Miquasus ohirai (Dolin, 2001) SDI

Parekar, Harshad & Patwardhan, Amol, 2025, Annotated catalogue of the click-beetle subfamilies Hemiopinae, Hypnoidinae, Lissominae, Negastriinae, Tetralobinae, and Thylacosterninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of India, Zootaxa 5679 (2), pp. 151-203 : 181

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17050216
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scientific name	Miquasus ohirai (Dolin, 2001) SDI
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Quasimus(Miquasus) ohirai Dolin, 2001:136 (original description;published type locality:Matheran, India); Korneev & Cate, 2005: 21 ( type catalogue); Schimmel, 2007a: 230 (treated as Q. ohirai ; India: Maharashtra).

Miquasus ohirai (Dolin, 2001) : Schimmel & Tarnawski, 2009: 124 (transferred to Miquasus ; recorded from India: Maharashtra).

Type Locality. India: Matheran, Raigad District , Maharashtra .

Type Depository. Holotype, M ( HNHM); 6 Paratypes, 2 M, 4 F ( HNHM, SIZK).

Distribution in India. Maharashtra (Pune District, Raigad District).

General Distribution. India.

Remark. As noted by Dolin (1997: 154), Ȏhira (1971: 207) misidentified this species as Quasimus pauxillus ( Schwarz, 1901) based on material from Matheran, Maharashtra, India. The species is considered endemic to India.