Additions to the taxonomy of the genus Ophionea Klug, 1821 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiinae) and a new species from India
Author
Sudhakar Anagha, V. S.
Entomology Research Lab, P. G. & Research Department of Zoology, College Research Centre Affiliated to University of Calicut, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous) Devagiri, Kozhikode, Kerala 673008, India
Author
Sabu, Thomas K.
Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Malappuram, Kerala, India
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Zootaxa
2024
2024-04-16
5437
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8
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10.11646/zootaxa.5437.4.5
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Ophionea indica
(
Thunberg, 1784
)
Ophionea indica
(Thunberg)
:
Andrewes, 1919: 476
; id. 1921b: 345; id. 1924a: 116; id. 1930: 241;
Araki, 1936: 48
, 49;
Liebke,
1938: 79;
Andrewes, 1947:10
;
Habu, 1950: 944
, f: 2683;
Landin, 1955: 408
, 467;
Louwerens, 1956: 45
;
Habu, 1961a: 296
; id. 1961b: 113; id. 1962: 113–116, 126; id. 1967: 31; id. 1982: 96;
Saha
et al
., 1992: 48
;
Bousquet & Ito, 2003: 444
;
Baehr,
2003: 58; id. 2005: 180, 191 & 192;
Lorenz, 2005: 442
;
Park
et al
., 2006: 98
;
Terada & Wu, 2014: 16
& 25;
Löbl & Löbl,
2017: 634;
Raj & Thomas, 2019: 6
;
Divya, 2022: 91
;
Kurian, 2023: 81
.
=
Attelabus indicus
Thunberg, 1784: 68
.
=
Cicindela cyanocephala
Fabricius, 1798: 60
.
=
Odacantha cyanocephala
(Fabricius)
:
Fabricius, 1801: 229
;
Herbst, 1806: 223
.
=
Casnonia cyanocephala
(Fabricius)
:
Latreille & Dejean, 1824: 130
;
Dejean, 1825: 173
=
Colliuris cyanocephala
(Fabricius)
:
Brullé, 1834: 139
.
=
Ophionea cyanocephala
(Fabricius)
:
Schmidt-Göbel, 1846: 20
;
Motschulsky, 1855: 52
;
Bates, 1873: 303
;
Gestro, 1875: 855
;
Bates, 1886: 199
; id. 1889: 279; id. 1891: 335; id. 1892: 380;
Maindron, 1910: 35
;
Matsumura, 1910: 49
& 82;
Andrewes,
1919: 475; id. 1921a: 161; id. 1923: 4;
Hirayama, 1940: 89
, pl. 32.
=
Casnoidea cyanocephala
(Fabricius)
:
Dupuis, 1913: 270
.
=
Casnoidea indica
(Thunberg)
:
Csiki, 1932: 1534
, 1535;
Jedlička, 1940: 18
; id. 1963: 499;
Darlington, 1968: 208
;
Baehr, 1996:
1055.
Materials
examined (n = 37).
(
1 male
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Kerala
: Pathanamthitta: Goodrical Forest Range (
9°22’43.8”N
76°59’25.0”E
), ‘Light trap’,
30. x. 2021
. coll.
P.M. Sureshan
& party”
;
(
1 male
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Kerala
: Kozhikode: Maruthoor (
11.4572°N
,
75.7300°E
), ‘Light trap’,
16. i. 2022
. coll.
Anagha Sudhakar
V
. S”
;
(
2 male
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Kerala
: Kannur: Chambad (
11°52’23.5”N
75°30’24.5”E
), ‘Light trap’,
28.i. 2022
. coll.
Shigina K
”
;
(
2 male
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Kerala
: Kozhikode: Mavoor (
11.2604° N
,
75.9391° E
), ‘Light trap’,
14. ii. 2022
. coll.
Neethu
V
. P”
;
deposited in ZSI-WGRC
Calicut
;
(
2 male
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Tamil Nadu
: Thoothukudi: Authoor (
8°36’43.1”N
78°05’02.8”E
) ‘Light trap’,
10. v. 1993
. coll.
M.S. Ravi
”
;
(
7 males
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Tamil Nadu
:Tirunelveli: Courtallam (
8°56’14.3”N
77°16’11.4”E
), Nellai Wildlife Sanctuary (
8°42’50.1”N
77°45’23.9”E
), ‘Light trap’,
02. x. 2018
. coll.
R
Venkitesan”
;
(
1 male
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Tamil Nadu
: Theni: Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary (
9°35’25.6”N
77°25’55.6”E
): Moola Vaigai River (
9°49’36.9”N
78°15’35.4”E
) ‘Light trap’,
22. ii. 2019
. coll.
R
. Babu”
;
(
1 male
).
Labelled
‘
India
:
Tamil Nadu
:
Theni
:
Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary
(
9°35’25.6”N
77°25’55.6”E
):
Cumbum East
(
9°44’34.0”N
77°16’38.7”E
):
Suruli
(
9°39’36.5”N
77°18’20.8”E
), ‘
Light
trap’,
27. ii. 2019
. coll.
R
.
Babu
”
;
(
3 males
). Labelled “
India
:
Tamil Nadu
:
Tirunelveli
:
Sengaltheri Kalakkad
range (
8°32’02.9”N
77°27’00.5”E
),
Manimuthar Falls
(
8°39’12.8”N
77°24’48.3”E
),
Ambasamudram
(
8°42’38.5”N
77°27’06.8”E
) ‘
Light
trap’,
11. iii.2021
. coll.
