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 eucosmus Andrewes, 1937 Fig. 1i Brachinus eucosmus Andrewes, 1937: 571 ; Hrdlička, 2003: 215 ; 2017: 476 . Type locality. India : Uttarakhand : Dehra Dun, coll. J. C. M. Gardner and G. D. Bhasin. Type depository. BMNH . Specimen examined (n=1). Holotype labelled “Type, Dehra Dun , U.P., coll. J. C. M. Gardner, 20.III.1933 , ‘Ex. Descented termite mound’, ‘2328’, det. H. E. Andrewes, Brit.Mus.1937.548.” Description. Length 18.0–19.0 mm. Head and pronotum brownish red; base and lateral margin of pronotum brownish black; palpi, antennae and legs reddish brown; elytra black with three reddish yellow spots. Head convex; wide, shallow frontal foveae; surface finely punctate; eyes prominent; antennae stout, almost reaching the middle of elytra. Pronotum convex, cordate, wider than head, wider than long; surface finely punctate, becoming coarse along base; base as wide as apex; lateral bead narrow; disc laterally with anterior two-thirds strongly convex, posterior third strongly sinuate, hind angles acute, sharp, projecting laterally; median groove fine, deeper near base; transverse impression present, shallow, clear. Elytra convex, dilated behind, longer than broad, humerus rounded; apex with a re-entrant angle and glabrous membranous border; intervals convex with fine scattered punctures; three reddish yellow spots present, first fairly large, placed near to humerus and rounded, second irregularly rounded and just behind mid region, third small, oblique, near apex. Distribution. INDIA : Uttarakhand : Dehra Dun.