Ophionea ceylonica ( Baehr, 1996 )

Sudhakar Anagha, V. S. & Sabu, Thomas K., 2024, Additions to the taxonomy of the genus Ophionea Klug, 1821 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiinae) and a new species from India, Zootaxa 5437 (4), pp. 523-536 : 529

Ophionea ceylonica ( Baehr, 1996)

( Figure 3D )

Ophionea ceylonica (Baehr) : Lorenz, 2005: 441

= Casnoidea ceylonica Baehr, 1996: 1062

Materials examined (n = 4). (2 female). Labelled “ India: Kerala: Kannur: Chambad (11°52’23.5”N 75°30’24.5”E), ‘Light trap’, 28.i. 2022. coll. Shigina K ” ; (1 female). Labelled “ India: Kerala: Kozhikode: Mavoor (11°15’37.4”N 75°56’20.8”E), ‘Light trap’, 14. ii. 2022. coll. Neethu V. P” ; (1 female). Labelled “ India: Kerala: Malappuram: Mampad (11°14’15.4”N 76°11’44.4”E), ‘Light trap’, 09.iii. 2022. coll. Kamila & Party”; deposited in ZSI-WGRC Calicut .

Measurements. TLB = 6.46–6.67 mm, PL = 1.30–1.44 mm, PW = 0.76–0.80 mm, EL = 3.35– 3.51 mm, EW = 1.84–1.99 mm.

Distribution. Sri Lanka.

Remarks. The examined materials reveal minor variations in the number of setiferous punctures on elytral interval 3 and in the width of basal and apical black fascia on elytra. The number of setiferous punctures on interval 3 ranges from 8–10 in the specimens examined, whereas in the holotype, the setiferous punctures on interval 3 range from 10–12. In the specimens examined, the width of basal and apical black fascia on elytra are wider than the black fascia in the holotype. These variations in characters are interpreted as intra-specific variations occurring in indigenous populations of O. ceylonica ( Figs 3C, D )

Figures

FIGURE 3. Dorsal habitus of Ophionea. (A) O. nigrofasciata Schmidt-Göbel, 1846, holotype; (B) O. interstitialis Schmidt- Göbel, 1846, holotype; (C) Ophionea ceylonica (Baehr,1996), first report from India; (D) O. ceylonica (Baehr,1996), holotype; (E) Lectotype of Ophionea indica [Odacantha cyanocephala (Thunberg, 1784)]; (F) O. bhamoensis bhamoensis (Bates, 1892), cotype.