Rediscovery and Redescription of Cryptalaus cardoni (Candèze, 1890) comb. nov (Coleoptera: Elateridae) after a century with notes on other Cryptalaus Ôhira species in India
Author
Parekar, Harshad
Author
Danani, Drashti
0000-0001-5409-9956
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Author
Patwardhan, Amol
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amolppatwardhan@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-01-10
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.1.4
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10.11646/zootaxa.5399.1.4
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A checklist of and a key to known and valid species of
Cryptalaus
Ôhira
in
India
Platia & Pulvirenti (2021: 180)
recorded
Calais afghanicus
Chassain, 1991
from
India
(Almora,
Uttarakhand
) as
Cryptalaus afghanicus
without any remarks. We follow
Hoffmannova
et al.
(2023: 291)
in not considering this species in
Cryptalaus
. Additionally,
Chalcolepis kashyapi
Vats & Kashyap, 1992
is an erroneous assignment and requires detailed study to determine its generic status. The male genitalia described (
Vats & Kashyap 1992: 197
;
Fig. 2
) is not like that of
Cryptalaus
and the abdominal ventrite
V
is said to have two deep foveae (
Vats & Kashyap 1992: 196
). Thus, we agree with
Cate (2007: 208)
and keep this species under species
incertae sedis
.
Therefore, at present the Indian fauna of the genus
Cryptalaus
Ôhira
is represented by 14 species. The species are listed below:
1.
Cryptalaus alveolatus
Parekar & Patwardhan, 2021
.
India
:
Chhattisgarh
,
Madhya Pradesh
,
Maharashtra
,
Karnataka
,
Kerala
.
2.
Cryptalaus assamensis
(Schwarz, 1902)
.
India
:
Assam
.
3.
Cryptalaus cardoni
(
Candèze, 1890
)
comb. nov.
India
:
Jharkhand
,
Maharashtra
.
4.
Cryptalaus emarginatus
(
Punam, Vats & Saini, 1996
)
comb. nov.
India
:
Assam
.
5.
Cryptalaus eryx
(Candèze, 1874)
.
India
:
Assam
,
West Bengal
.
6.
Cryptalaus furunculus
(
Sarkar, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2016
)
comb. nov.
India
:
West Bengal
.
7.
Cryptalaus lynceus
(Candèze, 1874)
.
North
India
(precise location unknown).
8.
Cryptalaus nigrimaculatus
(
Punam, Vats & Saini, 1996
)
comb. nov.
India
:
Assam
.
9.
Cryptalaus nodulosus
(
Waterhouse, 1877
)
.
India
: Andaman &
Nicobar Islands
.
10.
Cryptalaus rotundoextremus
(
Vats & Kashyap, 1992
)
comb. nov.
India
:
Uttarakhand
.
11.
Cryptalaus sculptus
(
Westwood, 1848
)
.
India
:
Meghalaya
,
Nagaland
.
12.
Cryptalaus sordidus
(
Westwood, 1848
)
.
India
:
Arunachal Pradesh
,
Himachal Pradesh
,
Meghalaya
,
Uttarakhand
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
West Bengal
.
13.
Cryptalaus tamargrahensis
Akhter, Drumont, Rizvi & Ahmed, 2012
.
India
:
Uttarakhand
.
14.
Cryptalaus truncatus
(
Punam, Vats & Saini, 1996
)
comb. nov.
India
:
Assam
.