Studies on the genus Anthelephila (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) 11. New species and records from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Oman
Author
Kejval, Zbyněk
Author
Cz, Domažlice
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Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2010
2010-06-30
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5325463
0374-1036
5325463
Anthelephila umbratilis
(
Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928
)
(
Figs. 82
–85, 107)
Type material examined.
SYNTYPE
: J, ‘Dehra
Dun
14.X.918 // [male sex mark] // 737 B [number of slide] // TYPE [p, red label] // coll. Heberdey //
F. umbratilis Kr.
det. v. Krekich’ (
NHMW
).
Additional material examined.
INDIA
:
UTTARAKHAND
:
2 JJ
4♀♀
, ca.
20 km
N of Rishikesh
1300 m
,
6.vii.1989
,
Hiermeier
leg. (
ZKDC
)
;
3 ♀♀
,
Rishikesh
, 2./
4.vii.1989
,
Riedel
leg. (
ZKDC
)
;
2 JJ
1 ♀
,
25 km
W of Mussoorie
,
Yamuna river
vall. near
Juido
vill.,
790 m
,
5.–7.viii.2003
,
Z. Kejval
&
M. Trýzna
leg. (
ZKDC
)
;
1 J
2 ♀♀
,
10 km
NE of Rishikesh
,
Henval river
vall., near
Shivpuri
vill., ca.
450 m
,
26.vii.2003
,
Z. Kejval
&
M. Trýzna
leg. (
ZKDC
)
;
1 J
1 ♀
,
Haldwani – Kathgodam
, ca.
800 m
,
21.–22.vii.2003
,
Z. Kejval
& M:
Trýzna
leg. (
ZKDC
)
;
2 JJ
7 ♀♀
,
20 km
NE of Rishikesh
,
Ganga river
vall.,
Kaudiyala
vill. env., ca.
500 m
,
25.–27.vii.2003
,
Z. Kejval
&
M. Trýzna
leg. (
ZKDC
)
;
9 JJ
10 ♀♀
, ca.
23 km
NW of Nainital
,
Khairna Bridge
env.,
900–1000 m
,
13.–17.vii.2003
,
Z. Kejval
&
M. Trýzna
leg. (
ZKDC
)
;
2 JJ
13 ♀♀
,
30 km
N of Rishikesh
, NW of
Chamba
,
Arakot
vill. env.,
1500 m
,
29.–31.vii.2003
,
Z. Kejval
&
M. Trýzna
leg. (
ZKDC
)
.
Distribution.
India
(
Himachal Pradesh
,
Uttarakhand
,
Sikkim
, and
West Bengal
: Darjeeling distr.),
Nepal
, and
Bhutan
(KREKICH- STRASSOLDO 1928,
TELNOV 2003a
,
CHANDLER et al. 2008
).
Remarks.
According to KREKICH- STRASSOLDO (1928), another
type
specimen (male) of
Formicomus umbratilis
is deposited in the collection of Champion (BMNH). All the above listed specimens collected by Riedel and Hiermeier near Rishikesh bear identification labels ‘
Formicomus sulcipes
’ or ‘
Formicomus armatus
’ by Uhmann. These species may resemble
Anthelephila umbratilis
by the colouration but are unrelated, belonging to the
A. bramina
species-group, and differ clearly in morphological characters.