Pheropsophus catoirei (DEJEAN, 1825)

(Fig. 1 E)

Brachinus catoirei Dejean, 1825: 301; Putzeys, 1875: 45; Bates, 1891a: 10 (suppl.); 1892b: 391; Arrow, 1901: 202; Andrewes, 1924a: 55; 1930: 271; Mani, 1955: 486; Jedlička, 1963: 529; Saha and Halder, 2000: 34; Hrdlička, 2017: 479; Ullah et al., 2017: 179.

Specimens examined (n=1): Holotype (by monotypy), labelled “ catoirei . in Bengalia, G.J. Arrow vidit 1901, ‘ Ex. Musaeo Chaudoir’ ”; type in MNHN

Description. Length: 10.0–18.0 mm; TW: 6.8 mm

Colour: Head, pronotum, reddish brown without spots; elytra black; apex of antennae and legs pale red; eyes greyish; legs with coxa, trochanter, tibia and femur light reddish yellow; apex of the femur dark brown; 1 st tarsomere reddish yellow in middle with dark reddish brown margins; rest dark reddish brown; claws brownish black; venter brownish black with underside of head reddish yellow including the mouth parts and palpi; prosternum brownish black with a reddish yellow patch in the middle; metasternum brownish black.

Head: Small, narrow

Pronotum: Convex, broader anteriorly, narrowed posteriorly; apical and basal margins straight; lateral bead faint; disc scarcely punctuate; deep median furrow.

Elytra: Elongated, narrow; subparallel; median transverse bands narrow, with few serrations along edges; apex wider with narrow yellow apical band extending anteriorly along the striations.

Venter: Abdomen pubescent, covered with brownish yellow hairs.

Geographical distribution. INDIA: Bengal (Dejean 1825); Arunachal Pradesh (Hrdlička 2017); Sikkim (Hrdlička 2017); Meghalaya: Garo (Saha and Halder 2000); Assam; Himachal Pradesh: Bajaura (Kangra distr.) (An- drewes 1924a). Kulu (Naggar and Mandi). Nalagar. Spiti (Gharry) (Andrewes 1924a); Uttar Pradesh: Dahora (Andrewes 1924a); Kashmir: Balta (Andrewes 1930); Andaman Is (Andrewes 1924a); BANGLADESH: Dhaka (Arrow 1901); IRAN (Hrdlička 2017); AFGHANISTAN (Hrdlička 2017); PAKISTAN: Sind and the Khyber Pass (Ullah et al. 2017); SRI LANKA (Andrewes 1930); MYANMAR (Andrewes 1930); NEPAL (Hrdlička 2017); BHUTAN (Hrdlička 2017).

Remarks. Morphologically similar to P. hilaris . Differs by elongated body; absence of spots on pronotum and presence of larger elytral humeral spots.