Tropiorhynchus podagricus ( Burmeister, 1844 )

Gupta, Devanshu & Chandra, Kailash, 2017, Tropiorhynchus annandalei (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae), a new species from Maharashtra, India, Zootaxa 4337 (4), pp. 509-522 : 513-514

Tropiorhynchus podagricus ( Burmeister, 1844)

( Figs. 2 , 5 , 7 , 11 , 15 , 19 , 25–27, 35, 38, 42, 46, 50, 54)

Anisoplia podagricus Burmeister, 1844: 226 .

Tropiorhynchus podagricus: Blanchard 1851: 176 ; Arrow 1917: 55; Machatschke 1954: 60, figs. 1, 3a–b (frontal view paramere, lateral view aedeagus); Machatschke 1972: 254; Jameson et al. 2007: 430, fig. 1I (habitus, dorsal view).

Material examined. India, Maharashtra State, Satara District, Kass Valley , 7 males, 1 female, collected, K. Chandra and B. Mitra ( ZSCI registration number: 22715/H4A to 22721 /H4A).

Distribution ( Fig. 5 ). India: Jammu & Kashmir, and Maharashtra (Satara, Bombay: Khandala) ( Machatschke 1954).

Remarks. Burmeister (1844) described T. podagricus having black and shiny elytra. It is the only species in the genus with elytra entirely black, sometimes with 2 yellow spots in middle ( Figs. 15 , 54 ), and completely lacking longitudinal markings on the dorsal surface ( Arrow 1917; Machatschke 1954). The apex of parameres are blunt at the apex (in frontal view), and ventral plate of the aedeagus (in lateral view) is strongly curved ( Figs. 46 , 50), which identically resemble with the illustrations provided by Machatschke (1954: figs. 1, 3a–b).

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FIGURE 5. Map of India and adjacent countries showing distribution of the species belonging to the genus Tropiorhynchus.

FIGURES 1 – 4. Habitus, male dorsal view. 1, Tropiorhynchus orientis; 2, T. podagricus; 3, T. umbrinus; 4, T. annandalei (holotype).

FIGURES 6 – 9. Head. 6, Tropiorhynchus orientis; 7, T. podagricus; 8, T. umbrinus; 9, T. annandalei (holotype).

FIGURES 10 – 13. Pronotum. 10, Tropiorhynchus orientis; 11, T. podagricus; 12, T. umbrinus; 13, T. annandalei (holotype).

FIGURES 14 – 17. Elytra. 14, Tropiorhynchus orientis; 15, T. podagricus; 16, T. umbrinus; 17, T. annandalei (holotype).

FIGURES 18 – 21. Pygidium. 18, Tropiorhynchus orientis; 19, T. podagricus; 20, T. umbrinus; 21, T. annandalei (holotype).

FIGURES 53 – 54. Field photographs. 53, T. annandalei (paratype, female); 54, T. podagricus, male.

FIGURES 45 – 48. Parameres (in dorsal view). 45, T. orientis; 46, T. podagricus; 47, T. umbrinus; 48, T. annandalei (holotype). FIGURES 49 – 52. Parameres (in lateral view). 49, T. orientis; 50, T. podagricus; 51, T. umbrinus; 52, T. annandalei (holotype).