Notoxus indicus, Krekich-Strassoldo, 1914

Kejval, Zbyněk, 2011, Taxonomic revision of the Oriental species of Notoxus (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (2), pp. 627-673 : 630-631

Notoxus indicus species-group

Diagnosis. Elytral apices in males simple, lacking a distinct apical tubercle / notch; median lobe of aedeagus simple in middle part, mostly asymmetrical apically, lacking distinct dorsal plate; latero-basal fovea of abdominal sternum III rather shallow, forming narrow impression along basal sulcus of sternum.

Species included. Notoxus assamensis Krekich-Strassoldo, 1913 , N. bellus Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928 , N. confluens Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928 , N. distortus sp. nov., N. donckieri Pic, 1908 , N. hilaris sp. nov., N. indicus Krekich-Strassoldo, 1914 , N. iuvenis sp. nov., and N. pachodemba sp. nov.

Remarks. A well-known European species, Notoxus trifasciatus Rossi, 1792 , and several related Palaearctic species, ranging eastwards as far as Kazachstan ( CHANDLER et al. 2008), share the simple male elytral apices of the N. indicus species-group, but differ by the more conspicuous, rather sharply raised crest of the pronotal horn and the male aedeagal characters: median lobe symmetrical, more or less deeply incised apically, and parameres with small latero-basal projection.