A review of Asian species of the genus Platymetopus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini) Author Kataev, Boris M. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-06-23 5306 5 501 536 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5306.5.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5306.5.1 1175-5326 8073166 F136C7C2-BF12-4943-BA48-4AFEF4186F1A Platymetopus rugosus rugosus ( Nietner, 1857 ) ( Figs. 43 , 48, 49 , 59, 60 , 66 ) Material examined (in addition to the syntypes ). Sri Lanka . 1 female , “ H. rugosus Nietn. Ceylon ” ( ZMUC ) ; 1 female , “ Platymetopus rugosus Nietner , Ceylon ” ( ZIN ) ; 1 male , Mahatlava , 9 km SW Yala , Yala Nat. Res. , 22.X.1982 , B. Zaitzev leg. ( ZIN ) ; 1 male , 1 female , Tissamaharama , 10–12.XII.1979 , Ex Col. Viggo Mahler ( ZMUC ) . India . Kerala / Karnataka : 1 male , “ Cote de Malabar , M. Maindron ”, “ Mahe , Juillet 1901 ” ( ZIN ) . Tamil Nadu : 2 females , “Madras” [= Chennai ] ( ZIN ) ; 1 male , 4 females , Coimbatore , 1400 f. X.1965 , P.S. Nathan leg. ( ZSM ) ; 1 female , 65 km of Madras [= Chennai], 2.I.1964 , K.A. Breev leg. ( ZIN ) ; 2 females , “ Tranquebaria [= Tharangambadi ]. Lowendal” ( ZMUC ) ; 1 male , 1 female , “ Tranqueb. ” [= Tranquebar , or Tharangambadi ] ( ZMUN ) ; 1 male , 1 female , Vilupparam Distr. , Auroville , Discipline Vill. , 12°0.7′N 79°47.97′E , 1.XI.–31.XII.2013 , local collector leg. ( NME ) . Myanmar . Mandalay : 1 male , near Bagan , 21°24′N 95°25′E , 12.XI.2003 , M. Hornburg leg. (cWR) . Description. Femora and tibiae yellow, femora not infuscate, not darker than tibiae. Pronotum relatively narrower (PWmax/PL 1.53–1.63). Habitus as in Fig. 43 . Distribution ( Fig. 66 ). This subspecies occupies the western part of the species range: Sri Lanka , India , and Myanmar .