Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) rufifemoratus rayotus Bates, 1891

Ullah, Mishkat, Naeem, Muhammad, Mahmood, Khalid & Garner, Beulah, 2022, Addition to the knowledge of Tribe Chlaeniini Brullé, 1834 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Pakistan, Zootaxa 5115 (4), pp. 451-486 : 470

Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) rufifemoratus rayotus Bates, 1891

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Chlaenius rufifemoratus rayotus Bates, 1891: 327 .

Material examined. PAKISTAN • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Swat, Charbagh ; 31 Aug.–02 Sep. 2015; pitfall traps; Mishkat leg.; PMNH • 1 ♀; Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Kotli, Sarda Rest House ; 12 Aug. 2013; Mishkat leg.; PMNH • 1 ♀; Islamabad ; 27 Mar. 1982; PMNH • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 28 Feb. 1982; PMNH • 1 ♂; same collection data as for preceding; 22 Jul. 2005; M. Abbas leg.; PMNH .

Measurements. Male (n=10): TL= 14.11 mm, HW= 2.59 mm, PL= 3.11 mm, PW= 3.67 mm, EL= 8.30 mm, EW= 2.33 mm. Ratios PL/PW= 0.83, HW/PW= 0.70 and EL/EW= 3.57. Female (n=10): TL= 13.61 mm, HW= 2.48 mm, PL= 2.93 mm, PW= 3.49 mm, EL= 8.27 mm, EW= 2.49 mm. Ratios PL/PW= 0.83, HW/PW= 0.70 and EL/EW= 3.31

Diagnosis. Body slender, head and prontum black with metallic green-violet tinge. Antennal article Iand all legs yellowish brown. Antennal aricles II–XI, all tarsus, labial and maxillary palpi brown. Elytra purplish black with slight metallic tinge, pre-apical with two yellowish marks. Head triangular in shape, vertex and neck densely setiferous punctate. Eyes large and prominent. Pronotum longer than wide, apical and basal margins almost straight, lateral sides rounded. Basal margin densely setiferous with punctures wide which become sparse towards apical margin. Baso-lateral fovae deep and long. Elytra lance shaped, humerus broadly rounded, sides almost parallel and sutural apex rounded. Striae deep and punctate. Intervals convex and densely setiferous punctate. Elytra pre-apex with two yellowish marks; lateral edges serrated (extended from interval IV to VIII).

Comments. Bates (1891) described this species as being very close to Ch. (L.) rufifemoratus bimaculatus Dejean, 1826 . It differs on the basis of pronotal disc area embossed with large and densely packed foveae which are interspersed with small sized punctures; pronotum not elongated as Ch. (L.) rufifemoratus bimaculatus ; legs entirely yellowish brown with black kness as Ch. (L.) rufifemoratus bimaculatus . This species was collected from Charbagh (Swat) and Kotli (Azad Jummu & Kashmir). NHMUK collection represents its specimens from India and Sri Lanka. This is the first time this species is reported from Pakistan.

Distribution. India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan (first country record).

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FIGURE 6. Dorsal habitus (a) Chlaenius (Epomis) nigricans Wiedemann, 1821; (b) Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) rufifemoratus rayotus Bates, 1891 imaged from NHMUK collection; (c) Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) variipes Chaudoir, 1856 imaged from NHMUK collection; (d) Chlaenius (Lithochlaenius) agilis Chaudoir, 1856.