Pheropsophus andrewesi JEDLIČKA, 1964

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Pheropsophus andrewesi Jedlička, 1964:5; Kirschenhofer, 2010:55.

Specimens examined (n=1): Holotype; labelled “ India, Assam, Holotypus, Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) andrewesi, det. Ing. Jedlička ”; type in ZMHB

Description. Length: 11.0–15.0 mm.

Colour: Head, pronotum and elytra black; palps, legs, clypeus, labrum and two spots next to the antennae yellow-red. Segments 1–4 of antennae (yellowish red) lighter than 5–11 (dark brown).

Head: With fairly protruding eyes, flat frontal furrows, more or less wrinkled and punctured towards neck.

Pronotum: Wider than the head, longer than broad, apex and base straight, equally wide, sides convex, narrowed to the base, hind-quarter of the disc rectangular, basal fovea missing, median furrow deep.

Elytra: Humerus rounded; distinctly broadened towards the apex, strongly striated, intervals broad, flattened, apex straight truncated.

Geographical distribution. INDIA: Assam (Jedlička 1964); Meghalaya: Khasi hills (Kirschenhofer 2010)

Remarks. Morphologically similar to P. aptinoides, but differs with head, pronotum and elytra entirely black. It is endemic to the Indo-Burma hotspot of biodiversity.