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(
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locality: Himalaya? homonym, not 
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Synonymized with 
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Body slender, head and pronotum small, together equal to 0.24× length of whole-body; black except reddish brown elytra; antennae elongate, male antennomere 11 as long as 4 preceding antennomeres combined; elytra with longitudinal costae.
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. Male (
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. Body slender, slightly widening in posterior half, slightly convex; shiny, black except brown elytra. Dorsal surface with dense, long yellow hairs.
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<paragraph blockId="5.[151,1437,419,2029]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Elytra slender, with some longitudinal costae extending from base to apex, widest before posterior 1/3; elytral length 2.25× as long as combined maximum width and 6.25× as long as pronotum; humeral callosity obtuse, not elevated; punctures small, interspaces smooth, equal to 2–4 puncture diameters, denser in basal half and between two costae; epipleuron entire, gradually narrowing towards apex; elytral margin visible in dorsal view except humeral area. Mesosternal process tiny, slightly elevated; metasternum transversely convex.</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="5.[151,1437,419,2029]" box="[199,1325,1247,1273]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Legs slender and weak, not modified; metatarsomere 1 longest, subequal to combined length of 2–4.</paragraph>
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Aedeagus (
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Female (
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. Body stout, obviously wider than male. Eyes quite small, interocular distance equal to 2.60× eye diameter; temples parallel-sided, rounded posteriorly, 1.5× longer than eyes in dorsal view; antennomeres stout, antennomere 11 equal to 3 preceding antennomeres combined. Pronotum with an longitudinal, oblong impression in the middle. Elytral costae more convex.
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Male body length 
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(n = 2). Female body length 8.0–9.0 mm (n = 5); pronotum sometimes with two small pits on each side of longitudinal impression.
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). 
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: 
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:
</emphasis>
2 JJ 
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(
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/ 
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” (
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, 
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, 
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<paragraph blockId="5.[151,1437,419,2029]" box="[199,1035,1643,1669]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,353,1643,1669]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Distribution.</emphasis>
<collectingCountry box="[359,426,1643,1669]" name="China" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">China</collectingCountry>
(new country record): 
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; 
<collectingCountry box="[780,840,1643,1669]" name="India" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">India</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingCountry box="[852,922,1643,1669]" name="Nepal" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Nepal</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingCountry box="[933,1032,1643,1669]" name="Pakistan" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Pakistan</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="419" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" type="discussion">
<paragraph blockId="5.[151,1437,419,2029]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[199,315,1679,1705]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bates" authorityYear="1879" box="[322,598,1679,1705]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="indicola" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[322,398,1680,1705]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Lagria</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[414,490,1680,1705]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Lagria</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[506,598,1679,1705]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">indicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 11 allied species have similar color pattern, 
<emphasis box="[1139,1174,1680,1705]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">i.e.</emphasis>
, the dark body (usually black) with brown or yellow elytra. This large complex contains:
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="5.[151,1437,419,2029]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">
<taxonomicName authority="(Linnaeus, 1758)" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[199,539,1751,1778]" class="Insecta" family="Chrysomelidae" genus="Chrysomela" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hirta" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[199,222,1752,1777]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[240,263,1752,1777]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[280,334,1751,1777]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">hirta</emphasis>
(Linnaeus, 1758)
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authority="Hope, 1843" authorityName="Hope" authorityYear="1843" box="[552,892,1751,1777]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigricollis" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[552,575,1752,1777]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[593,616,1752,1777]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[633,748,1751,1777]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">nigricollis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation author="Hope, F. W." box="[757,892,1751,1777]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" pagination="62 - 66" refId="ref7226" refString="Hope, F. W. (1843) Description of the coleopterous insects sent to England by Dr. Cantor from Chusan and Canton, with observation on the entomology of China. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6) 11, 62 - 66." type="journal article" year="1843">Hope, 1843</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authority="Mulsant &amp; Guillebeau, 1855" authorityName="Mulsant &amp; Guillebeau" authorityYear="1855" box="[905,1401,1751,1778]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atripes" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[905,928,1752,1777]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[946,968,1752,1777]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[986,1064,1752,1777]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">atripes</emphasis>
Mulsant &amp; Guillebeau, 1855
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authority="Motschulsky, 1860" authorityName="Motschulsky" authorityYear="1860" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="laticollis" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[1414,1437,1752,1777]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[161,183,1788,1813]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[200,298,1787,1813]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">laticollis</emphasis>
Motschulsky, 1860
