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Indenicmosoma punctator Kaszab 1979

Description

Indenicmosoma punctator Kaszab, 1979

(Figs. 9–11, 21)

Examined type specimens: India, Kerala, Nelliampathi Hills, Kaikatty, 900 m, 30.XI.1972, leg. leg. C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & R. Mussard, 3 paratypes HNHM.— India, Madras, Anaimalai Hills, 18 km N Valparai, 1250 m, 18.XI.1972, leg. leg. C. Besuchet, I. Löbl & R. Mussard, 1 paratype HNHM.

Additional specimens: N Thailand, Chiang Mai Prov., Doi Inthanon, 30.V.2001, leg. E. Horváth & Gy. Szirád, 1 ex. HNHM.—N Thailand, Chiang Mai Prov., Doi Inthanon, 1800 m, 14.V.2006, leg. R. Grimm, 1 ex CRG, 1 ex. SMNS.—N Thailand, Chiang Mai, Doi Pui, 1500 m, 19.XI.1988, leg. J. Trautner & K. Geigenmüller, 2 ex., SMNS.—N Thailand, Chiang Mai, Doi Pui, 1600–1685 m, 22.–26.IV.2003, leg. R. Grimm, 1 ex. SMNS.—N Thailand, NW Chiang Mai, Doi Pui, 1600–1685 m, 22.–23.V.2006, leg. R. Grimm, 1 ex. CRG, 1 ex. SMNS.—N Thailand, Chiang Mai Prov., Ang Khang, 1600 m, 2.–7.V.2009, leg. L. Dembický, 1 ex. SMNS.— China, Yunnan, W Kunming, Xishan, 2300 m, 27.VI.1993, leg. L. Bolm, 3 ex. SMNS.— China, Yunnan, W Kunming, Xishan, 2100–2200 m, 2.IV.1999, leg. W. Schawaller, 1 ex. SMNS.— China, Yunnan, W Kunming, Xishan, 9.X.1985, leg. G. de Rougemont, 1 ex. SMNS.

Remarks: This species is similar in outer appearance to I. nathani, but are distinctly different in the shape of the aedeagal apicale, compare Figs. 18–19, 21).

Distribution: India (type locality „ Kerala “), Thailand, China (Yunnan).

Notes

Published as part of Schawaller, Wolfgang & Bigalk, Sonia, 2020, New taxonomic and faunistic data on Asian species of the genus Indenicmosoma Ardoin (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae), with description of a new species from Thailand, pp. 572-580 in Zootaxa 4748 (3) on page 578, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.3.10, http://zenodo.org/record/3700999

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