Pseudochillus (Kaszabochillus) andamanus ( Kaszab, 1981 ) 2015

Fouquè, René, 2015, A review of the genera Indostola, Tagenostola, Indochillus, Pseudethas, and Pseudochillus gen. nov. in South East Asia (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Stenosini), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1), pp. 217-242 : 229

Pseudochillus (Kaszabochillus) andamanus ( Kaszab, 1981) comb. nov.

( Figs 8 , 20 , 32 )

Indochillus andamanus Kaszab, 1981: 311 (original description).

Type locality. India, Andaman Islands .

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: ‘Capt. / Wimberley // Andaman / Islands’ ( BMNH) . PARATYPES: same data as holotype (2 spec. BMNH, 1 spec. HNHM) ; ‘ Andaman Is. / 1915–38 // Andaman / Isles’ (1 spec. HNHM) .

Material examined. INDIA: ANDAMAN ISLANDS: Havelock Island, env. of village No 7. 11°59′N, 92°58′E, 22.iv.– 14.v.1998, leg. Karel & Simon Majer (1 spec. NHMB).

Differential diagnosis. This species is very similar to P. (K.) helferi sp. nov. but differs in absence of mid-longitudinal impression on pronotum and punctate lateral margins of pronotum.

Distribution. India: Andaman Islands ( KASZAB 1981, present paper).

Figures

Figs 5–9. Dorsal view. 5 – Indochillus cristatus Koch, 1941, holotype, India (Karnakata). 6 – Pseudochillus (Pseudochillus) bangaloreanus (Kaszab, 1981), holotype ♂, India (Bangalore). 7 – P. (P.) aalbui sp. nov., holotype ♂, India (Tamil Nadu).8 – P.(Kaszabochillus) andamanus (Kaszab, 1981), paratype♀, India (Andaman Islands). 9 – P. (K.) helferi sp. nov, holotype ♀, Myanmar (Tennasserim). Scale bar = 4 mm.

Figs 17–26. Antenna. 17 – Indochillus cristatus Koch, 1941. 18 – Pseudochillus (Pseudochillus) bangaloreanus (Kaszab, 1981). 19 – P.(P.) aalbui sp. nov. 20 – P.(Kaszabochillus) andamanus (Kaszab, 1981). 21 – P.(K.) helferi sp.nov. 22 – Indostola kaengkrachanensis sp.nov. 23 – I.pulchella Medvedev, 1991.24 – Pseudochillus (Micropseudochillus) palawanus sp. nov. 25 – P.(M.) thailandicus sp. nov. 26 – P.(M.) indochinensis sp. nov. Scale bar = 1 mm.

Figs 27–36. Lateral view of head with eyes. 27 – Indostola pulchella Medvedev, 1991. 28 – I. kaengkrachanensis sp. nov.29 – Indochillus cristatus Koch, 1941. 30 – Pseudochillus (Pseudochillus) bangaloreanus (Kaszab, 1981). 31 – P. (P.) aalbui sp. nov. 32 – P.(Kaszabochillus) andamanus (Kaszab, 1981). 33 – P.(K.) helferi sp. nov. 34 – Pseudochillus (Micropseudochillus) palawanus sp. nov. 35 – P.(M.) thailandicus sp. nov. 36 – P.(M.) indochinensis sp. nov.