Atholus gestroi ( Schmidt, 1897 )

Cruz, Ian Niel dela, Hartini, Sri, Dwibadra, Dhian & Ôhara, Masahiro, 2024, Contribution to the Knowledge of the Genus Atholus (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Histerinae: Histerini) from the Indonesian Archipelago, Species Diversity 29 (1), pp. 119-139 : 127

Atholus gestroi ( Schmidt, 1897)

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Hister gestroi Schmidt, 1897: 293 (type locality: Sumatra).

Atholus gestroi : Lewis 1906: 402 (listed); Mazur 1984: 214; Mazur 1997: 131; Mazur 2011: 105 ( Myanmar: Taninthari; catalogued).

Hister (Atholus) gestroi : Bickhardt 1910: 54; Bickhardt 1917: 194 (catalogued); Desbordes 1917: 324 (key).

Specimens examined. No specimen available for this study.

Diagnosis. Atholus gestroi is recognized by its remarkable transverse excavation on the medio-apical region of its propygidium. The shallow excavation is coarsely punctated, while the basal and lateral sides of propygidium are smooth. The lateral pronotal stria of this species is also abbreviated and is not connected to the anterior pronotal stria. The subhumerus of elytra without any striae, and the protibial tooth on the apical end is prominent.

Distribution. Indonesia: Greater Sunda (Sumatra Island), Myanmar: Taninthari ( Fig. 12 ).

Figures

Fig. 12. Map showing the occurrence of some species of Atholus from the Indonesian archipelago and its extra-limital distribution in the Oriental Region.