A review of Asian species of the genus Platymetopus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini)
Author
Kataev, Boris M.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5306.5.1
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10.11646/zootaxa.5306.5.1
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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
.