Brachinus (Brachinus) ejaculans Fischer Von Waldheim, 1828

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 : 176

Brachinus (Brachinus) ejaculans Fischer Von Waldheim, 1828

Brachinus graecus Dejean, 1831: 430 ; Brachinus costulatus Motschulsky, 1844: 68 ; Brachinus dubius Ballion, 1871: 324 ; Brachinus kosak Iljin, 1923: 139 ; Brachinus turcomanus Iljin, 1923 ( Anichtchenko 2016; Lorenz 2016)

Material examined. Gilgit-Baltistan, Gulapur , 1 ♂, 05.vii.1989, Dr. M. Afzal ; Punjab, Layyah , Chak No. 127, 1 ♂, 05.viii.2010, Adnan Bodhla ( PMNH) .

Measurements: Male (n=2): TL= 10.3 mm, HW= 1.9 mm, PL= 1.7 mm (n=2), PW= 1.8 mm, EL= 6.4 mm, EW= 2.1 mm. Ratios PL/PW= 0.95, HW/PW= 1.02 and EL/EW= 2.99

Diagnosis. Head, antenna, thorax and legs mostly reddish brown. Head and thorax moderately punctuate covered with white setae. Elytra entirely black with bluish metallic tinge bearing white setae. Elytral striae shallow but evident. Elytra apical membrane terminal side with a row of long setae. Abdomen ventral blackish brown whereas thorax reddish brown.

Comments: B. (B.) ejaculans resembles B. (B.) crepitans (Linneaus 1758) by having almost same body coloration. B. (B.) crepitans differs on the basis of antennomeres III–IV darkened, whole body covered with reddish brown setae, elytra apex with narrow membranous margin bearing coarser and longer setae. B. (B.) ejaculans shows antennae entirely reddish brown, body covered with white setae, elytra apex with longer membranous margin with a row of setae not longer than the width of apical membrane. This species is reported for the first time from Pakistan.

Distribution. This species is widely distributed in Palearctic region from Central Asia to Western Europe ( Anichtchenko 2016; Lorenz 2016).