Chlaenius (Lithochlaenius) agilis Chaudoir, 1856

Ullah, Mishkat, Naeem, Muhammad, Mahmood, Khalid & Garner, Beulah, 2022, Addition to the knowledge of Tribe Chlaeniini Brullé, 1834 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Pakistan, Zootaxa 5115 (4), pp. 451-486 : 470-471

Chlaenius (Lithochlaenius) agilis Chaudoir, 1856

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Chlaenius agilis Chaudoir, 1856: 246 ; Chlaenius anchomenoides Bates, 1889b: 212 ; Chlaenius nuristanus Jedlicka, 1956a: 194 .

Material examined. PAKISTAN — Khyber Pakhtunkhwa • 1 ♀; Swat, Kalam, Kannai ; 29 Aug. 2015; Mishkat leg.; PMNH • 3 ♂, 1 ♀; Chitral , Garam Chashma Road , Ruji ; 22 Aug. 2015, Mishkat leg.; PMNH • 2 ♂; Chitral , Khanis Fir ; 23 Aug. 2015; Mishkat leg.; PMNH — Gilgit Baltistan • 1 ♀; Ghizer , Gupis , Khalti Lake ; 06 Sep. 2014; Mishkat & Ibad leg.; PMNH • 2 ♀; “ N.W. Pro. India ” [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa], Hazara Dist. Lower Kaghan Valley ; alt. 3000–5000 ft; 26 May 1927; H.G. Champion leg.; NHMUK (H.G. Champion Collection 1953-156) • 2 ♂; Kashmir, Goorais; alt. 7000 ft; May 1887; [genitalia extacted and attached to label]; ex coll. Oburthür; Co-type green circled type label; Chlaenius anchomenoides Bates, H.E. Andrewes det. ①; Chlaenius (L.) agilis Mishkat Ullah 2017 det. ②; NHMUK (H.E. Andrewes Collection 1945-97) .

Measurements. Male (n=5): TL= 15.40 mm, HW= 2.79 mm, PL= 2.87 mm, PW= 3.26 mm, EL= 9.61 mm, EW= 2.77 mm. Ratios PL/PW= 0.87, HW/PW= 0.85 and EL/EW= 3.46. Female (n=5): TL= 16.12 mm, HW= 2.92 mm, PL= 2.99 mm, PW= 3.39 mm, EL= 9.99 mm, EW= 2.99 mm. Ratios PL/PW= 0.88, HW/PW= 0.85 and EL/EW= 3.33.

Diagnosis. Body elongated. Head black with slight metallic violet greenish tinge, smooth moderately covered with very minute punctures. Antennal article Imore ovid, labrum slightly emarginate. Mandibles, antenna article III and legs black; palpi, antennalarticles I–II and IV–IX reddish brown. Pronotum black with metallic violet greenish tinge smooth, slightly transverse rugose, basal fovea deep, sparsely setiferous punctate. Elytra black, humeral angle obtuse, striae deep and punctate, intervals convex raised with wide setiferous punctures throughout; pubescence dense from interval VI–VIII toward apical 1/3 rd. Legs black and slender. Ventral surface black and pubescent throughout.

Comments. This species was collected from the same habitat and locality inhabited by Chlaenius (Stenochlaenius) kashmiricus ( Grundmann, 1955) . Detailed comments can be found in the work of Liu et al. (2011). In this current study, it was reported from Swat, Chitral and Ghizer areas.

Distribution. Afghanistan, China (Sichuan; Yunnan), Pakistan and Nepal (Anichtchenko 2017).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Dorsal habitus (a) Chlaenius (Epomis) nigricans Wiedemann, 1821; (b) Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) rufifemoratus rayotus Bates, 1891 imaged from NHMUK collection; (c) Chlaenius (Lissauchenius) variipes Chaudoir, 1856 imaged from NHMUK collection; (d) Chlaenius (Lithochlaenius) agilis Chaudoir, 1856.