Addition to the knowledge of Tribe Chlaeniini Brullé, 1834 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Pakistan
Author
Ullah, Mishkat
Insects Division, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, United Kingdom.
Author
Naeem, Muhammad
0000-0002-2025-2024
muhammad. naeem @ uaar. edu. pk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2025 - 2024
muhammad.naeem@uaar.edu.pk
Author
Mahmood, Khalid
0000-0001-7162-3430
dkmahmood @ msn. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7162 - 3430
dkmahmood@msn.com
Author
Garner, Beulah
0000-0002-5229-2450
Insects Division, Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, United Kingdom. & b. garner @ nhm. ac. uk; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5229 - 2450
b.garner@nhm.ac.uk
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-03-16
5115
4
451
486
journal article
20208
10.11646/zootaxa.5115.4.1
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1175-5326
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Chlaenius
(
Pseudochlaeniellus
)
puncticollis
Dejean, 1826
(
Fig. 9b
)
Chlaenius puncticollis
Dejean, 1826: 315
;
Chlaenius jedlickai
Mandl, 1991: 133
;
Chlaenius persicus
Jedlicka, 1968: 989
.
Material examined.
PAKISTAN
•
6 ♂
,
2 ♀
;
Punjab
,
Jehlum
,
Domaili Railway Station
;
01 Jun. 2014
;
Mishkat
leg.;
PMNH
•
2 ♂
;
Islamabad
,
Faisal Mosque
,
Trail No.
6;
18 Apr. 2015
;
Mishkat
leg.;
PMNH
•
1 ♀
;
Punjab
,
Fort
Abbas,
Doudla Plantation
;
13 Apr. 2009
;
Mishkat
leg.;
PMNH
•
1 ♂
;
Punjab
,
Chakwal
,
Katas
;
30 May 2014
;
Mishkat
leg.;
PMNH
•
5 ♂
;
Punjab
,
Chakwal
,
Dhok Tahlian Dam
;
01 Jun. 2014
;
Mishkat
leg.;
PMNH
•
1 ♀
;
Azad Jammu
&
Kashmir
,
Mangla
;
21 Apr. 2008
;
Ishaq
/
Ahmed Zia
leg.
; NIM •
1 ♀
; “ Lyalpur” [
Faisalabad
];
11 Sep. 1929
; light collection; ex coll.
Imp. Inst. Entomology
;
NHMUK
(H.E. Andrewes 1945-97).
Measurements.
Male (n=10): TL=
10.83 mm
, HW=
2.18 mm
, PL=
2.30 mm
, PW=
3.04 mm
, EL=
6.88 mm
, EW=
2.10 mm
. Ratios PL/PW= 0.75, HW/PW= 0.71 and EL/EW= 3.27. Female (n=10): TL=
10.63 mm
, HW=
2.10 mm
, PL=
2.10 mm
, PW=
2.81 mm
, EL=
6.38 mm
, EW=
1.98 mm
. Ratios PL/PW= 0.74, HW/PW= 0.74 and EL/EW= 3.22
Diagnosis.
Head and pronotum black with metallic green blue tinge. Mandibles and labrum dark brown; palpi, antennal articles and tarsus reddish brown. Clypeus smooth, frons smooth sides with deep long setiferous puncture, vertex and neck area rugose densely covered with setiferous punctures. Pronotum almost shell shaped, apical border convex, lateral sides abruptly oblique outwardly upto midpoint and then contracted; postero-lateral angles obtuse; surface sparsely covered with deep setiferous punctures to densely covered towards basal margin; laterobasal fovae deep. Elytra matt green bluish, interval IX yellowish brown along border and expanding slightly at apex; striae punctate; intervals slightly convex densely punctate and pubescent with golden setae, microsculpture isodiametrical. Venter black with iridescent tinge but abdominal segments with wide yellowish lateral band.
Comments.
Ch.
(
P.
)
puncticollis
appears similar to
Ch
. (
Chlaeniellus
)
nigrosuturatus
Mandl,
1978
in general shape. It can be easily differentiated on the basis of dense pubescence on each tarsi dorsal side; pronotum lateral margin constant without band whereas
Ch
. (
Chlaeniellus
)
nigrosuturatus
tarsi without pubescence; pronotum lateral margin with narrow yellowish band. In this current study it was collected from Jehlum, Forte Abbas, Islamabad and Chakwal areas.
Distribution.
Afghanistan
,
Iran
,
India
(
Himachal Pradesh
;
Uttarakhand
),
Laos
,
Nepal
and
Pakistan
(Anichtchenko 2017;
Lorenz 2018
; Azadbukhsh & Rafi 2017).