R
.
Babu
”
;
(
2 males
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Tamil Nadu
: Kanyakumari: Kalikesam (
8°24’47.6”N
77°23’30.9”E
) ‘Light trap’,
09. iii. 2022
. coll.
R
. Babu”
;
(
4 males
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Tamil Nadu
: Tirunelveli:Sengaltheri Kalakkad range (
8°32’02.9”N
77°27’00.5”E
) ‘Light trap’,
14. iii.2022
. coll.
R
. Babu”
;
(
1 male
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Karnataka
: Udupi: Malpe (
13°21’21.3”N
74°42’14.8”E
) ‘Light trap’,
16. ix. 1998
. coll.
M.B. Ragunathan
”; deposited in ZSI-SRC
Chennai
;
(
1 male
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Manipur
: Thoubal (
24°39’16.3”N
93°59’51.2”E
) ‘Light trap’, coll.
J. Das Gupta
”; deposited in ZSI-HQ
Kolkata
;
(
1 male
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Uttarakhand
: Haridwar: Roorkee (
29°50’38.4”N
77°52’34.5”E
) ‘Light trap’,
10. x. 1990
. coll.
A. Hussain
”; deposited in ZSI-NRC
Dehradun
;
(
1 female
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Kerala
: Kozhikode: Maruthoor (
11.4572°N
,
75.7300°E
), ‘Light trap’,
16. i. 2022
. coll.
Anagha Sudhakar
V
. S”; deposited in ZSI-WGRC
Calicut
;
(
3 females
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Tamil Nadu
: Thoothukudi: Authoor (
8°36’43.1”N
78°05’02.8”E
) ‘Light trap’,
10. v. 1993
. coll.
M.S. Ravi
”
;
(
1 female
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Tamil Nadu
: Thiruvallur: Red hills lake area (
13°10’00.7”N
80°10’17.4”E
) ‘Light trap’,
21. i. 1997
. coll.
Mary Bai
”
;
(
1 female
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Tamil Nadu
: Tiruvannamalai: Cheyyar (
12°39’49.2”N
79°32’28.3”E
) ‘Light trap’,
22. xii. 2012
. coll.
Jayashree Thilak
”
;
(
1 female
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Tamil Nadu
: Tirunelveli: Sengaltheri Kalakkad range (
8°32’02.9”N
77°27’00.5”E
), Manimuthar Falls (
8°39’12.8”N
77°24’48.3”E
), Ambasamudram (
8°42’38.5”N
77°27’06.8”E
) ‘Light trap’,
11. iii. 2021
. coll.
R
. Babu”
;
(
1 female
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Tamil Nadu
: Tirunelveli: Sengaltheri Kalakkad range (
8°32’02.9”N
77°27’00.5”E
) ‘Light trap’,
14. iii. 2022
. coll.
R
. Babu”
;
(
1 female
).
Labelled
“
India
:
Karnataka
: Udupi: Malpe (
13°21’21.3”N
74°42’14.8”E
) ‘Light trap’,
16. ix. 1998
. coll.
M.B. Ragunathan
”
;
Labelled “
India
:
Andhra Pradesh
: Srikakulam: Kadagandi (
18°33’17.3”N
83°53’02.5”E
) ‘Light trap’,
23. i. 2022
. coll.
Jayashree Thilak
”; deposited in ZSI-SRC Chennai.
Measurements.
Male: TLB =
6.69–6.97 mm
, PL =
1.54–1.57 mm
, PW =
0.73–0.77 mm
, EL =
3.28–3.53 mm
, EW =
1.65–1.70 mm
; Female: TLB =
7.22–7.69 mm
, PL =
1.64–1.77 mm
, PW =
0.77– 0.93 mm
, EL =
3.48–3.90 mm
, EW =
1.82–2.09 mm
.
Distribution.
India
:
Kerala
(Malabar, Palakkad: Pudussery, Chulanur, Pattambi, Wayanad: Ambalavayal),
West Bengal
(Kolkata); throughout Southeastern Asia;
Sri Lanka
;
Vietnam
;
Myanmar
;
Thailand
;
Indonesia
;
Philippines
;
China
;
Japan
;
Nepal
;
Taiwan
; Malay Archipelago from
Japan
to
Papua New Guinea
;
Australia
.
Remarks.
Ophionea indica
was first described by
Thunberg (1784)
and the
holotype
of
O. indica
was destroyed (
Jedlička 1963
). While analyzing the type species from Zoological Museum, Kiel,
Germany
, it has been noted that the
lectotype
of
O. indica
has not been designated. The characters of the
syntypes
of
Odacantha cyanocephala
(
Fabricius, 1798
)
(synonym of
Ophionea indica
) preserved at Kiel Museum exactly match with the type description of
O. indica
provided by
Thunberg (1784)
. Hence, one of the
syntypes
has been designated as the
lectotype
of
O. indica
(
Figs. 3E
).
Materials examined (n=2)
:
Lectotype
(here designated), in
India
(
Tamil Nadu
: Tharangambadi), Daldorff,
Mus. D. Lund
, type in Zoological Museum, Kiel,
Germany
.