Patrus desgodinsi assamensis ( Ochs, 1925 )

Gupta, Devanshu, Sonali, Shipra, Wani, Irtiza, Ghosh, Priyanka, Ghosh, Asim Kumar & Ghosh, Sujit Kumar, 2025, A comprehensive taxonomic review of Indian Gyrinidae (Coleoptera): new combinations, geographic distribution, and annotated species checklist, Journal of Natural History 59 (17 - 20), pp. 1267-1338 : 1309-1310

Patrus desgodinsi assamensis ( Ochs, 1925) comb. n.

( Figures 9 (c), 16(d))

Orectochilus desgodinsi assamensis Ochs, 1925, p. 194 .

Orectochilus (Patrus) desgodinsi assamensis : Vazirani 1984: 45, fig. 18B.

Type locality

Assam, Garo Hills, from hills streams above Tura ( Ochs 1925). Type material examined

Type // Zool . Surv. Ind./ above Tura / Garo Hills / Assam / 3800 ft ./VIII.17/ S. Kemp // hill streams // 7585/H2 // Orectochilus desgodinsi assamensis Ochs’ [ NZSI] .

Distribution in India ( Figure 16 (d))

Meghalaya (Garo and Khasi Hills: Tura).

Figures

Figure 9. Habitus of type specimens (in dorsal view) with attached label data: (a) Orectochilus choprai Ochs, 1925, type [current name:P. choprai (Ochs,1925)]; (b) O. coronatus Ochs, 1925, type [current name: P. coronatus (Ochs, 1925)]; (c) O. desgodinsi assamensis Ochs, 1925, type [current name: P. desgodinsi assamensis (Ochs, 1925)]; (d) O. kempi Ochs, 1925, type [current name: P. kempi (Ochs, 1925)].

Figure 16. Map of India showing the distribution of Indian species of Gyrinidae: (a) P. andamanicus, P. indicus; (b) P. choprai, P. coimbatorensis, P. cuneatus; (c) P. coronatus, P. cylindricus, P. cameroni; (d) P. cardoni, P. desgodinsi assamensis, P. desgodinsi desgodinsi.