Anthelephila praetor parvicollis ( Heberdey, 1934 )

Kejval, Zbyněk & Cz, Domažlice, 2010, Studies on the genus Anthelephila (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) 11. New species and records from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Oman, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1), pp. 189-234 : 219

Anthelephila praetor parvicollis ( Heberdey, 1934)

Material examined. INDIA: KARNATAKA: 4 JJ 2 ♀♀, Coorg distr. , NE of Virajpet, 75°50′N, 12°13′E, ca. 500 m, 4.–8.vi.1999, Z. Kejval & M. Trýzna leg. ( ZKDC) ; 1 ♀, Mudigere area , ca. 900 m, 2.–10.xi.1977 ( ZMUC) . MAHARASHTRA: 1 J 3 ♀♀, Pune distr., Lonavla, Bhushi dam, 13.x.2005, L. Borowiec leg. ( DBET) ; 5 ♀♀, 4 km S of Lonavla, Bhushi dam env., 500 m, 24.–28.ix.2005, J. Bezděk leg. ( ZKDC) ; 2 JJ 3 ♀♀, ca. 50 km W of Karad, Koyna , SW of dam, 17°23′N, 73°44′E ,, ca. 600 m, 11.vi.2006, Z. Kejval lgt. ( ZKDC) ; 14 JJ 11 ♀♀, 30 km W of Pune, Mulshi env., 18°29′N, 73°30′E, ca. 700 m, 13.–16.vi.2006, Z. Kejval lgt. ( ZKDC) .

Distribution. India (Karnataka, Maharashtra) ( HEBERDEY 1934, KEJVAL 1999).

Remarks. The specimen from ZMUC bears the identification label ‘ Formicomus apoderinus ’ by Telnov. This species was described by WASMANN (1898) from a single, probably female specimen collected in the Indian state of Gujarat. As I already mentioned ( KEJVAL 1999), it may be identical with Anthelephila praetor parvicollis . However, its true identity has never been revised and remains uncertain.