Bombardier beetles of the genus Pheropsophus Solier 1833 (Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini) from Indian subcontinent Author Venugopal, Akhil S. Author Thomas, Sabu K. text Zootaxa 2019 2019-05-17 4608 1 65 89 journal article 21232 10.11646/zootaxa.4608.1.3 c4d067fa-4c56-4248-8084-caf4dd1eea21 1175-5326 3993611 3540218C-34FA-4D91-925A-3E89C6C3A7C1 Pheropsophus consularis (SCHMIDT-GOEBEL, 1846) ( Fig. 1 G ) = Pheropsophus stenoderus CHAUDOIR, 1850 Brachinus consularis Schmidt-Goebel, 1846: 75 ; Bates, 1891b: 336 ; 1892b: 392 ; Andrewes, 1923: 44; 1924a: 116; 1930: 272; Jedlička, 1963: 531 ; Hrdlička, 2017: 479 ; Ullah et al ., 2017: 180 Pheropsophus stenoderus Chaudoir, 1850: 77 ; 1876: 41 ; Arrow, 1901: 204 ; Andrewes, 1924a: 56 ; 1930: 272 ; Mani, 1955: 486 . Specimens examined (n=1) : Syntype , labelled “ Burma ”, type in NMPC Description. Length: 15.8–16.9 mm Colour : Head pale reddish yellow, with beret/”V” shaped black spot; first 4 segments of antennae yellow, the remaining darker, brownish; pronotum black with two longitudinally elongate reddish yellow spots; elytra black; legs pale reddish yellow with coxa, trochanter brownish yellow; femur, tibia pale reddish yellow; tarsi dark brown; black spot on the apex of femur. Venter with mentum, mandibles and last segment of palpi brownish black; submentum, gula and gena reddish yellow; prosternum brownish black with prosternal lobe having reddish yellow colour; metasternum and metepisternum reddish yellow with reddish brown borders; third abdominal sternite yellowish posteriorly. Head: Elongated and narrow, small eyes, a pair of flat impressions between the eyes. Pronotum: As broad as the head, longer than broad, almost straight laterally, posterior portion as broad as anterior, with pronounced anterior transverse impression, the anterior margin straight; two elongated, narrow, dark reddish yellow spots on both sides of the shallow median furrow that converge backwards. Elytra: Twice as wide and three times as long as the pronotum, narrow, sub parallel, less constricted towards the base, almost straight. Humerus almost erased with round humeral spot; median band transverse, strongly serrated; striations narrow, pointed, intervals rounded, broad, apex of the striations yellowish; very narrow apical border. Venter: With well-marked gular sutures; prosternal process having 4 long apical setae. Geographical distribution. INDIA : Assam : Silonibari (Andrewes 1923), Sibsagar (Andrewes 1923); Bengal: Siliguri (Andrewes 1923); Arunachal Pradesh : Rotung ( Andrewes 1930 ); Himachal Pradesh : Kangra, Spiti: Gharry ( Andrewes 1930 ); Bihar : Chapra (Andrewes 1923); Uttarakhand : Dehra dun ( Andrewes 1930 ). Ranikhet ( Andrewes 1930 ); Jharkhand : Tetara ( Bates 1891a ), Konbir ( Bates 1891a ); Odisha : Surada ( Andrewes 1924a ); MYANMAR : Bhamo. Karen Hills. Tanintharyi (Tennasserim). Karin cheba. Palon ( Bates 1892b ); BANGLADESH : Dhaka (Andrewes 1923). Sardah (Andrewes 1923); PAKISTAN : Islamabad. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . Swat. Maidan ( Ullah et al . 2017 ). Remarks. Pheropsophus consularis is similar to P. javanus but differs from it by having unique ‘V’/Beret shaped black spot over its head, broader elytral median transverse band, smaller humeral spot and smaller black spot over the apex of femur.