Pheropsophus aptinoides CHAUDOIR, 1876
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.1.3 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3540218C-34FA-4D91-925A-3E89C6C3A7C1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4335087 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8782-FFFB-775D-4AFE-FCC93702F85F |
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Felipe |
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Pheropsophus aptinoides CHAUDOIR, 1876 |
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Pheropsophus aptinoides CHAUDOIR, 1876 View in CoL
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Pheropsophus aptinoides Chaudoir, 1876: 19 View in CoL ; Heller, 1903: 246; Andrewes, 1930: 270; Kirschenhofer, 2010: 55.
Specimens examined (n=1): Holotype (by monotypy); “East Indies, MS. Stevens” ( Exact locality unknown); type in MNHN
Description. Length: 20.0 mm
Colour: Head both above and below, middle of the metasternum, base of the antennae, trochanters and legs reddish-yellow; pronotum and prosternum, elytra as well as a spot on apex of mesofemur and metafemur, black; elytra with the apical margin yellow, colour extends along the striations; antennae with only the scape (1 st segment) reddish yellow, rest dark brown.
Head: Large; antennae slender; eyes protruding; neck wrinkled
Pronotum: Anterior margin convex, basal margin concave, lateral margin convex in anterior 3/4 th, straight in posterior 1/4 th, narrowed towards the base, disc smooth and convex.
Elytra: Elongated, convex on sides, width increasing towards apex; humerus obliterate; surface flat; striations narrow, shallow, separated by flat intervals, aciculate.
Legs: Apex of femur with black spot; tibiae with spines arranged in rows; tarsi with brownish black ring at its posterior edge.
Geographical distribution. Eastern India ( Chaudoir 1876)
Remarks. This species may have not been recorded from India as ‘East Indies’ as the type locality could mean any locality in South and Southeast Asia.
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Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
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Pheropsophus aptinoides CHAUDOIR, 1876
Venugopal, Akhil S. & Thomas, Sabu K. 2019 |
Pheropsophus aptinoides
Kirschenhofer, E. 2010: 55 |
Andrewes, H. E. 1930: 270 |
Heller, K. M. 1903: 246 |
Chaudoir, M. 1876: 19 |