Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) nigrosuturatus Mandl, 1978

Anichtchenko, Alexander & Kirschenhofer, Erich, 2017, To the knowledge of Oriental species of subgenus Pseudochlaeniellus Jeannel, 1949 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Chlaenius), Zootaxa 4231 (2), pp. 187-202 : 198-199

Chlaenius (Chlaeniellus) nigrosuturatus Mandl, 1978 comb. n.

( Figs. 25–27 )

C. (Pseudochlaeniellus) nigrosuturatus Mandl, 1978: 271

Material. NEPAL: Holotype, ♀ — “ Parwanipur-Farm, Birgani , Nepal, Sept. 1971, coll. R. Davidson ” ( CMNH) ; INDIA: 6 ♂, 6 ♀ — “N India, Uttarakhand, 22.–23.IV. 2012, 8 km NW Jaspur , lake shore, 29°21’10,54‘‘N, 78°48’30,99‘‘E, A. Anichtchenko leg.“ (cAA) . THAILAND: 1 ♀ — “ Holotypus Chlaenius (Pseudochlaeniellus) hammondi sp. n., des. Kirschenhofer 2015”, “ Thailand, 11.–17.III.2008, P.M. Hammond, Sakon Nakhon Pr., Nam Phung Dam “ ( BMNH).

Comments. Combination of glabrous tarsa and shagreen head, together with flat lateral margins of pronotum wider than in all species of Pseudochlaeniellus , clearly indicate that species was erroneously described as Pseudochlaeniellus . New combination is proposed here.

Single specimen, female, deposited in BMNH, with label “ Holotype C. (P.) hammondi mihi Kirschenhofer” was not described, and is conspecific with C. ( Chlaeniellus .) nigrosuturatus .

Description. Body length 10–11 mm. Dorsal surface with dense yellow pubescence. Coloration of head and pronotum metallic green with golden-red overtones on the disc. Narrow lateral margin of pronotum yellow ( Figs. 25–26 ). Mouthparts, antennomeres and legs yellow. Antennomeres IV–XI slightly darker. Elytra metallic green, with narrow yellow lateral band. Ventral surface black, except wide lateral band on all abdominal segments.

Head dull, finely shagreen throughout, behind eyes with few minute punctures. Pronotum strongly microreticulate, dull. Punctation on disc dense and regular, punctures separated by 1–2 their diameters. Lateral margins very narrow. Elytra with striae replaced by superficial lines of punctures. Intervals flat.

Aedeagus ( Fig. 27 ). Male genitalia is given for the first time. Previously was known by single Holotype female from Nepal.

Distribution. Nepal, India (country record), Thailand (country record).

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 27. Habitus and aedeagus of C. (Chlaeniellus) nigrosuturatus: 25 — Holotype. Female. Nepal (CMNH); 26 — India. Male (cAA); 27 — aedeagus.