Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) consularis (Schmidt-Goebel, 1846)

Ullah, Mishkat, Naeem, Muhammad, Mahmood, Khalid & Rafi, Muhammad Ather, 2017, Faunistic studies of the tribe Brachinini (Carabidae: Coleoptera) from northern Pakistan, Zootaxa 4232 (2), pp. 173-184 : 180

Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) consularis (Schmidt-Goebel, 1846)

Figure 3 (a)

Pheropsophus stenoderus Chaudoir, 1850a: 77 ( Hrdlička 2003; Anichtchenko 2016; Lorenz 2016)

Material examined. Islamabad Capital Territory, Islamabad , 1 ♂, 05.vii.2005, M. Abbas; Islamabad, NARC (Pitfall traps) , 1 ♂, 02.v.2014, Sector E-12 (Mazar), 1 ♂, 05.ii.2015, Mishkat (PMNH). Islamabad, NARC, 1 ♀, 05.vii.2011, Falak Naz (NIM). Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Swat, Maidam , 1 ♀, 07.viii.1987, L. A. Abro ( PMNH) .

Measurements. Male (n=3): TL= 18.7 mm, HW= 3.3 mm, PL= 3.5 mm, PW= 3.4 mm, EL= 10.6 mm, EW= 3.5 mm. Ratios PL/PW= 1.02, HW/PW= 0.95 and EL/EW= 3.05

Female (n=1): TL= 18.1 mm, HW= 3.4 mm, PL= 3.5 mm, PW= 3.4 mm, EL= 10.7 mm, EW= 3.5 mm. Ratios PL/PW= 1.02, HW/PW= 0.96 and EL/EW= 3.05

Diagnosis: Head yellowish with inverted “Y” shaped black mark at frons. Antenna yellowish to brown terminally. Pronotum black with two longitudinal yellow stripes. Elytra black with raised striae, Humeral marks yellow. Median elytral stripe with undulated margins from 2nd elytral stria to half of 8th interval. Apical elytral band yellow variable some time very narrow. Elytral epiplura black. Legs yellowish, femur terminal ends (knee) black.

Comments: P. (S.) consularis and P. (S.) javanus (Dejean, 1825) possess similar characters including the yellowish brown head, two longitudinal strips on pronotum, elytra with a small rounded basal mark and transverse median and apical stripes. Head with black mark, most of thorax and elytra black. Differences between them include head with “Y” shaped black mark in P. (S.) consularis while is oblong-shaped in P. (S.) javanus ; elytral transverse median spot is wide and serrated in P. (S.) consularis while is wavy and narrow in P. (S.) javanus .

Distribution. This species is first time reported from Pakistan. Previously, it has been reported from India ( Hrdlička 2003; Anichtchenko 2016).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Dorsal habitus 3 a, Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) consularis (Schmidt-Goebel) total length 18 mm; 3 b, Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) hilaris sobrinus (Dejean) total length 14.8 mm; 3 c, Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) lineifrons Chaudoir, 1850 total length 15.7 mm; 3 d, Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) lissoderus Chaudoir, 1850 total length 15.6 mm.