Tenerus belgamensis ab. obscuriventris Corporaal, 1939b: 32

Faisal, Mohammad, Singh, Sudhir & Yousuf, Mohammad, 2014, Cleridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) type collection at National Forest Insect Collection (NFIC), Forest Research Institute, Dehradun (India), Zootaxa 3846 (1), pp. 105-118 : 110

9. Tenerus belgamensis ab. obscuriventris Corporaal, 1939b: 32 ( Fig. 3b )

Holotype: White label 1 stating collection locality as “Aiyur, North Salem, FRI Sandal Insect Survey [ INDIA: Madras (Tamil Nadu)], 6. vi. 1930 ”. White label 2 stating “ J. B. Corporaal, Type, Tenerus belgamensis ab. obscuriventris nov. sp 1934”. Red label 3 stating “Type”. White label 4 stating “Left antenna missing”.

Remarks. Left antenna is missing. Right middle and hind leg are missing.

Paratype: White label 1 stating collection locality as “ Aiyur, North Salem , FRI Sandal Insect Survey [ INDIA: Madras (Tamil Nadu)], 22–27. v. 1930 ’. White label 2 stating “ J. B. Corporaal, Paratype, Tenerus belgamensis ab. obscuriventris ”. Green label 3 stating “ Paratype ” .

Remarks. Only one paratype is present in NFIC.

Figures

FIGURE 3. (a) Tenerus belgamensis ab. concoloricollis, Holotype, (b) Tenerus belgamensis ab. obscuriventris, Holotype, (c) Tenerus femoralis, Holotype, (d) Tenerus limbatus, Holotype.