Patrus cribratellus metallescens ( Régimbart, 1907 )

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 : 1308

Patrus cribratellus metallescens ( Régimbart, 1907)

( Figure 18 (a))

Orectochilus cribratellus metallescens Régimbart, 1907, p. 206 ; Zimmermann 1917: 168. Orectochilus (Patrus) cribratellus metallescens : Ochs 1930: 23; Vazirani 1977c: 292, 1984: 65, figs. 20B, 38A, 47D; Biswas et al. 1995: 130; Mukhopadhyay and Ghosh 2003: 22; Mazzoldi 2003: 29.

Patrus cribratellus metallescens : Hájek and Fery 2017: 28, 2019: 7, 2022: 7.

Type locality

Sikkim: Pedong – Kurseong ( Régimbart 1907).

Distribution in India ( Figure 18 (a))

Arunachal Pradesh (Siang Division), Meghalaya (Garo Hills: Tura), Sikkim, and West Bengal (Darjeeling: Kurseong, Kalimpong, Mungpoo).

Figures

Figure 18. Map of India showing the distribution of Indian species of Gyrinidae. (a) P. neglectus, P. cribratellus cribratellus, P. cribratellus metallescens; (b) P. similis, P. ritsemai; (c) P. limbatus; (d) P. ribeiroi, P. marginipennis angustilimbus, P. marginipennis marginipennis, P. nathani, P. metallicus, P. uttarpradeshensis.