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Anthelephila praetor subsp. parvicollis

Description

Anthelephila praetor parvicollis (Heberdey, 1934)

Material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA: 4 JJ 2 ♀♀, Coorg distr., NE of Virajpet, 75°50′N, 12°13′E, ca. 500 m, 4.–8.vi.1999, Z. Kejval & M. Trýzna leg. (ZKDC); 1 ♀, Mudigere area, ca. 900 m, 2.–10.xi.1977 (ZMUC). MAHARASHTRA: 1 J 3 ♀♀, Pune distr., Lonavla, Bhushi dam, 13.x.2005, L. Borowiec leg. (DBET); 5 ♀♀, 4 km S of Lonavla, Bhushi dam env., 500 m, 24.–28.ix.2005, J. Bezděk leg. (ZKDC); 2 JJ 3 ♀♀, ca. 50 km W of Karad, Koyna, SW of dam, 17°23′N, 73°44′E,, ca. 600 m, 11.vi.2006, Z. Kejval lgt. (ZKDC); 14 JJ 11 ♀♀, 30 km W of Pune, Mulshi env., 18°29′N, 73°30′E, ca. 700 m, 13.–16.vi.2006, Z. Kejval lgt. (ZKDC).

Distribution. India (Karnataka, Maharashtra) (HEBERDEY 1934, KEJVAL 1999).

Remarks. The specimen from ZMUC bears the identification label ‘ Formicomus apoderinus ’ by Telnov. This species was described by WASMANN (1898) from a single, probably female specimen collected in the Indian state of Gujarat. As I already mentioned (KEJVAL 1999), it may be identical with Anthelephila praetor parvicollis. However, its true identity has never been revised and remains uncertain.

Notes

Published as part of Kejval, Zbyněk & Cz, Domažlice, 2010, Studies on the genus Anthelephila (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) 11. New species and records from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Oman, pp. 189-234 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1) on page 219, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5325463

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References

  • HEBERDEY R. F. 1934: Entomological investigations on the spike disease of sandal (23) Anthicidae (Col.). Indian Forest Records 20 (6): 1 - 14.
  • KEJVAL Z. 1999: Revisional notes on Oriental Formicomus La Ferte-Senectere, 1848 (Coleoptera: Anthicidae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien B 101: 309 - 347.
  • WASMANN S. J. 1898: Einige neue myrmecophile Anthiciden aus Indien. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesselschaft in Wien 48: 482 - 484.