Patrus punctulatus ( Régimbart, 1886 ), 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 : 1322

Patrus punctulatus ( Régimbart, 1886) comb. n.

( Figures 12 (c), 19(a))

Orectochilus punctulatus Régimbart, 1886, p. 261 ; Ochs 1966b: 180.

Orectochilus (Patrus) punctulatus : Ochs 1930: 33, 1966b: 180; Vazirani 1984: 57, figs. 19D, 36D, 46C.

Orectochilus (Patrus) punctulatus trianglutaus Ochs, 1966b: 181 .

Type locality: Kodaikanal, Tenmalai, Courtellam ( Régimbart 1886).

Material examined

INDIA: Kerala: Kozhikode, Jeerkapara , 11.272624°N, 75.794995°E, 3 exs ., 4 October 1982, leg . K .N. Nair [30504/H4A]; Kasaragod, Santhimala, Parappa R.F., 12.4992638°N, 75.182189° E, 1 ex., 24 October 1993, leg . K .C . Gopi [30505/H4A]; Waynad, Vattapoil , 11.478575°N, 76.172490°E, 13 exs ., 2 March 1994, leg . P .M . Sureshan [30503/H4A]; Thirisur, Vellanimala , 11.5250024°N, 76.155667°E, 14 exs ., 9 December 1995, leg . K .C . Gopi [30502/H4A]; Palakkad, Pulickal , Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary , 10.444272°N, 76.813739°E, 12 exs ., 27 January 1997, leg . K .C. Gopi [30506/H4A].

Distribution in India ( Figure 19 (a))

Kerala (Tenmalai Courtellum) and Tamil Nadu (Annamalai Hills: Cinchona, Kadamparai; Kodaikanal, Kuttalam ‘Courtallum’).

Figures

Figure 12. Habitus (in dorsal view): (a) Patrus oblongiusculus oblongiusculus (Régimbart); (b) P. productus (Régimbart); (c) P. punctulatus (Régimbart); (d) P. ritsemai (Régimbart); (e) P. semivestitus (Guérin-Méneville).

Figure 19. Map of India showing the distribution of Indian species of Gyrinidae. (a) P. oblongiusculus oblongiusculus, P. orissaensis, P. punctulatus; (b) P. productus; (c) P. horni, P. kempi, P. lucidus, P. rivularis, P. volubilis; (d) P. semivestitus.