Brachinus (Brachynolomus) inops Andrewes 1932
Creators
- 1. Entomology Research Lab, P. G. & Research Department of Zoology, St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Devagiri, Calicut, Kerala, 673008, India
- 2. 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
- 3. 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
Description
Brachinus (Brachynolomus) inops Andrewes, 1932
Fig. 1b
Brachinus inops Andrewes, 1932: 142; Hrdlička, 2003: 215; 2017: 477.
Type locality. India: Uttarakhand: Almora, coll. H. G. Champion.
Type depository. BMNH.
Specimens examined (n = 4). Holotype labelled “ Type, ‘ India: W. Almora Du, Almora U. P’, Mar. ’19, coll. H. G. Champion, B.M.1932-27, det. H. E. Andrewes; 2 males, 1 female, labelled “ India: Karanataka: Kolar: Krishnarajapuram, 25.xii.2001, coll. Dr. Raghunathan ”.
Description. Length 7.0–8.0 mm. Elytra, lateral borders of pronotum, metepisterna, and apical joints of venter black; head, pronotum and legs brownish red with head darker. Microsculpture isodiametric, distinct on elytra, indistinct on pronotum, invisible on head.
Head with frontal fovea subrugose and moderately deep; sides of neck punctated, middle and front of vertex smooth; eyes moderately prominent; apical segment of palpi bluntly pointed; antennae long, slender, extending beyond the middle of elytra.
Pronotum cordate, narrower than head, wider than long, base narrower than apex; disc punctate with lateral sides convex anteriorly, diverging posteriorly; basal and apical angles fairly sharp, basal angle projecting laterally; median groove fine, shallow medially and deeper at extremities; basal fovea moderately deep. Metepisterna length twice the width.
Elytra convex, widest just before apex, longer than wide, highly contracted to base, slightly contracted to apex; humerus straight, corners rounded; apex with a re-entrant angle; pale membranous margin without long seta, having minute pale hairs; striae wide, shallow, without any rows of punctures, intervals moderately convex; disc densely punctate.
Distribution. INDIA: Uttarakhand: Tanakpur, Haldwani, Ranikhet, West Almora, Kumaon, Haridwar, River Sardah Gorge; Karnataka: Kolar: Krishnarajapuram.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH
- Event date
- 2001-12-25
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Brachinus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Andrewes
- Species
- inops
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 2001-12-25
- Taxonomic concept label
- Brachinus (Brachynolomus) inops Andrewes, 1932 sec. Akhil, Divya & Sabu, 2020
References
- Andrewes, H. E. (1932) Papers on Oriental Carabidae-XXVI. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series 10, 9, 133 - 146. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222933208673478
- Hrdlicka, J. (2003) Brachininae. In: Lobl I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1. Archostemata- Myxophaga-Adephaga. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 212 - 218.
- Hrdlicka, J. (2017) Brachininae. In: Lobl, I. & Lobl, D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1. Archostemata- Myxophaga-Adephaga. Revised and Updated Edition. Brill, Leiden, pp. 471 - 480.