Cussolenis Fleutiaux, 1918

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 : 188-190

Genus Cussolenis Fleutiaux, 1918

Cussolenis wallacei Muona, 2020 SRI

Cussolenis wallacei Muona, 2020: 5 (original description; published type locality: Luang Namtha, Laos).

Type Locality. Laos: Luang Namtha, Luang Namtha Province .

Type Depository. Holotype, M ( FMNH); 6 Paratypes: 4 M, 2 F ( FMNH).

Material examined. 38 specimens ( Fig. 6 ) were examined from Darjeeling & Jalpaiguri districts, West Bengal ( FRID) .

Distribution in India. West Bengal (Darjeeling District, Jalpaiguri District).

General Distribution. India (present study), Laos, Malaysia, Thailand ( Muona 2020).

Remark. This represents the first confirmed record of the genus Cussolenis from India, and we report C. wallacei as newly recorded from the country. Gardner (1936) described the larva of Cussolenis sp. under the name Cussolenis mutabilis (Bonvouloir, 1875) . However, as hypothesised by Muona (2020: 4), this larva is likely C. wallacei , and its confirmed presence in India supports his prediction.

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.