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Lagria (Lagriella) andrewesi Borchmann 1916

  • 1. Institute of Entomology and Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China

Description

Lagria (Lagriella) andrewesi Borchmann, 1916

Fig. 1

Lagria andrewesi Borchmann, 1916: 91 (“Nilgiri-Hills”, description); Borchmann 1936: 53 (same as the previous).

Type material examined.

(1 ♂ 1 ♀). Lectotype, herewith designated. Lectotype: ♂ (Fig. 1 A, B): 1) “ Type ”, 2) “ H. L. Andrewes / Nilgiri Hills ”, 3) “ Sammlung / F. Borchmann / Eing. Nr. 5, 1943 ”, 4) “ ZMH 849073 ”, 5) “ Lectotype ♂ / Lagria (Lagriella) / andrewesi / Borchmann, 1915 / des. Y. Zhou, 2025 [printed on red paper] ”; Paralectotype: 1 ♀ (Fig. 1 C, D): 1) “ Type ”, 2) “ H. L. Andrewes / Nilgiri Hills ”, 3) “ Lagriella / andrewesi Bm ”, 4) “ Sammlung / F. Borchmann / Eing. Nr. 5, 1943 ”, 5) “ ZMH 849074 ”, 6) “ Paralectotype ♀ / Lagria (Lagriella) / andrewesi / Borchmann, 1915 / des. Y. Zhou, 2025 [printed on yellow paper] ”.

Diagnosis.

Brown, dorsal surface with long setae. Male hindwings well-developed, antennomere XI as long as the two preceding segments together, pronotum almost as long as wide, elytra moderately expanded in basal 2 / 3, femur moderately dilated; female apterous, antennomere XI shorter than the combined length of two preceding antennomeres.

Distribution.

India.

Notes

Published as part of Zhou, Yong & Chen, Bin, 2025, Asian species of the little-known subgenus Lagria (Lagriella) (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriinae), with a new species and the first record from China, pp. 87-101 in ZooKeys 1265 on pages 87-101, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1265.171898

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZMH
Material sample ID
ZMH 849073 , ZMH 849074
Scientific name authorship
Borchmann
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Tenebrionidae
Genus
Lagria
Species
andrewesi
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype , paralectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Lagria (Lagriella) andrewesi Borchmann, 1916 sec. Zhou & Chen, 2025

References

  • Borchmann F (1916) Die Lagriinae (Unterfamilie der Lagriidae.). Archiv fur Naturgeschichte A 81: 46-188.
  • Borchmann F (1936) Coleoptera Heteromera Fam. Lagriidae. In: Wytsman PA (Ed.) Genera Insectorum. Vol. 35. Fasc 204. Louis Desmet-Verteneuil, Brussels, 1–561, 9 pls.