Nothoodes longus ( Andrewes, 1940 ) Guéorguiev & Liang, 2020

Guéorguiev, Borislav & Liang, Hongbin, 2020, Revision of the Palaearctic and Oriental representatives of Lachnocrepis LeConte and Oodes Bonelli (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with special account on Chinese species, Zootaxa 4850 (1), pp. 1-89 : 76-78

22. Nothoodes longus ( Andrewes, 1940) , comb. n.

( Figs 31 A–J, Table 5)

Oodes longus Andrewes, 1940: 205 (type locality: ‘Brahmaputra River Goalundo–Gauhati’ [Brahmaputra River between the town of Goalundo Ghat, Bangladesh and the city of Gawahati, India].

References.

Oodes longus: Andrewes 1940: 204 (identification key; distribution: ‘N.E. India’); Ali 1967: 17 (comparison with O. basrensis Ali, 1967 ); Lorenz 1998: 305; Lorenz 2005: 325.

Type material. Oodes longus Andrewes : holotype ♂, ‘Type [white rounded label with red band, p] // Brahmaputra River Goalundo–Gauhati July 1919 Fletcher coll [w, p] // Oodes longus Andr. Type H.E.Andrewes det. [w, h/p]’ (BMNH). Paratypes, one male and two females, labelled as follows: 1♂, ‘Para-type [white rounded label with yellow band, p] // Brahmaputra River Goalundo–Gauhati July 1919 Fletcher coll [w, p] // Oodes longus And. Paratype [w, h]’ ( MNHN, box ‘ Oodini Chlaeniini , Abacetini & others det. by H.E. Andrewes’); 1♀, ‘Brahmaputra River Goalundo–Gauhati July 1919 Fletcher coll [w, p] // Co-type [white rounded label with green band, p] // Oodes longus cotype Andr. H.E.Andrewes det. [w, h/p] // H.E.Andrewes Coll. B.M.1945–97. [w, p]’ (BMNH); 1♀, ‘Brahmaputra River Goalundo–Gauhati July 1919 Fletcher coll [w, p] // Co-type [white rounded label with green band, p] // H.E.Andrewes Coll. B.M.1945–97. [w, p]’ (BMNH).

Other material examined. INDIA: A s s a m State: 2♂♂, ‘ INDIA (Assam State Dibrugarh distr.) Dibrugarh (at light) 2.–3.VI.2006 Guillaume de Rougemont’ ( NMNHS, cDW).

? MYANMAR: Tanintharyi Region: 1♂, ‘Tenasserim. Papun. Adamson’s Coll. 1908–102.’ [specimen determined as variation of O. longus by H.E. Andrewes] (BMNH).

TME: 7 specimens. TGE: 3♂♂.

Diagnosis. This species is distinguished from other Nothoodes species by its less impressed elytral striae (more perceptible in anterior half of elytra). It is further separated from other congeners, except N. taprobanae , by its greater PW/HW and lower EW/PW ( Table 5). Nothoodes longus is easily separated from N. taprobanae by its larger size, 13 mm or more.

Description (based on male sex). Habitus. Moderately large specimens (BL: 13.0– 13.6 mm, BW: 5.1–5.2 mm), with subelongate and convex body ( Figs 31A, I ). Ratios and measurements. See Table 5. Color and luster. Body black dorsally and ventrally; antennae, palpi, and tarsomeres rufous to rufopiceous. Integument markedly shiny; dorsal surface with greenish hue, ventral surface without iridescence. Punctuation. Dorsal surface without punctures except posterolateral parts of pronotum with large and shallow punctures extending laterally to posterior half; sides of prosternum and proepisternum, abdominal ventrites 1–5 at base and at sides, and ventrite 6 at apex with dense and shallow punctures; meso- and metepisternum, and sides of metasternum with dense and coarse punctures.

Head. About half as wide as pronotum ( Table 5). Mentum tooth widely rounded (specimens from Tenasserim) to truncate (paratype) apically, with distinct paramedial border ( Fig. 31B ). Thorax. Pronotum ( Fig. 31J ) with sides weakly rounded toward posterior angles; maximum width close to posterior angles; laterobasal impressions subtle; base moderately sinuate. Prosternum without or with indistinct median longitudinal sulcus; prosternal process subelongate, bordered subapically, unbordered at base and at apex ( Fig. 31C ). Metepisternum longer than wide (MA/MM: 0.84–0.88), its coadunation with epipleuron short, located anteriorly ( Fig. 31D ). Elytra. Apical sinuation distinct but weak. Basal margin distinct laterally, forming a small denticle at shoulder, decreasing medially and disappearing at level between striae 2 and 3. Granulation in marginal furrow continuous. Parascutellar striola and striae 1–4 rather shallow (shallower than in N. taprobanae ); striola and striae in anterior half punctured. Intervals 1–7 flat, interval 8 moderately convex. Legs. Male mesotibia with a swelling in apical half. Protarsomeres 1–3 of male moderately dilated, with second tarsomere slightly wider than long (W/Lp2: 1.14–1.18). Male genitalia. Median lobe ( Figs 31E, F, G, H ) arcuate laterally, with basal bulb reduced at base, widely open dorsally; angle between basal bulb and shaft obtuse; shaft broadened proximally, narrowed distally; apex short and straight; apical lamella straight, narrow distally, rounded at tip; ostium nearly reaching basal bulb; internal sac with proximal sclerite smaller and distal one larger. Female genitalia. Unknown.

Distribution. Oriental region: India (West Bengal, Assam), Bangladesh,? Myanmar. The presence of the species in Myanmar needs confirmation since the record from Tenasserim is based on an earlier determination by the first author. The record from Bihar State, India ( Andrewes 1940), refers to N. angustatus (see “Notes”).

Bionomics. All known specimens from India and Bangladesh were collected near banks of the river Brahmaputra.

Notes. The male from “Pusa” designated by Andrewes (1940: 205) as a paratype of Oodes longus belongs to N. angustatus (see “Type material. Oodes longus Andrewes ” under N. angustatus ). Most likely the female paratype from Bihar is not conspecific with N. longus .

Figures

FIGURE 31. Nothoodes longus Andrewes, 1940 (A–H: male paratype; I–J: male specimen, India, Dibrugarh). A, I: habitus; B: mentum; C: prosternal process; D: right metepisternum and metacoxa (arrow shows lateral end of metacoxal basal sulcus); E: median lobe of aedeagus, left lateral view; F: same, anterior dorsal view; G: same, ventral view; H: same, posterior dorsal view; J: head and pronotum. Scale lines = 2 mm (Figs A, I); = 0.5 mm (Figs B–C, E–H); = 1 mm (Figs D, J).