Tetrabothrus indicus CAMERON, 1939

Assing, Volker, 2016, On some Lomechusini of the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (1), pp. 13-111 : 96

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https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.1.13-111

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5462731

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scientific name

Tetrabothrus indicus CAMERON, 1939
status

 

Tetrabothrus indicus CAMERON, 1939 View in CoL

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Tetrabothrus indicus CAMERON, 1939a: 459 View in CoL f.

Type material examined: Lectotype ♂ [dissected prior to present study], present designation: “818 / Samsingh 1800’, Kalimpong , Bengal . XII.1933, Balwant Singh. / In soil under elephant dung. / R.R.D. 638 / Tetrabothrus indicus Cam , Type / M.Cameron. Bequest. B.M. 1955-147 / Tetrabothrus indicus Cam. , det. R. Pace 1989, Holotypus / Lectotypus ♂ Tetrabothrus indicus Cameron , desig. V. Assing 2015” ( BMNH).

Material examined: Sri Lanka: 2♂♂, S Wellawaya , 300 m, 25.I.1970, leg. Mussard, Besuchet & Löbl ( MHNG, cAss) .

Comment: The original description is based on an unspecified number of syntypes from “Bengal: Kalimpong: Samsingh, alt. 1800 feet. On soil under elephant dung” ( CAMERON 1939a). The sole syntype in the Cameron collection is designated as the lectotype. The two males from Sri Lanka are distinguished from the holotype by the slightly different shape of the crista apicalis of the aedeagus and by slightly darker coloration. However , since no additional distinguishing characters were found, these differences are attributed to intraspecific variation.

Confirmed records of this species are known only from West Bengal (type locality) and from Sri Lanka. The record from Thailand by PACE (2012c) most likely refers to T. inflexus .

BMNH

United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]

MHNG

Switzerland, Geneva, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

MHNG

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Staphylinidae

Genus

Tetrabothrus

Loc

Tetrabothrus indicus CAMERON, 1939

Assing, Volker 2016
2016
Loc

Tetrabothrus indicus CAMERON, 1939a: 459

CAMERON, M. 1939: 459
1939
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