Zorochros mussardi Dolin & Cate, 1998 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 : 176-177

Zorochros mussardi Dolin & Cate, 1998 SDI

Zorochrus mussardi Dolin & Cate, 1998: 39 (unavailable genus name, incorrect subsequent spelling of Zorochros not in prevailing usage- ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3; original description; published type locality: Aliyan Dam, India).

Zorochros mussardi Dolin & Cate, 1998 : Korneev & Cate, 2005: 20 (genus name correction, incorrect application of ICZN 1999: Art. 51.3; incorrectly used parenthesis for authors type catalogue); Schimmel & Tarnawski, 2012b: 361 (genus name correction).

Type Locality. India: Aliyar Dam , Anamalai Hills, Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu [Aliyan Dam, Anomalai H., Madras].

Type Depository. Holotype, M ( MHNG); 4 Paratypes, 3 M, 1 F ( MHNG, SIZK).

Material examined. One specimen ( Fig. 5 ) was examined from Chamarajanagar District , Karnataka ( ATREE) ; seven specimens from Nilgiris District , Tamil Nadu ( FRID) .

Distribution in India. Karnataka (Chamarajanagar District), Tamil Nadu (Coimbatore District, Nilgiris District).

General Distribution. India.

Remark. This represents the first published record of this species from Karnataka. The species is considered endemic to India.

Figures

FIGURES 1–6. Elateridae from India, dorsal view. 1, Hypnoidus beckeri Stibick, 1980; 2, Lissomus mastrucatus Gerstaecker, 1860; 3, Arhaphes luteipes Candèze, 1897; 4, Miquasus improvisus (Dolin, 2001); 5, Zorochros mussardi Dolin & Cate, 1998; 6, Cussolenis wallacei Muona, 2020.