Atholus crenatifrons ( Lewis, 1899 )

Cruz, Ian Niel dela, Hartini, Sri, Dwibadra, Dhian & Ôhara, Masahiro, 2024, Contribution to the Knowledge of the Genus Atholus (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Histerinae: Histerini) from the Indonesian Archipelago, Species Diversity 29 (1), pp. 119-139 : 122-123

Atholus crenatifrons ( Lewis, 1899)

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Hister crenatifrons Lewis, 1899: 17 (type locality: Sumatra).

Atholus crenatifrons : Lewis 1906: 402 (listed); Mazur 1984: 212; Mazur 1997: 130; Mazur 2011: 104 (catalogued).

Hister (Atholus) crenatifrons : Bickhardt 1910: 54; Bickhardt 1917: 193 (catalogued); Desbordes 1917: 322 (keyed).

Specimens examined. No specimen available for this study.

Diagnosis. Atholus crenatifrons is described as possessing a deep notch above the antennal insertions on its anterior edge margin of the head. The lateral stria of its pronotum is straight and non-hamate on the apical tip. The external subhumeral stria of this species is almost complete, abbreviated shortly on both apical and basal ends. Also, the pygidia of A. crenatifrons is irregular, and not closely nor coarsely punctured.

Distribution. Indonesia: endemic to Sumatra Island ( Fig. 12 ).

Figures

Fig. 12. Map showing the occurrence of some species of Atholus from the Indonesian archipelago and its extra-limital distribution in the Oriental Region.