Notoxus brunneorufus Bonadona, 1989

Kejval, Zbyněk, 2011, Taxonomic revision of the Oriental species of Notoxus (Coleoptera: Anthicidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (2), pp. 627-673 : 663-665

Notoxus brunneorufus Bonadona, 1989

( Figs. 46, 47 , 52 , 91 )

Notoxus brunneorufus Bonadona, 1989: 254 , Figs. 1 , 8 .

Type locality. India, Madhya Pradesh, Pachmarhi.

Type material examined (also see below). PARATYPES: 7 JJ, ‘ INDE CENTRALE Satpura Hills Pachmarhi x.1970 Nathan leg. [h] PARATYPE [p, red label] // Notoxus brunneorufus n. sp P. Bonadona dét. [p+h]’ (coll. Bonadona, MNHN; 1 spec. in ZKDC) .

Additional material examined. INDIA: MADHYA PRADESH: 5 JJ, Pachmarhi, ix.1970, T. R. Nathan leg. ( DCDC, ZKDC). RAJASTHAN: 1 J, Sariska National Park, 15.viii.1989, A. Riedel leg. ( SMNS).

Diagnosis. Body reddish brown, elytra unicolorous; pronotal disc shallowly impressed at horn base, distinctly bulging postero-medially closely before transverse antebasal sulcus, and with longitudinal median groove; pronotal horn conspicuously robust, wide, its lateral margins nearly completely, continuously fringed, evenly convex, with single small lobule postero-laterally on each side; horn crest conspicuously wide, only slightly raised, but clearly marked laterally by series of contiguous rugules ( Fig. 52 ); punctures in basal half of elytra rather fine, their margins finely sculptured (not quite smooth).

Male characters (Pachmarhi, ZKDC). Elytra clearly modified apically, subtruncate, with large gland opening near distinctly produced lateral angle; legs simple; abdominal sternum VII simple; tergum VIII forming simple, evenly arched sclerite; aedeagus as figured ( Figs. 46, 47 ), median lobe sinuous, with deeply incised apex.

Variation. Body length (J ♀) 2.8–3.6 mm. Median longitudinal wrinkle of pronotal disc may be partly reduced and less conspicuous.

Distribution. India: Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan ( BONADONA 1989).

Remarks. According to BONADONA (1989), the type series of N. brunneorufus is comprised of the holotype and 8 paratypes. Surprisingly, there is a holotype and an additional 13 paratypes in MHNG (G. Cuccodorro, pers. comm.). All of these specimens originate from the same locality, and the paratypes examined are conspecific and perfectly agree with the original description.

Figures

Figs. 44–47. 44–45 – Notoxus brinckianus Bonadona, 1986 (Pottuvil): 44 – aedeagus in dorsal view, 45 – the same, apex of median lobe in lateral view. 46–47 – N. brunneorufus Bonadona, 1989 (Pachmarhi): 46 – aedeagus in dorsal view, 47 – the same, lateral view. Scale (0.5 mm): A – Figs. 46, 47; B – Figs. 44, 45.

Figs. 52–60. 52–58 – pronotal horn in dorsal view: 52 – Notoxus brunneorufus Bonadona, 1989 (Pachmarhi); 53 – N. impavidus sp. nov.; 54 – N. variabilis Krekich-Strassoldo, 1913 (Mulshi); 55 – N. noctivagus Krekich- Strassoldo, 1913 (Punjab); 56 – N. sinensis Pic, 1907 (Xishan); 57 – N. pachodemba sp. nov.; 58 – N. safraneki sp. nov.; 59 – N. inbasaliformis sp. nov., head in dorsal view; 60 – N. psammophilus Telnov, 2007 (Cam Ranh Bay), the same.

Figs. 84–91. Body in dorsal view: 84 – N. andrewesi Krekich-Strassoldo, 1913 (Kotagiri); 85 – N. katthapa sp. nov.; 86 – N. inbasalis Pic, 1926 (Soppong); 87 – N. safraneki sp. nov.; 88 – N. suturalifer Pic, 1932; 89 – N. sinensis Pic, 1907 (Xishan); 90 – N. brinckianus Bonadona, 1986 (Pottuvil); 91 – N. brunneorufus Bonadona, 1989 (Pachmarhi).

Figs. 1–5. 1–2 – Notoxus psammophilus Telnov, 2007 (Cam Ranh Bay): 1 – aedeagus; 2 – paramere in lateral view. 3–5 – N. assamensis Krekich-Strassoldo, 1913 (Renok): 3 – metatarsus; 4 – aedeagus; 5 – median lobe in lateral view. Scale (0.5 mm): A – Fig. 3; B – Figs. 4, 5; C – Figs. 1, 2.

Figs. 6–8.Aedeagus:6 – Notoxus bellus Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928, after KREKICH-STRASSOLDO (1928); 7 – N.confluens Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928 (syntype), dorsal view; 8 – the same, lateral view. Scale (0.5 mm): Figs. 7, 8.