Rhynchium brunneum brunneum ( Fabricius, 1793 )

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Rhynchium brunneum brunneum ( Fabricius, 1793)

Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka: Bangalore , GKVK, 916 m, 17. vi.1984, 1 Ƌ, coll. Pradhan ; 2. iii.1980, 1 ♀, coll. A.R.V Kumar; 14. vi.1980, 1 ♀, coll. Srinivasa; 930 m, 3.iii, 12. xi.2009, 1 Ƌ, coll. H.C. Latha; 18, 23. iv.2009, 1 Ƌ, 1♀, coll. R.N. Geetha; 12. ii.2013, 1 ♀, coll. M.K. Kavya; 3. v.2012, 1 ♀; 14.iii, 13. xii.2013, 1 ♀, 2Ƌ; 23, 25. i.2014, 3 ♀, 4Ƌ; 1, 9, 15, 31. ii.2014, 3 ♀, 1Ƌ, coll. A. Pannure; 9. iii.2014, 1 ♀, coll. S. Rathod. Chikkamagaluru, Mudigere, 975 m, 13°06' N 75°37' E, 1. ii.2013, 1 ♀, coll. Students; 16. ix.2014, 1 ♀, coll. H.R. Pavithra; 980 m, 22. iv.2014, 1 ♀, coll. R.N. Amulya. Dakshina Kannada, Vittal, 30. ix.2011, 1 Ƌ, coll. T. V. Aswathy. Hassan, Agriculture college, 950 m, 12°58' N 76°16' E, 2014, 1♀, coll. students; Karekere , 934 m, 13°06' N 76°10' E, 23. vi.2014, 1 ♀, coll. Zameer. Kodagu, Ponnampet , 858 m, 12°08' N 76°56' E, 21. vii.2015, 1 ♂, coll. C. Prashantha .; Kirgoor , 18, 19, 20. iv.1979, 4 ♀, coll. Girish . Kolar, Horticulture College , 830 m, 13°07' N 78°10' E, 16. xii.2014, 1 ♀, coll. UG. Uttara Kannada, Badagunda, Ganeshgudi , 570 m, 15°16.668' N 074° 33.059' E, 17. x.2015, 1 ♀, coll. C. Prashantha; Sirsi, Sondha , 25. v.2010, 1 ♀, coll. H.M. Yeshwanth . Kerala: Padannakkad , 29. ix.2011, 1 ♀, coll. T.V. Aswathy . Tamil Nadu: Valparai , 5. vii.1982, 1 ♂, coll. V.V.Belavadi .

Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka [Mangaluru], Kerala, Puducherry [Auroville], Tamil Nadu [Shevaroy Hills]; Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya [Garo Hills, Baghmara], Mizoram, Odisha, Sikkim [Dentam, Melli Bazar], Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal [Kalimpong].— Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Guam, Indonesia [Tanimbar Islands], Iran, Iraq, Malaysia [Malay Peninsula], Marianas, Myanmar, Nepal, New Britain, Pakistan, Palau, Seychelles, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam ( Gusenleitner 2006; Srinivasan & Girish Kumar 2010, 2013; Girish Kumar & Sharma 2013, 2014, 2015b)