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
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5399.1.4
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5399.1.4
1175-5326
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Cryptalaus sordidus
(
Westwood, 1848
)
Alaus sordidus
Westwood, 1848: 72
(original description;
type
locality: Ceylon =
Sri Lanka
).
Cryptalaus sordidus
(
Westwood, 1848
)
:
Cate, 2007: 107
(catalogue; distribution: “North
India
”);
Parekar & Patwardhan, 2021
: 19996
(diagnostic characters; additional description; distributional note).
Chalcolepis pannus
Vats & Kashyap, 1992: 194
(original description;
type
locality: Solan district,
Himachal Pradesh
,
India
);
Cate, 2007: 208
(placed in
Elateridae
as species
incertae sedis
);
syn. nov.
Distribution.
INDIA
:
Arunachal Pradesh
,
Himachal Pradesh
,
Meghalaya
,
Uttarakhand
,
Uttar Pradesh
,
West Bengal
.
Remarks.
Vats & Kashyap (1992: 194)
described
Chalcolepis pannus
based on material from
Himachal Pradesh
and
Uttarakhand
. The morphological characters stated in the original description do not correspond with the American genus
Chalcolepis
Candèze, 1857
(
Casari 2008
). It is clear from the description that the species described in their publication is
Cryptalaus sordidus
. Additionally, the dorsal habitus (
Vats & Kashyap 1992: 198
;
Fig. 4
) and the illustration of male genitalia of
C. pannus
(see
Vats & Kashyap 1992: 197
;
Fig. 1
) are in agreement with that of
C. sordidus
(see
Parekar & Patwardhan 2021
: 19992;
Fig. 32
and
Parekar & Patwardhan 2021
: 19995; Figs 35, 45, 46). Paramere with sharp, pointed apex of apical lobe 3.3 times as long as wide are unique to
C. sordidus
. Therefore, here, we synonymize
Chalcolepis pannus
Vats & Kashyap, 1992
syn. nov.
with
Cryptalaus sordidus
(
Westwood, 1848
)
.