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
drashti.nd@gmail.com
Author
Patwardhan, Amol
0000-0002-9265-505X
amolppatwardhan@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-01-10
5399
1
52
64
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.1.4
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5399.1.4
1175-5326
2CCD1E2F-977D-4250-B6DE-E6F903B3517A
Cryptalaus nodulosus
(
Waterhouse, 1877
)
Alaus nodulosus
Waterhouse, 1877: 4
(original description;
type
locality:
Andaman Island
).
Cryptalaus nodulosus
(
Waterhouse, 1877
)
:
Chandran & Dubey, 2020: 662
(redescription; proposed new combination; new record for
Nicobar Islands
);
Parekar & Patwardhan, 2021
: 19993
(diagnostic characters & remarks; proposed new combination).
Distribution.
INDIA
: Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Remarks.
The transfer of
Alaus nodulosus
Waterhouse, 1877
to the genus
Cryptalaus
Ôhira
should be ascribed to
Chandran & Dubey (2020: 662)
and not
Parekar & Patwardhan (2021
: 19993).