Pheropsophus tripustulatus (Fabricius, 1792)

Venugopal, Akhil S. & Thomas, Sabu K., 2019, Bombardier beetles of the genus Pheropsophus Solier 1833 (Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini) from Indian subcontinent, Zootaxa 4608 (1), pp. 65-89 : 83

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.1.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4335067
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scientific name	Pheropsophus tripustulatus
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Pheropsophus tripustulatus View in CoL ( FABRICIUS, 1792)

( Fig. 3 I View FIGURE 3 , 5 H View FIGURE 5 )

= Brachinus marginalis DEJEAN, 1825 View in CoL

= Pheropsophus amoenus CHAUDOIR, 1850 View in CoL

Ssp. Pheropsophus tripustulatus annulus View in CoL FABRICIUS, 1801

Ssp. Pheropsophus tripustulatus curtus ARROW, 1901

Carabus tripustulatus Fabricius, 1792: 145 ; 1801: 218; Hope, 1838: 101; Motschulsky, 1855: 55; Andrewes, 1919: 124; 1921a: 155–159; 1921b: 346; 1924c: 592; 1930: 276.

Brachinus marginalis Dejean, 1825: 310 View in CoL ; Heyne-Tasch, 1908: 14; Andrewes, 1921a: 149; 1930: 276.

Pheropsophus amoenus Chaudoir, 1850: 78 View in CoL ; 1876: 36; Andrewes, 1930: 276.

Ssp. Pheropsophus tripustulatus annulus View in CoL (described as Brachinus View in CoL ) Fabricius, 1801: 217; Motschulsky, 1855: 55; Chaudoir, 1876: 47; Andrewes, 1921a: 164; 1930: 276.

Ssp. Pheropsophus tripustulatus curtus Arrow, 1901: 204 ; Andrewes, 1919: 198; 1930: 276.

Specimens examined (n=9): Verified specimen (H.E. Andrewes), labelled “ Pheropsophus 3-pustulatus F.: marginalis D.: amoenus C., compared with 3 types, H.E.A. Ex-Musaeo A. Kuwpert 1894, Ex. coll. R. Oberthur (Dejean’s type has less yellow at apex HEA)” (locality unknown), in BMNH .

Other specimens examined: 1 ex., locality: unknown, in ZMUK (wrongly labelled as P. hilaris ) ; 6 exs., India: Kerala: Palakkad, Hand picking, 26.XI.2017, coll. M.Divya ; 1 ex., India: Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore ( TNAU) .

Description. Length: 13.0 mm; TW: 5.6 mm

Colour: Head reddish yellow with a large blackish brown spot between the eyes; clypeus and labrum reddish yellow; antennae pale yellow-red; pronotum blackish brown with a large oblong yellow spot on each side along the outer edge; elytra black with humeral spot yellow, having a small posterior projection; yellow lateral margin; striations yellow towards apex; yellow apical band with a yellow spot in the middle; reddish yellow legs, apex of femur without black spot.

Head: Short, stout; protruding, prominent eyes; neck wrinkled.

Pronotum: Disc laterally with anterior 2/3 rd rounded, posterior 1/3 rd straight; anterior margin rounded, concave, posterior margin sinuate; disc with many deep punctuations; median furrow prominent.

Elytra: Subparallel, rectangular, base not narrowed; humeral spot large; striations wide, blunt towards apex.

Geographical distribution. INDIA: Odisha: Barkuda Is. (Lake Chilka) ( Andrewes 1930); Tamil Nadu: Ennur, Chennai ( Andrewes 1930); Pondicherry ( Andrewes 1930); Kerala: Travancore ( Andrewes 1930); THAILAND ( Andrewes 1919).

Ssp. Pheropsophus tripustulatus annulus – INDIA: Tamil Nadu: Tharangambadi ( Chaudoir 1876).

Ssp. Pheropsophus tripustulatus curtus – INDIA: Karnataka: North Kanara ( Andrewes 1921b); Kerala: Mahe, Malabar ( Andrewes 1921b), Nilambur (New record).

Remarks. Similar to P. bimaculatus , but differs with narrow yellow spot on pronotum, large black spot on head, large elytral humeral spot with posterior projection, small, narrow elytral median band and yellow spot on elytral apical band on each elytron.

TNAU	Tamil Nadu Agricultural University

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Carabidae
Genus	Pheropsophus