Bombardier beetles of genus Brachinus Weber, 1801 (Carabidae: Brachininae Brachinini) from India Author Akhil, S. V. Entomology Research Lab, P. G. & Research Department of Zoology, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Devagiri, Calicut, Kerala, 673008, India Author Divya, M. Entomology Research Lab, P. G. & Research Department of Zoology, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Devagiri, Calicut, Kerala, 673008, India & divyamanikandan 123 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4594 - 5991 Author Sabu, K. Thomas Entomology Research Lab, P. G. & Research Department of Zoology, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Devagiri, Calicut, Kerala, 673008, India & sabukthomas @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8701 - 0484 text Zootaxa 2020 2020-07-20 4816 4 576 600 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4816.4.7 1175-5326 3954685 5154FD08-0AED-4826-A275-37AA9FBF4874 Brachinus hazardi Andrewes, 1930 Fig. 2b Brachinus hazardi Andrewes, 1930b: 42 ; Hrdlička, 2003: 215 ; 2017: 477 Type locality. India : Bengal: Darjeeling, coll. Maj. R. W. G. Hingston , 14.iii.1924 . Type depository. BMNH . Specimen examined (n=1). Holotype labelled “Type, N. India : Darjeeling, 5000 ft. , 14.III.1924 , coll. Maj. R. W. G. Hingston, ‘Everest Exp. Brit. Mus. 1924-386.’, det. H. E. Andrewes. Description. Length 8.5–9.0 mm. Head, pronotum and elytra pitch brownish black; scutellum brownish black; epistome, first four segments of antennae and legs reddish yellow; eyes black. Head stout, wider than long, vertex smooth, glabrous, frons and neck punctated, pubescent; eyes protruding; antennae slender, long, reaching the middle of elytra, segment 3 length equals combined length of segments 1 and 2, apical segment elongate-oval. Pronotum broad, wider than long, shiny, wrinkled, pubescent; disc with apical margin straight, lateral edge projecting forward, basal margin inwardly sinuate; disc laterally with anterior half convex, posterior half divergent, hind angles blunt, acute; median groove moderately deep, complete, connecting the apical and basal margin; lateral bead narrow. Elytra convex, shiny, pubescent with dense yellow setae, base narrowed, humerus erased; apex without re-entrant angle, having narrow membranous border; scutellum pointed; striations clear, rounded, intervals narrow, layers of setae along the striations as well as intervals. Distribution. INDIA : Sikkim : Gopaldhara; Bengal: Darjeeling.