Pheropsophus catoirei (Dejean, 1825)
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.1.3 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4335145 |
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Pheropsophus catoirei |
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Pheropsophus catoirei View in CoL ( DEJEAN, 1825)
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Brachinus catoirei Dejean, 1825: 301 View in CoL ; Putzeys, 1875: 45; Bates, 1891a: 10 (suppl.); 1892b: 391; Arrow, 1901: 202; Andrewes, 1924a: 55; 1930: 271; Mani, 1955: 486; Jedlička, 1963: 529; Saha and Halder, 2000: 34; Hrdlička, 2017: 479; Ullah et al., 2017: 179.
Specimens examined (n=1): Holotype (by monotypy), labelled “ catoirei View in CoL . in Bengalia, G.J. Arrow vidit 1901, ‘ Ex. Musaeo Chaudoir’ ”; type in MNHN
Description. Length: 10.0–18.0 mm; TW: 6.8 mm
Colour: Head, pronotum, reddish brown without spots; elytra black; apex of antennae and legs pale red; eyes greyish; legs with coxa, trochanter, tibia and femur light reddish yellow; apex of the femur dark brown; 1 st tarsomere reddish yellow in middle with dark reddish brown margins; rest dark reddish brown; claws brownish black; venter brownish black with underside of head reddish yellow including the mouth parts and palpi; prosternum brownish black with a reddish yellow patch in the middle; metasternum brownish black.
Head: Small, narrow
Pronotum: Convex, broader anteriorly, narrowed posteriorly; apical and basal margins straight; lateral bead faint; disc scarcely punctuate; deep median furrow.
Elytra: Elongated, narrow; subparallel; median transverse bands narrow, with few serrations along edges; apex wider with narrow yellow apical band extending anteriorly along the striations.
Venter: Abdomen pubescent, covered with brownish yellow hairs.
Geographical distribution. INDIA: Bengal ( Dejean 1825); Arunachal Pradesh ( Hrdlička 2017); Sikkim ( Hrdlička 2017); Meghalaya: Garo ( Saha and Halder 2000); Assam; Himachal Pradesh: Bajaura (Kangra distr.) (An- drewes 1924a). Kulu (Naggar and Mandi). Nalagar. Spiti (Gharry) ( Andrewes 1924a); Uttar Pradesh: Dahora ( Andrewes 1924a); Kashmir: Balta ( Andrewes 1930); Andaman Is ( Andrewes 1924a); BANGLADESH: Dhaka ( Arrow 1901); IRAN ( Hrdlička 2017); AFGHANISTAN ( Hrdlička 2017); PAKISTAN: Sind and the Khyber Pass ( Ullah et al. 2017); SRI LANKA ( Andrewes 1930); MYANMAR ( Andrewes 1930); NEPAL ( Hrdlička 2017); BHUTAN ( Hrdlička 2017).
Remarks. Morphologically similar to P. hilaris . Differs by elongated body; absence of spots on pronotum and presence of larger elytral humeral spots.
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Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle |
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Pheropsophus catoirei
Venugopal, Akhil S. & Thomas, Sabu K. 2019 |
Brachinus catoirei
Hrdlicka, J. 2017: 479 |
Ullah, M. & Naeem, M. & Mahmood, K. & Rafi, M. A. 2017: 179 |
Saha, S. K. & Halder, S. K. 2000: 34 |
Jedlicka, A. 1963: 529 |
Mani, M. S. 1955: 486 |
Andrewes, H. E. 1930: 271 |
Andrewes, H. E. 1924: 55 |
Arrow, G. J. 1901: 202 |
Bates, H. W. 1891: 10 |
Putzeys, J. A. A. H. 1875: 45 |
Dejean, P. F. M. A. 1825: 301 |