Taxonomic changes resulting from a review of the types of Australian Anoplognathini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) housed in Swedish natural history collections Author Seidel, Matthias 0000-0002-4913-8778 Centrum für Naturkunde, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, Hamburg, Germany matthias. seidel @ uni-hamburg. de; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4913 - 8778 matthias.seidel@uni-hamburg.de Author Reid, Chris A. M. 0000-0003-1899-9839 Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2010 chris. reid @ austmus. gov. au; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1899 - 9839 chris.reid@austmus.gov.au text Zootaxa 2021 2021-01-14 4908 2 225 238 journal article 8831 10.11646/zootaxa.4908.2.4 10415730-8d4c-4d20-b136-2bab24de103f 1175-5326 4438339 14E0A836-320B-49C7-A014-E9257EACD0FD Anoplognathus viriditarsis Leach, 1815 Anoplognathus viriditarsis Leach, 1815: 44 Rutela analis Dalman, 1817 (in Schönherr 1817: 61 ); Dejean 1833: 154 (synonymy) Anoplognathus reticulatus Boisduval, 1835: 169 ; Carne 1957: 102 (synonymy) Anoplognathus impressifrons Boisduval, 1835: 170 ; Ohaus 1918: 172 (synonymy with A. reticulatus ) Anoplognathus viridicollis Macleay, 1873: 357 ; Carne 1957: 102 (synonymy) Types . Rutela analis Dalman, 1817 : lectotype (present designation): ϐ: “ϐ / N: Hollande / Hooker. // NHRS–JLKB / 000029803” (NHRS); paralectotype (1): ♀ : “ ♀ / N: Hollande / Hooker. // NHRS-JLKB / 000029802” (NHRS). Remarks . We designate a lectotype for Rutela analis to fix the identity of this species. Carne (1957) did not locate the type series of R. analis ( Fig. 5 A–J), which is deposited in NHRS. Our examination confirms the synonymy of A. analis and A. viriditarsis first proposed by Dejean (1833) , although Dejean gave precedence to the younger name. Male and female syntypes of A. viridicollis in ANIC were examined by Carne (1957) and have been re-examined by us, confirming the synonymy of this name with A. viriditarsis . The validity of the synonymy of the two Boisduval species listed under A. viriditarsis in Carne (1957) was not examined in this work. Anoplognathus viriditarsis occurs from Victoria to southeatern Queensland and is a common species around Sydney (AMS). It is distinguished from other species by the shiny pygidium and apical setal tuft, the shovel-shaped male clypeus, and the incomplete bands of setae on the ventrites ( Reid & Smith 2016 ; Burleigh & Reid 2017 ).