Anthelephila spiniventris (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1914)

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 : 223

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5325463
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5344922
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC805D-F17F-FFF1-FEB3-F98DFCF624D5
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scientific name	Anthelephila spiniventris (Krekich-Strassoldo, 1914)
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Material examined. INDIA: KERALA: 1 ♀, Cardamom hills, Periyar National Park , 900 m, 12.x.1991, R. Schuh leg. ( ZKDC) ; 3 JJ 2 ♀♀, Thekkady, Periyar Wild Life Sanctuary , 1.–5.ix.1989, A. Riedel leg. ( ZKDC, ZSMC) ; 1 ♀, Cardamom hills, 10 km SW of Munnar, Vattiar vill., 10°02′N, 77°01′E, 1000 m, M. Boukal & Z. Kejval leg. ( ZKDC) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu) (KREKICH- STRASSOLDO 1914b, HEBERDEY 1934).

Remarks. This species is listed in the Palaearctic catalogue ( CHANDLER et al. 2008) based on the record from Kalimpong in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal by D. Telnov ( TELNOV 2003a). The respective specimen was examined later and found to be misidentified. It is an immature female belonging probably to/near Anthelephila basirufa . Distribution of A. spiniventris appears to be restricted to the Western Ghat mountain range.

The above listed specimen collected by R. Schuh bears an identification label ‘ Formicomus angustipennis ’ by G. Uhmann ( UHMANN 1994). This unrelated species differs in both morphological characters and distribution ( Indonesia and Malaysia).