Pheropsophus andrewesi JEDLIČKA, 1964

Venugopal, Akhil S. & Thomas, Sabu K., 2019, Bombardier beetles of the genus Pheropsophus Solier 1833 (Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini) from Indian subcontinent, Zootaxa 4608 (1), pp. 65-89 : 68

Pheropsophus andrewesi JEDLIČKA, 1964

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Pheropsophus andrewesi Jedlička, 1964:5 ; Kirschenhofer, 2010:55.

Specimens examined (n=1): Holotype; labelled “ India, Assam, Holotypus, Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) andrewesi , det. Ing. Jedlička ”; type in ZMHB

Description. Length: 11.0–15.0 mm.

Colour: Head, pronotum and elytra black; palps, legs, clypeus, labrum and two spots next to the antennae yellow-red. Segments 1–4 of antennae (yellowish red) lighter than 5–11 (dark brown).

Head: With fairly protruding eyes, flat frontal furrows, more or less wrinkled and punctured towards neck.

Pronotum: Wider than the head, longer than broad, apex and base straight, equally wide, sides convex, narrowed to the base, hind-quarter of the disc rectangular, basal fovea missing, median furrow deep.

Elytra: Humerus rounded; distinctly broadened towards the apex, strongly striated, intervals broad, flattened, apex straight truncated.

Geographical distribution. INDIA: Assam ( Jedlička 1964); Meghalaya: Khasi hills ( Kirschenhofer 2010)

Remarks. Morphologically similar to P. aptinoides , but differs with head, pronotum and elytra entirely black. It is endemic to the Indo-Burma hotspot of biodiversity.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Dorsal habitus of Pheropsophus from India – A) Pheropsophus andrewesi (Holotype, ‘India: Assam’, ZMHB), B) P. aptinoides (Holotype, ‘East Indies’, MNHN), C) P. bimaculatus (Holotype, ‘Ind.Or.’, LSUK), D) P. cardoni (Syntype, ‘Chota Nagpore, Nowatoli’, ZMHB), E) P. catoirei (Holotype, ‘Bengalia’, MNHN), F) P. chaudoiri (Holotype, ‘Nepal’, BMNH), G) P. consularis (Syntype, ‘Burma’, NMPC), H) P. javanus (Holotype, ‘Java’, MNHN), I) P. lineifrons (Holotype, ‘Ind.Or.’, ZMHB)