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authority="Marseul, 1876" authorityName="Marseul" authorityYear="1876" box="[533,898,1787,1813]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufipennis" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[533,556,1788,1813]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[572,595,1788,1813]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[612,726,1787,1813]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">rufipennis</emphasis>
Marseul, 1876
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bates" authorityYear="1879" box="[909,1080,1787,1813]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="indicola" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[909,932,1788,1813]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[949,972,1788,1813]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[988,1080,1787,1813]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">indicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authority="Fairmaire, 1891" authorityName="Fairmaire" authorityYear="1891" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ophthalmica" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[1094,1117,1788,1813]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[1134,1156,1788,1813]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[1173,1313,1787,1813]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">ophthalmica</emphasis>
Fairmaire, 1891
</taxonomicName>
(all of these belong to 
<bibRefCitation author="Borchmann, F." box="[470,702,1823,1849]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" refId="ref7040" refString="Borchmann, F. (1936) Coleoptera Heteromera Fam. Lagriidae. In: Wytsman, P. (Ed.), Genera Insectorum. Fasc 204. Louis Desmet-Verteneuil, Brussels, 561 pp., 9 plates." type="book" year="1936">Borchmann’s (1936)</bibRefCitation>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[710,848,1823,1849]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hirta">
<emphasis box="[710,848,1823,1849]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Lagria hirta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-group), 
<taxonomicName authority="Fabricius, 1801" authorityName="Fabricius" authorityYear="1801" box="[947,1255,1823,1849]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lata" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[947,970,1824,1849]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[987,1010,1824,1849]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[1026,1070,1823,1849]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">lata</emphasis>
Fabricius, 1801
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authority="C. Brisout de Bameville, 1867" authorityName="C. Brisout de Bameville" authorityYear="1867" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grenieri" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[1268,1291,1824,1849]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[1307,1330,1824,1849]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[1347,1436,1824,1849]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">grenieri</emphasis>
C. Brisout de Bameville, 1867
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authority="Pic, 1938" authorityName="Pic" authorityYear="1938" box="[508,769,1859,1885]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="theryi" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[508,531,1860,1885]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[547,570,1860,1885]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[587,652,1859,1885]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">theryi</emphasis>
Pic, 1938
</taxonomicName>
, and 
<taxonomicName authority="Graells, 1858" authorityName="Graells" authorityYear="1858" box="[828,1338,1859,1886]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rubida" subGenus="Apteronympha">
<emphasis box="[828,904,1860,1885]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Lagria</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[921,1085,1859,1885]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Apteronympha</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[1102,1177,1859,1885]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">rubida</emphasis>
Graells, 1858
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authority="Rosenhauer, 1856" authorityName="Rosenhauer" authorityYear="1856" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugosula" subGenus="Apteronympha">
<emphasis box="[1349,1372,1860,1885]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[1389,1427,1859,1885]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Ap.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[151,251,1895,1921]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">rugosula</emphasis>
Rosenhauer, 1856
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Merkl, O." box="[470,607,1895,1921]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" pagination="219 - 225" refId="ref7538" refString="Merkl, O. (2006) Redescription of Lagria (Apteronympha) tenenbaumi Pic, 1929, with a checklist of the Western Palaearctic species of the genus Lagria F. (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriini). Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society, 77, 219 - 225." type="journal article" year="2006">Merkl 2006</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="Lopez-Perez, J. J." box="[616,823,1895,1921]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" pagination="283 - 287" refId="ref7323" refString="Lopez-Perez, J. J. (2007) New and interesting records of Lagriinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) for the province of Huelva, Andalusia, southwest of Spain. Boletin de la Asociacion Espanola de Entomologia, 31 (3 - 4), 283 - 287." type="journal article" year="2007">Lopez-Perez 2007</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="Bensusan, K. &amp; Torres, J. L. &amp; Perez, C. &amp; Ferrer, J." box="[834,1067,1895,1921]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" pagination="501 - 503" refId="ref6913" refString="Bensusan, K., Torres, J. L., Perez, C. &amp; Ferrer, J. (2009) Presencia de Lagria (Apteronympha) rugosula Rosenhauer, 1856 y L. (A.) rubida Graells, 1855 en el extremo sur de la Peninsula Iberica (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriini). Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, 45, 501 - 503." type="journal article" year="2009">
Bensusan 
<emphasis box="[947,995,1895,1921]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">et al</emphasis>
. 2009
</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="Labrique, H. &amp; Merkl, O." box="[1078,1346,1895,1922]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" pagination="247 - 256" refId="ref7277" refString="Labrique, H. &amp; Merkl, O. (2015) Note sur les Lagriini du Maroc (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriinae). Bulletin Bi-Mensuel de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon, 84 (9 - 10), 247 - 256." type="journal article" year="2015">Labrique &amp; Merkl 2015</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="Prisniy, A. V. &amp; Merkl, O." pageId="5" pageNumber="418" pagination="357 - 362" refId="ref7910" refString="Prisniy, A. V. &amp; Merkl, O. (2015) To the knowledge of the genus Lagria Fabricius, 1755 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of south and east of the Central Russian Upland. Caucasian entomological bulletin, 11 (2), 357 - 362. https: // doi. org / 10.23885 / 1814 - 3326 - 2015 - 11 - 2 - 357 - 362" type="journal article" year="2015">Prisniy &amp; Merkl 2015</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="Merkl, O." box="[326,462,1931,1957]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" pagination="117 - 126" refId="ref7726" refString="Merkl, O. (2020) Lagriini. In: Iwan, D. &amp; L ˆ bl, I. (Eds), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 5, Tenebrionoidea, revised and updated second edition. Apollo Books, Denmark, pp. 117 - 126." type="book chapter" year="2020">Merkl 2020</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="Ruzzier, E. &amp; Martinez-Munoz, C. A." box="[472,852,1931,1957]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" pagination="147 - 150" refId="ref8022" refString="Ruzzier, E. &amp; Martinez-Munoz, C. A. (2021) First record of the invasive Lagria villosa (Fabricius, 1781) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae) in Europe. Zootaxa, 4908 (1), 147 - 150. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4908.1.11" type="journal article" year="2021">Ruzzier &amp; Martínez-Muñoz 2021</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph blockId="5.[151,1437,419,2029]" lastBlockId="6.[151,1437,151,429]" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="419" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">
