Chlaenius (Stenochlaenius) dostojevskii ( Tschitscherine, 1896 )

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 : 481-482

Chlaenius (Stenochlaenius) dostojevskii ( Tschitscherine, 1896)

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Stenochlaenius dostojevskii Tschitscherine, 1896: 497 .

Material examined. PAKISTAN • 1 ♂; Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Chitral, Bumburat Valley, Karakal ;, 22–25 Jul. 1929; B.N. Chopra ( Zoological Survey of India ) leg.; ex coll. Indian Museum Calcutta; NHMUK (H.E. Andrews Collection 1945-97)

Measurements. Male (n= 2): TL= 12.00 mm, HW= 2.20 mm, PL= 2.50 mm, PW= 2.50 mm, EL= 7.5 mm, EW= 2.30 mm. Ratios PL/PW= 1.0, HW/PW= 0.88 and EL/EW= 3.26. No females were studied / available for study.

Diagnosis. This species is almost like C. (S.) kashmiricus with the following differences, pronotum anterolateral angles protruding; pronotum lateral border less convex and continuous with less oblique deflection towards basal border. Basal margin straight.

Comments. Ch. (S.) dostojevskii was collected from Chitral valley during 1929. It was not encountered during this current study. This is the first time this species is reported from Pakistan.

Distribution. Afghanistan, Iran, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan (Anichtchenko 2017) and Pakistan (first country record).

Figures

FIGURE 10. Dorsal habitus (a) Chlaenius (Stenochlaenius) dostojevskii Tschitscherine, 1896 imaged from NHMUK collection; (b) Harpaglossus opacus (Chaudoir, 1857) imaged from NHMUK collection.