Hypnoidus butti Stibick, 1980

Parekar, Harshad & Patwardhan, Amol, 2025, Annotated catalogue of the click-beetle subfamilies Hemiopinae, Hypnoidinae, Lissominae, Negastriinae, Tetralobinae, and Thylacosterninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of India, Zootaxa 5679 (2), pp. 151-203 : 190

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.1
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scientific name	Hypnoidus butti Stibick, 1980
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Hypnoidus butti Stibick, 1980: 269 (original description; published type locality: Lingga, Tibet; another locality- “Parachinar, Karram Vall., India ”); Dolin & Cate, 2002: 74 (re-examined Paratype; “ India, Paramushir, Kurram Vall.”); Platia & Sechi, 2022: 380 (checklist; “Indian Tibet”).

Type Locality. Tibet: Lingga ** [Tibet: Lingga, 15,000 ft., Mount Everest Exp.] .

Type Depository. Holotype, M ( NHML); 1 Allotype, F ( NHML); 3 Paratypes, 2 M, 1 F ( NHML) .

General Distribution. Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Tibet* ( Dolin & Cate 2002).

Remark. This species was originally recorded from “Parachinar, Karram Vall., India,” a locality which is situated in present-day Pakistan (Kurram District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa). Additionally, Dolin & Cate (2002: 74), while examining a paratype, listed the locality as “ India, Paramushir, Kurram Vall.” This appears to be a lapsus calami, as Paramushir is part of the Kuril Islands in the northwest Pacific Ocean. Due to these errors, the species is not considered to occur in India.