Lissomus Dalman, 1824

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 : 165

Genus Lissomus Dalman, 1824

Lissomus mastrucatus Gerstaecker, 1860 SRI

Lissomus mastrucatus Gerstaecker, 1860: 151 (original description; published type locality: Ceylon); Cobos, 1963: 142 (distributional record; India: Nilgiri Hills).

Type Locality. Sri Lanka *.

Type Depository. Type, SU (??).

Material examined. Two specimens from Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu ( BNHS) ; 13 specimens ( Fig. 2 ) from Palakkad District, Kerala and Coimbatore District , Tamil Nadu ( FRID) ; 11 specimens were examined from Idukki & Thrissur districts, Kerala ( KFRI) .

Distribution in India. Kerala (Idukki District, Palakkad District, Thrissur District). Nilgiri Hills**, Tamil Nadu (Coimbatore District).

General Distribution. India, Sri Lanka ( Cobos 1963).

Remark. The type depository is unknown. The exact locality within the Nilgiri Hills cannot be ascertained. The Nilgiri Hills form part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, which spans across southern Karnataka, eastern Kerala, and northwestern Tamil Nadu. The species is considered endemic to India. Examined specimens confirm the presence of this species in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Lissomus quirsfeldi Cobos, 1963 SDI

Lissomus quirsfeldi Cobos, 1963: 140 (original description; published type locality: Nilgiri Hills , India).

Type Locality. India: Nilgiri Hills ** .

Type Depository. Holotype, M (??).

Distribution in India. Nilgiri Hills**.

General Distribution. India.

Remark. Known only from a single male specimen. The type depository details are unknown. The exact locality within the Nilgiri Hills cannot be ascertained. The Nilgiri Hills form part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, which spans across southern Karnataka, eastern Kerala, and northwestern Tamil Nadu. 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.