Pheropsophus andrewesi JEDLIČKA, 1964
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.1.3 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3540218C-34FA-4D91-925A-3E89C6C3A7C1 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4335061 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FB8782-FFFB-775D-4AFE-FF343669FD20 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Pheropsophus andrewesi JEDLIČKA, 1964 |
status |
|
Pheropsophus andrewesi JEDLIČKA, 1964 View in CoL
( Fig. 1 A View FIGURE 1 )
Pheropsophus andrewesi Jedlička, 1964:5 View in CoL ; Kirschenhofer, 2010:55.
Specimens examined (n=1): Holotype; labelled “ India, Assam, Holotypus, Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) andrewesi View in CoL , det. Ing. Jedlička ”; type in ZMHB
Description. Length: 11.0–15.0 mm.
Colour: Head, pronotum and elytra black; palps, legs, clypeus, labrum and two spots next to the antennae yellow-red. Segments 1–4 of antennae (yellowish red) lighter than 5–11 (dark brown).
Head: With fairly protruding eyes, flat frontal furrows, more or less wrinkled and punctured towards neck.
Pronotum: Wider than the head, longer than broad, apex and base straight, equally wide, sides convex, narrowed to the base, hind-quarter of the disc rectangular, basal fovea missing, median furrow deep.
Elytra: Humerus rounded; distinctly broadened towards the apex, strongly striated, intervals broad, flattened, apex straight truncated.
Geographical distribution. INDIA: Assam ( Jedlička 1964); Meghalaya: Khasi hills ( Kirschenhofer 2010)
Remarks. Morphologically similar to P. aptinoides , but differs with head, pronotum and elytra entirely black. It is endemic to the Indo-Burma hotspot of biodiversity.
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
Kingdom |
|
Phylum |
|
Class |
|
Order |
|
Family |
|
Genus |
Pheropsophus andrewesi JEDLIČKA, 1964
Venugopal, Akhil S. & Thomas, Sabu K. 2019 |
Pheropsophus andrewesi Jedlička, 1964:5
Jedlicka 1964: 5 |
Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) andrewesi
Jedlicka 1964 |