Patrus orissaensis ( Vazirani, 1958 ), 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 : 1320

Patrus orissaensis ( Vazirani, 1958) comb. n.

( Figures 13 (a), 19(a))

Orectochilus (Patrus) orissaensis Vazirani, 1958, p. 13 , figs. 1c, d, 1977a: 252, 1984: 80, figs. 80, figs. 24B, 39A.

Type locality

India: Orissa, Mayurbhanj Dist., Simlipal Hills, Chahala Nulla ( Vazirani, 1958).

Type material

‘ Holotype // INDIA / Chahala Nulla / Simlipal Hills / Mayurbhanj / Orissa /1958/ Vazirani // 9657– 9659/H4A, 9677/H4A // Orectochilus (Patrus) orissaensis Vazirani’ [ NZSI].

Distribution in India ( Figure 19 (a))

Madhya Pradesh (Jabalpur) and Odisha (Mayurbhanj, Simplipal).

Figures

Figure 13. Habitus of type specimens (in dorsal view) with attached label data:(a) Orectochilus orissaensis Vazirani, holotype [current name: P. orissaensis (Vazirani)]; (b) O. ribeiroi (Vazirani), holotype [current name: P. ribeiroi (Vazirani)]; (c) O. similis Ochs, type [current name: P. similis (Ochs)]; (d) O. volubilis (Ochs) [current name: P. volubilis (Ochs)].

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.