identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
75411516A737BB79FEE9FAC3FEB62493.text	75411516A737BB79FEE9FAC3FEB62493.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sinelater perroti (Fleutiaux 1940)	<div><p>Sinelater perroti (Fleutiaux, 1940) ( Elateridae:  Tetralobinae)</p><p>were collected using a mercury light trap. Members of  Tetralobinae (sensu Kundrata et al. 2018 and Douglas et al. 2021) include some of the largest click beetles ever reported (Costa et al. 1994).To date, the  Tetralobinae fauna in India is represented by a single species,  Tetralobus duchoni Schwarz, 1905 (Kubaczkova and Kundrata 2017) from Kohima, Nagaland (then Assam;  Schwarz 1905). In this paper, we report  S. perroti for the first time from India and provide images of adults and male genitalia. The specimens were compared with the type photographs as well as the original description.  Recently, this species was reported by Qiu et al. (2020) from China (Tibet, Yunnan), Laos, and Myanmar.</p><p>For genitalia dissection, the specimens were relaxed overnight in a relaxation box and the genitalia capsule was pulled from the abdomen using forceps. The genitalia were dissected, rinsed with water, dehydrated in ethanol and preserved in a vial with glycerin. Morphological terminology used mainly follows Kundrata et al. (2018). General morphological characters were studied using a Leica stereo zoom microscope M205C and M205FA and imaging was done using a Leica MC 190HD and Leica EC 4 digital camera and with the help of a Sony DSC-HX400V digital camera. Adobe Photoshop 7 software was used for processing the images. Voucher specimens are deposited in the National Pusa Collection (NPC), <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=95.96488&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.32425" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 95.96488/lat 28.32425)">Division of Entomology</a>, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, India. The size range of specimens collected from India varied from 53 to 64 mm, which is slightly longer (Figs. 1A, B) than the body length reported by Qiu et al. (2020), i.e., 43–60 mm. Male genitalia: Stout, phallobase basal margin nearly straight; paramere with lateral margin almost parallel along basal one-third of length, apex elongate-triangular, pointed; median lobe 0.9× shorter than the parameres, broader at base and gradually tapering toward round apex, basal strut long, reaching middle of phallobase (Figs. 1C, D).</p><p>154</p><p>Specimens Examined.   INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=95.96488&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=28.32425" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 95.96488/lat 28.32425)">Hunli</a>, Lower Dibang Valley, 4 ♂♂, mercury light trap collection from forest, 17.VII.2022, 28.324249°N, 95.964883°E, alt. 1,273.67 ± 60 m, specimens collected by Ajaykumara Kattigehallimath (deposited in the National Pusa Collection, IARI, New Delhi, India).</p><p>Distribution. Vietnam, China, Bhutan, Laos, Myanmar, India: Arunachal Pradesh. New country record for India.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/75411516A737BB79FEE9FAC3FEB62493	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Chandran, Nithya;K. M., Ajaykumara;Saha, Tamoghna	Chandran, Nithya, K. M., Ajaykumara, Saha, Tamoghna (2024): Sinelater perroti (Fleutiaux) (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Tetralobinae): New Record for India. The Coleopterists Bulletin 78 (2): 152-154, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-78.2.152, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-78.2.152