These species occur mainly in the Palaearctic region (
<bibRefCitation author="Olson, D." box="[821,957,1967,1993]" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" pagination="933 - 938" refId="ref7829" refString="Olson, D. (2001) Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: a new map of life on Earth. Bioscience, 51, 933 - 938. https: // doi. org / 10.1641 / 0006 - 3568 (2001) 051 [0933: TEOTWA] 2.0. CO; 2" type="journal article" year="2001">Olson 2001</bibRefCitation>
) and most of them are widely distributed throughout Eurasia, except for 
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" baseAuthorityYear="1758" box="[501,634,2003,2029]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hirta" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[501,524,2004,2029]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[540,563,2004,2029]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[580,634,2003,2029]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">hirta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Fabricius" authorityYear="1801" box="[649,771,2003,2029]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lata" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[649,672,2004,2029]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[688,711,2004,2029]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[727,771,2003,2029]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">lata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Rosenhauer" authorityYear="1856" box="[786,980,2003,2029]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rugosula" subGenus="Apteronympha">
<emphasis box="[786,808,2004,2029]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[825,864,2003,2029]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">Ap.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[880,980,2003,2029]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">rugosula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
which are also found in Africa, while 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Pic" authorityYear="1938" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="419" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="418" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="theryi" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[1414,1437,2004,2029]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="418">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[161,183,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[200,265,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">theryi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is endemic to Africa. Due to the quite similar shape and color pattern, overlapped distribution and lack of remarkable male characteristics, members of the complex are usually morphologically confused (
<bibRefCitation author="Merkl, O." box="[1285,1425,187,213]" pageId="6" pageNumber="419" pagination="283 - 305" refId="ref7490" refString="Merkl, O. (2004) On taxonomy, nomenclature, and distribution of some Palaearctic Lagriini, with description of a new species from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 50 (4), 283 - 305." type="journal article" year="2004">Merkl 2004</bibRefCitation>
). Shape and proportions of male antennomeres and aedeagus are vital diagnostical features to distinguish them. Four species of the complex are now recorded from 
<collectingCountry box="[692,759,259,285]" name="China" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">China</collectingCountry>
(more are expected): 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bates" authorityYear="1879" box="[1012,1185,259,285]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="419" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="indicola" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[1012,1035,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[1053,1076,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[1093,1185,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">indicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Hope" authorityYear="1843" box="[1201,1398,259,285]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="419" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigricollis" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[1201,1224,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[1242,1265,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[1283,1398,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">nigricollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Fairmaire" authorityYear="1891" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="419" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ophthalmica" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[1414,1437,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[161,183,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[201,341,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">ophthalmica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Marseul" authorityYear="1876" box="[399,594,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="419" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufipennis" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[399,422,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[440,463,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[480,594,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">rufipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Compared with the other three, 
<taxonomicName authorityName="Bates" authorityYear="1879" box="[975,1148,295,321]" class="Insecta" family="Tenebrionidae" genus="Lagria" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="419" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="indicola" subGenus="Lagria">
<emphasis box="[975,998,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">L.</emphasis>
(
<emphasis box="[1015,1038,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">L.</emphasis>
) 
<emphasis box="[1056,1148,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">indicola</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be easily recognized based on its more elongate antennomeres, shorter terminal male antennomere and longitudinal costae on the elytra. Furthermore, this species is now limited to western 
<collectingCountry box="[740,811,367,393]" name="China" pageId="6" pageNumber="419">China</collectingCountry>
. Morphological differences among these four members are expected to be described in the future.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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