Thurana Stibick, 1971

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 : 179

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.1

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scientific name

Thurana Stibick, 1971
status

 

Subgenus Thurana Stibick, 1971

Zorochros assamensis Dolin, 2002 SDI

Zorochrus assamensis Dolin, 2002: 41 (unavailable genus name, incorrect subsequent spelling of Zorochros not in prevailing usage- ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3; original description; published type locality: Manas , India).

Zorochros assamensis Dolin, 2002 : Korneev & Cate, 2005: 12 (genus name correction, incorrect application of ICZN 1999: Art. 51.3; incorrectly used parenthesis for author; type catalogue); Schimmel & Tarnawski, 2012b: 361 (genus name correction).

Type Locality. India: Manas, Chirang & Baksa District , Assam .

Type Depository. Holotype, F ( MHNG).

Distribution in India. Assam (Baksa District, Chirang District).

General Distribution. India.

Remark. Known only from a single female specimen. The species is considered endemic to India.

Zorochros perpusillus ( Candèze, 1878) SRI

Cryptohypnus perpusillus Candèze, 1878 : cxlii (original description; published type locality: Himalaya).

Zorochrus perpusillus ( Candèze, 1878) : Dolin, 2002: 38 (transferred to Zorochrus , unavailable genus name, incorrect subsequent spelling of Zorochros not in prevailing usage- ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3; distributional record; India: Sikkim).

Zorochros perpusillus ( Candèze, 1878) : Cate, 2007: 192 (catalogue; “SD” as India: Sikkim, Darjeeling District); Gupta et al., 2018: 502 (catalogue; “2C” as India: Sikkim, Darjeeling District).

Type Locality. Himalaya*.

Type Depository. Type, SU (??).

Distribution in India. Sikkim (Gangtok District).

General Distribution. India, Nepal (Dolin 2002; Cate 2007).

Remark. The type material is not in RBINS (pers. comm. J. Constant, RBINS). As the presence of this species in West Bengal requires confirmation, this locality is not included here.

MHNG

Museum d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elateridae

Genus

Thurana

Loc

Thurana Stibick, 1971

Parekar, Harshad & Patwardhan, Amol 2025
2025
Loc

Zorochros assamensis

Dolin 2002
2002
Loc

Zorochrus

sensu Arnett 1955
1955
Loc

Cryptohypnus perpusillus Candèze, 1878

Candeze 1878
1878
Loc

Zorochros

Thomson 1859
1859
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