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Endomia castelsi Pic 1929

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Endomia castelsi Pic, 1929

Material examined. INDIA: MADHYA PRADESH, Khajuraho, 8.vi.1983, R.Schuh leg., 1♀ (ZKDC); ca 120 km SE of Bhopal, Matkuli env., 22°35′N 78°28′E, 400 m a.s.l., 28.vi.2006, Z. Kejval leg., 1 ♁ (ZKDC); MAHARASHTRA, Pune, v.1908, G. E. Bryant leg., 1♁ 1♀ (BMNH); RAJASTHAN, near Ajmer, Pushkar, vii.1995, R. Sauer leg., 2♀♀ (ZKDC); TAMIL NADU, Tuticorin, salt industry area, 8°47′N 78°06′E, 22.-25.vi.1999, Z. Kejval & M. Trýzna leg., 4 ♁♁ 5 ♀♀ (ZKDC). IRAN: KERMAN prov., 7 km W of Kahkom, 28°12′N 55°46′E, 28.v.1973, locality no. 215, Exped. leg., 1 ♀ (NMPC); SISTAN VA BALUCHESTAN prov., S of Sarbaz, valley of river Sarbaz, 26°39′N 61°15′E, 1.-2.iv.1973, locality no. 145, Exped. leg., 2♀♀ (NMPC); ca 3 km N of Rask,valley of river Sarbaz, 26°31′N 61°25′E, 3.-4.iv.1973, locality no. 146, Exped. leg., 2 ♁♁ 1 ♀ (NMPC); 13 km SSE of Nikshahr, Nikshahr river valley, 26°08′N 60°11′E, 8.-9.iv.1973, locality no. 152, Exped. leg., 19 ♁♁ 23 ♀♀ (NMPC, ZKDC). OMAN: Wadi Mayh, 25 km S of Mutrah, 16.x.1995, M. Balkenohl leg., 1 ♁ (SMNS). PAKISTAN: BALUCHESTAN, Avaran, 4.-7.iv.1993, S. Bečvář leg., 1 ♁ (ZKDC); 90 km SSE Quetta, Kundlani, 20.-23.ii.1995, D. Hauck & L. Čížek leg., 1 ♀ (ZKDC). SRI LANKA: NORTH- CENTRAL prov., Polonnaruwa distr., 2 km W of Giritale, 25.xii.2000, R. Schuh leg., 1 ♁ 1 ♀ (ZKDC).

Distribution. Sri Lanka, India (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Haryana) (PIC 1929, 1894 as E. indica; UHMANN 1983 as E. ceylonica; UHMANN 1994b as E. indica; KEJVAL 1998; TELNOV 1999). The first records from Iran, Pakistan and Oman.

Remarks. Endomia castelsi usually displays a dark marking on elytra (see Fig. 50 in KEJVAL (1998)). All examined specimens from Oman, Iran and the specimen from Avaran in Pakistan differ in having body unicoloured pale brown.

Notes

Published as part of Kejval, Zbyněk, 2007, New species, synonymy and records of Endomia and Stenidius (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) from Asia, pp. 169-181 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) (suppl.) 47 on pages 170-171, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4468089

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