Heterotarsus ceylonicus Kaszab 1976
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Heterotarsus ceylonicus Kaszab, 1976 (Figs 1 i, 5 1–7) Heterotarsus ceylonicus Kaszab 1976: 48. Holotype: ♂, Sri Lanka, Ratnapura district, Uda Walawe (MNHN). Materials examined: 8 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, India, Kerala, Palakkad, Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, Vengoli road, 10.409 N, 76.770 E, 628 m, 29.X.2022, Bindu. L & party, ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV. 30342–30356 [ZSIK]; 7 ♂♂, India, Kerala, Palakkad, Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, Tunnel entry Kurukku, 10.401 N, 76.755 E, 607 m, 3.XI.2022, Bindu. L & party, ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV. 30357–30363 [ZSIK]. Diagnosis. Length 10–12 mm. Body black; head shiny, coarsely and densely punctured, punctures confluent forming coarse rugae; antennae short with distinct four segmented club, the seventh segment only slightly dilated attached to the club; mentum broad trapezoid, distinctly keeled in the middle, both sides of the keel depressed. Pronotum shiny, coarsely and densely punctured, punctures medially sparse, laterally rugose; anterior margin straight without border, posterior margin finely bordered, lateral margins slightly curved, posteriorly straightened; anterior corners obtuse, posterior corners slightly emarginate; scutellum triangular, shiny, finely punctured.Prosternal process linguiform, coarsely punctured, blunt, rounded at apex; mesosternum rough, coarsely punctured; metasternum in the middle almost impunctate, laterally with very fine wrinkles and punctures. Elytra matt, interspaces convex finely punctured, elytral punctures with striae. First three abdominal segments laterally finely rugose, fourth and fifth segments finely punctured without rugae.Apicale of the aedeagus with broad parameres, parameres slightly notched apico-laterally, thereafter rounded, then slightly constricted. Distribution. India (New record): Kerala. Elsewhere: Sri Lanka.
Institutions: Zoological Survey of India, MES Mampad College (Autonomous)
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7140201112