Patrus indicus ( Régimbart, 1884 ), Gupta & Sonali & Wani & Ghosh & Ghosh & Ghosh, 2025

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 : 1315

Patrus indicus ( Régimbart, 1884) comb. n.

( Figure 16 (a))

Orectochilus indicus Régimbart, 1884, p. 435 , pl. 12, fig. 141; Régimbart 1892a: 121; Régimbart 1892b: 714; Régimbart 1902: 470; Régimbart 1907: 217; Zimmermann 1917: 168; Ochs 1929b: 246; Vazirani 1958: 17; Shankar et al. 2023: 456, fig. 28.

Orectochilus (Patrus) indicus : Ochs 1930: 26; Vazirani 1977a: 253.

Type locality

India ( Régimbart 1884).

Distribution in India ( Figure 16 (a))

Andhra Pradesh (Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary: Pedduru, Keermanda), Bihar (Nalanda), Himachal Pradesh (Solan: Dharampur), Karnataka (Bangaluru, Chikkamagluru), Madhya Pradesh (Jabalpur, Narsighpur, Mandla), Odisha (Angul), and Tamil Nadu.

Figures

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.