Tropiorhynchus orientis ( Newman, 1838 )

Gupta, Devanshu & Chandra, Kailash, 2017, Tropiorhynchus annandalei (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae), a new species from Maharashtra, India, Zootaxa 4337 (4), pp. 509-522 : 512-513

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.4.3

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6042688

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D987F3-ED4F-FFB2-ADB7-F967FBF4FDAB

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scientific name

Tropiorhynchus orientis ( Newman, 1838 )
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Tropiorhynchus orientis ( Newman, 1838)

( Figs. 1 View FIGURES 1 – 4 , 5–6 View FIGURE 5 View FIGURES 6 – 9 , 10 View FIGURES 10 – 13 , 14 View FIGURES 14 – 17 , 18, 21–24 View FIGURES 18 – 21 , 34, 37, 41, 45, 49)

Anisoplia orientis Newman, 1838: 384 ; Burmeister 1844: 226.

Tropiorhynchus orientis: Blanchard 1851: 176 ; Arrow 1917: 54, plate 1, fig. 2 (habitus, male); Machatschke 1954: 64, fig. 1b (lateral side of pronotum), fig. 2b (metathoracic leg); 6a–b (frontal view paramere, lateral view aedeagus), fig. 7 (endophallus); Machatschke 1972: 254.

Material examined. India, Himachal Pradesh, North Kanara district, Castle Rock , 2 males, 2 females, 11– 26.x.1916, S. Kemp ( ZSCI registration number: 5461/H1 to 5464/H1).

Distribution ( Fig. 5 View FIGURE 5 ). India: Sikkim (Darjeeling and Kurseong), Karnataka (Belgaum, Kanara), Maharashtra ( Bombay), and Himachal Pradesh (Shimla). Elsewhere: Baluchistan (Chaman) ( Machatschke 1954).

Remarks. The original description of this species ( Newman 1838) is short though it includes several diagnostic morphological characters revealing its identity such as head, pronotum, and scutellum rugopunctate and setose, with green and bronze colouration; and elytra deeply striate, striae rugopunctate. Arrow (1917) differentiated this species from T. podagricus by the presence of produced mesosternum, densely setose pronotum, and apically split outer protarsal claw. Thorough examination of all the congeners revealed that produced mesosternum and apically split outer claw of protarsus are species specific characters, which are not found in any other species of the genus. Moreover, the aedeagus in this particular species is unique with the ventral plate having a raised lamina medially (see Machatschke 1954: figs. 6a–b). The aedeagal structure in the specimen we observed ( Figs. 45 View FIGURES 45 – 48 , 49) is identical to the illustrations provided by Machatschke (1954: figs. 6a–b).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Rutelidae

Genus

Tropiorhynchus

Loc

Tropiorhynchus orientis ( Newman, 1838 )

Gupta, Devanshu & Chandra, Kailash 2017
2017
Loc

Tropiorhynchus orientis: Blanchard 1851 : 176

Machatschke 1972: 254
Machatschke 1954: 64
Arrow 1917: 54
Blanchard 1851: 176
1851
Loc

Anisoplia orientis

Burmeister 1844: 226
Newman 1838: 384
1838
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