Pheropsophus lissoderus CHAUDOIR, 1850
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.1.3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4335113 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8782-FFF2-7752-4AFE-F9A4301DFCFC |
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Pheropsophus lissoderus CHAUDOIR, 1850 |
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Pheropsophus lissoderus CHAUDOIR, 1850 View in CoL
( Fig. 2 A View FIGURE 2 , 5 D View FIGURE 5 )
= Pheropsophus catoirei BATES, 1886 View in CoL (non Dejean)
Pheropsophus lissoderus Chaudoir, 1850: 79 View in CoL ; 1876: 24; Andrewes, 1929: 21; 1930: 274; Hrdlička, 2017: 480.
Pheropsophus catoirei Bates View in CoL (non Dejean), 1886: 201; Andrewes, 1930: 274.
Specimens examined (n=12): Holotype (by monotypy), labelled “Ex–Musaeo Chaudoir”, Tibet, coll. M. Melly, type in MNHN.
Other specimens examined: 1ex., “ Orientalis. Indes , Ex Musaeo Mniszech”, coll. Dupuis , in MNHN Paris ; 2 exs., India: Kerala: Kalpetta , 13.IX.2017, Pitfall trap (paddy field), coll. K. Ashly ; 7 exs. India: Coimbatore : TNAU, 16.X.2017 ; 1ex. “ India: Gujrat: Kutch , coll. B.Horne, det. S.V.Akhil ” .
Description. Length: 15.5–16.0 mm
Colour: Head and pronotum reddish brown; head with labrum and edges of clypeus reddish yellow coloured, rest reddish brown; pronotum with lateral margin black; antennal segments 1–4 light reddish yellow, segments 5–11 dark brown; elytra black; legs reddish yellow with large black spot on the apex of the femur.
Head: Narrower than pronotum; disc smooth; eyes highly protruding.
Pronotum: Wider than the head, as long as wide, square shaped; anterior margin truncated squarely; disc smooth without wrinkles.
Elytra: Subparallel, narrowed towards the base, elytral base and apex squared; humerus straight, prominent; the median transverse band ‘dagger shaped’, transverse, margins strongly serrated, dilated near the outer edge that it does not reach, and truncated squarely by the 2 nd striation; apical yellow band broader covering the intervals.
Geographical distribution. INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh ( Hrdlička 2017); Himachal Pradesh ( Hrdlička 2017); Kashmir ( Hrdlička 2017); Bengal: Darjiling ( Hrdlička 2017); Uttarakhand ( Hrdlička 2017); Gujrat: Kutch (New re- cord); Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore (New record); Kerala: Kalpetta (New record); SRI LANKA: Kandy and Peradeniya ( Andrewes 1930); BHUTAN ( Hrdlička 2017). CHINA: Tibet ( Chaudoir 1850); PAKISTAN: Islamabad. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Muzaffarabad ( Ullah et al. 2017).
Remarks. Very similar to P. catoirei , differs by the shape of pronotum which is as wide as long and square shaped, not narrowing posteriorly; elytral median transverse band is more transverse, more serrated at its edges.
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Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
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Pheropsophus lissoderus CHAUDOIR, 1850
Venugopal, Akhil S. & Thomas, Sabu K. 2019 |
Pheropsophus catoirei
Andrewes, H. E. 1930: 274 |
Pheropsophus lissoderus
Hrdlicka, J. 2017: 480 |
Andrewes, H. E. 1930: 274 |
Andrewes, H. E. 1929: 21 |
Chaudoir, M. 1876: 24 |
Chaudoir, M. 1850: 79 |