Zorochros quadrimaculatus SDI 2025, comb. nov.
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Zorochros quadrimaculatus (Vats & Chauhan, 1991) SDI comb. nov. Hypnoidus quadrimaculatus Vats & Chauhan, 1991: 294 (original description; published type locality: Saknidhar, India); Cate, 2007: 194 (considered as Doubtful Assignment; classified under Negastriinae incertae sedis; catalogue; “UP” as India: Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh); Gupta et al., 2018: 502 (catalogue; “2B” as India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand). Type Locality. India: Saknidhar, Tehri Garhwal District, Uttarakhand [India: Uttar Pradesh, Saknidhar]. Type Depository. Holotype, M (??); Allotype, F (??); 3 Paratypes, 1 M, 2 F (??). Distribution in India. Uttarakhand (Tehri Garhwal District). General Distribution. India. Remark. The type material for Hypnoidus quadrimaculatus is not deposited in FRID and may be housed in IARI; however, verification was not possible. As the presence of this species in Himachal Pradesh requires confirmation, this locality is not included here. Hypnoidus quadrimaculatus was described by Vats & Chauhan (1991: 294) based on morphological characters and an aedeagus structure that do not support its placement in the genus Hypnoidus (Stibick 1976). Based on the original description and illustration of the aedeagus (Vats & Chauhan 1991: 298, Fig. 1), this species is herein transferred to the genus Zorochros, and we propose Zorochros quadrimaculatus (Vats & Chauhan, 1991) comb. nov. Morphologically, this species is most similar to Zorochros tactus (Candèze, 1900). Z. quadrimaculatus is considered endemic to India.
Authors: Parekar, Harshad, Patwardhan, Amol
Institutions: St. Xavier's College, Somaiya Vidyavihar University
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7079714377
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