(Figs. 46, 47, 52, 91)

Notoxus brunneorufus Bonadona, 1989: 254, Figs. 1, 8.

Type locality. India, Madhya Pradesh, Pachmarhi.

Type material examined (also see below). PARATYPES: 7 JJ, ‘ INDE CENTRALE Satpura Hills Pachmarhi x.1970 Nathan leg. [h] PARATYPE [p, red label] // Notoxus brunneorufus n. sp P. Bonadona dét. [p+h]’ (coll. Bonadona, MNHN; 1 spec. in ZKDC).

Additional material examined. INDIA: MADHYA PRADESH: 5 JJ, Pachmarhi, ix.1970, T. R. Nathan leg. (DCDC, ZKDC). RAJASTHAN: 1 J, Sariska National Park, 15.viii.1989, A. Riedel leg. (SMNS).

Diagnosis. Body reddish brown, elytra unicolorous; pronotal disc shallowly impressed at horn base, distinctly bulging postero-medially closely before transverse antebasal sulcus, and with longitudinal median groove; pronotal horn conspicuously robust, wide, its lateral margins nearly completely, continuously fringed, evenly convex, with single small lobule postero-laterally on each side; horn crest conspicuously wide, only slightly raised, but clearly marked laterally by series of contiguous rugules (Fig. 52); punctures in basal half of elytra rather fine, their margins finely sculptured (not quite smooth).

Male characters (Pachmarhi, ZKDC). Elytra clearly modified apically, subtruncate, with large gland opening near distinctly produced lateral angle; legs simple; abdominal sternum VII simple; tergum VIII forming simple, evenly arched sclerite; aedeagus as figured (Figs. 46, 47), median lobe sinuous, with deeply incised apex.

Variation. Body length (J ♀) 2.8–3.6 mm. Median longitudinal wrinkle of pronotal disc may be partly reduced and less conspicuous.

Distribution. India: Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan (BONADONA 1989).

Remarks. According to BONADONA (1989), the type series of N. brunneorufus is comprised of the holotype and 8 paratypes. Surprisingly, there is a holotype and an additional 13 paratypes in MHNG (G. Cuccodorro, pers. comm.). All of these specimens originate from the same locality, and the paratypes examined are conspecific and perfectly agree with the original description.