSD 00347533]; 5 ♀ (ZMH): Brazzaville, ZMH 842073 – ZMH 842077 [WSD 00347541 – WSD 00347545]; SIERRA LEONE: 7 ♂, 5 ♀ (MSPC): Eastern Province, 2 km W Potolu, Mobai district, SW Kailahun, 219 m, 4 – 5. v. 2013, P. & B. Malec [WSD 00346887 – WSD 00346898].	en	Seidel, Matthias (2021): New records of Anomala tibialis Lansberge, 1886 and a new replacement name for Anomala tibialis Schaeffer, 1906 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae Anomalini). Zootaxa 4966 (4): 494-496, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4966.4.9
BC30C623513AFFCFFAA6D8E901CAFB3A.taxon	description	1972: 156 [catalogue, distribution]; Potts 1977 a: 40 [checklist, distribution]; Potts 1977 b: 133 [identification key]; Riley & Wolfe 2003: 10, 25 [checklist, new record]; Krajcik 2008: 50 [checklist].	en	Seidel, Matthias (2021): New records of Anomala tibialis Lansberge, 1886 and a new replacement name for Anomala tibialis Schaeffer, 1906 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae Anomalini). Zootaxa 4966 (4): 494-496, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4966.4.9
BC30C623513AFFCFFAA6D8E901CAFB3A.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. Texas, United States of America. Current status. Valid species.	en	Seidel, Matthias (2021): New records of Anomala tibialis Lansberge, 1886 and a new replacement name for Anomala tibialis Schaeffer, 1906 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae Anomalini). Zootaxa 4966 (4): 494-496, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4966.4.9
BC30C623513AFFCFFAA6D8E901CAFB3A.taxon	etymology	Etymology. Anomala schaefferi is a replacement name for the primary junior homonym Anomala tibialis Schaeffer, 1906. The species is dedicated to Charles Schaeffer, the author who first recognized this taxon as distinct. Literature records. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: Texas (Schaeffer 1906; Casey 1915; Machatschke 1957, 1972; Potts 1977 a, 1977 b; Riley & Wolfe 2003).	en	Seidel, Matthias (2021): New records of Anomala tibialis Lansberge, 1886 and a new replacement name for Anomala tibialis Schaeffer, 1906 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae Anomalini). Zootaxa 4966 (4): 494-496, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4966.4.9
BC30C623513AFFCFFAA6D8E901CAFB3A.taxon	discussion	Remarks. The species was only known from the female holotype with unknown locality in Texas, until Riley & Wolfe (2003) reported one specimen from Padre Island, Kleberg County, Texas, which is deposited in the Texas A & M University Collection (College Station, Texas, United States of America).	en	Seidel, Matthias (2021): New records of Anomala tibialis Lansberge, 1886 and a new replacement name for Anomala tibialis Schaeffer, 1906 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae Anomalini). Zootaxa 4966 (4): 494-496, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4966.4.9
