Notoxus andrewesi Krekich-Strassoldo, 1913

Kejval, Zbyněk, 2011, Taxonomic revision of the Oriental species of Notoxus (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (2), pp. 627-673 : 644-645

Notoxus andrewesi Krekich-Strassoldo, 1913

( Figs. 17 , 84 )

Notoxus andrewesi Krekich-Strassoldo, 1913: 131 , Fig. 2 .

Type locality. South India, Nilgiri Hills.

Type material examined. SYNTYPES: 1 J, ‘ H.L.Andrewes Nilgiri Hills [p] // [male sex mark] // TYPE [p; red label] // coll. Heberdey [p] // Andrewesi det. v.Krekich [p+h] // Andrewesi Krek. [h; black frame, ochraceous label]’ ( NHMW) ; 1 ♀, same data, except female sex-mark, lacking the last label ( NHMW) ; 1 J 2 ♀♀, ‘ H.L.Andrewes Nilgiri Hills [p] // [male or female sex mark] // TYPE [p; red label] // Andrewesi det. v.Krekich [p+h] // Andrewes Bequest B.M. 1922-221.’ ( BMNH) .

Additional material examined. INDIA: TAMIL NADU: 27 JJ 4 ♀♀ Nilgiri hills, Kotagiri env., Elk falls, 76°52′E 11°23′N, 16.xi.1993, Z. Kejval & D. Boukal leg. ( ZKDC, ZSMC).

Diagnosis. Small, slender species; elytra mostly with distinct markings ( Fig. 84 ); eyes rather large; pronotum globose to slightly transverse in dorsal view; pronotal disc evenly convex, smooth, rather glossy, finely punctured; pronotal horn rather long, conspicuously slender, moderately narrowing towards apex, armed with 3–4 distinctly protruding lateral lobules on each side and wider, bilobed apical lobule; horn crest moderately raised, evenly lowering towards horn apex, its lateral margins feebly marked by series of somewhat coarser, distinctly spaced lobules / rugules; punctures in basal half of elytra rather coarse, deep, dot-like, with smooth margins.

Male characters (Elk falls, ZKDC). Elytra clearly modified apically, subtruncate, with rounded gland opening near distinctly protruding lateral angle; legs simple; abdominal sternum VII nearly simple, slightly flattened postero-medially, its posterior margin somewhat unevenly rounded in ventral view; tergum VIII forming narrow, arched sclerite, evenly rounded posteriorly, rather finely and sparsely setose; aedeagus as figured ( Fig. 17 ).

Variation. Body length (J ♀) 2.8–3.1 mm. Rather strongly variable in extent of dark markings of elytra; some specimens with posterior transverse reddish band reduced to a pair of small, rounded spots, but elytral apices always paler coloured.

Distribution. India: Tamil Nadu (KREKICH- STRASSOLDO 1913).

Remarks. KREKICH- STRASSOLDO (1913) described Notoxus andrewesi from a series of specimens deposited in the collection of H. L. Andrewes and in the NHMW (number not stated). It is known reliably only from the Nilgiri Hills in southern India. The records from Nepal and northern India ( UHMANN 1990, TELNOV 2003, CHANDLER et al. 2007) are based on misidentified specimens (see Remarks under N. noctivagus and N. inbasaliformis sp. nov.).

Figures

Figs. 16–18. Aedeagus: 16 – Notoxus ales Telnov, 2007 (Ban Nape); 17 – N. andrewesi Krekich-Strassoldo, 1913 (Kotagiri); 18 – N. garuda sp. nov. Scale (0.5 mm): A – Fig. 16; B – Figs. 17, 18.

Figs. 84–91. Body in dorsal view: 84 – N. andrewesi Krekich-Strassoldo, 1913 (Kotagiri); 85 – N. katthapa sp. nov.; 86 – N. inbasalis Pic, 1926 (Soppong); 87 – N. safraneki sp. nov.; 88 – N. suturalifer Pic, 1932; 89 – N. sinensis Pic, 1907 (Xishan); 90 – N. brinckianus Bonadona, 1986 (Pottuvil); 91 – N. brunneorufus Bonadona, 1989 (Pachmarhi).

Figs. 1–5. 1–2 – Notoxus psammophilus Telnov, 2007 (Cam Ranh Bay): 1 – aedeagus; 2 – paramere in lateral view. 3–5 – N. assamensis Krekich-Strassoldo, 1913 (Renok): 3 – metatarsus; 4 – aedeagus; 5 – median lobe in lateral view. Scale (0.5 mm): A – Fig. 3; B – Figs. 4, 5; C – Figs. 1, 2.