Anthelephila umbratilis ( Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928 )

Kejval, Zbyněk & Cz, Domažlice, 2010, Studies on the genus Anthelephila (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) 11. New species and records from India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Oman, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1), pp. 189-234 : 228

Anthelephila umbratilis ( Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928)

( Figs. 82 –85, 107)

Type material examined. SYNTYPE: J, ‘Dehra Dun 14.X.918 // [male sex mark] // 737 B [number of slide] // TYPE [p, red label] // coll. Heberdey // F. umbratilis Kr. det. v. Krekich’ ( NHMW).

Additional material examined. INDIA: UTTARAKHAND: 2 JJ 4♀♀, ca. 20 km N of Rishikesh 1300 m, 6.vii.1989, Hiermeier leg. ( ZKDC) ; 3 ♀♀, Rishikesh , 2./ 4.vii.1989, Riedel leg. ( ZKDC) ; 2 JJ 1 ♀, 25 km W of Mussoorie, Yamuna river vall. near Juido vill., 790 m, 5.–7.viii.2003, Z. Kejval & M. Trýzna leg. ( ZKDC) ; 1 J 2 ♀♀, 10 km NE of Rishikesh, Henval river vall., near Shivpuri vill., ca. 450 m, 26.vii.2003, Z. Kejval & M. Trýzna leg. ( ZKDC) ; 1 J 1 ♀, Haldwani – Kathgodam , ca. 800 m, 21.–22.vii.2003, Z. Kejval & M: Trýzna leg. ( ZKDC) ; 2 JJ 7 ♀♀, 20 km NE of Rishikesh, Ganga river vall., Kaudiyala vill. env., ca. 500 m, 25.–27.vii.2003, Z. Kejval & M. Trýzna leg. ( ZKDC) ; 9 JJ 10 ♀♀, ca. 23 km NW of Nainital, Khairna Bridge env., 900–1000 m, 13.–17.vii.2003, Z. Kejval & M. Trýzna leg. ( ZKDC) ; 2 JJ 13 ♀♀, 30 km N of Rishikesh, NW of Chamba, Arakot vill. env., 1500 m, 29.–31.vii.2003, Z. Kejval & M. Trýzna leg. ( ZKDC) .

Distribution. India (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, and West Bengal: Darjeeling distr.), Nepal, and Bhutan (KREKICH- STRASSOLDO 1928, TELNOV 2003a, CHANDLER et al. 2008).

Remarks. According to KREKICH- STRASSOLDO (1928), another type specimen (male) of Formicomus umbratilis is deposited in the collection of Champion (BMNH). All the above listed specimens collected by Riedel and Hiermeier near Rishikesh bear identification labels ‘ Formicomus sulcipes ’ or ‘ Formicomus armatus ’ by Uhmann. These species may resemble Anthelephila umbratilis by the colouration but are unrelated, belonging to the A. bramina species-group, and differ clearly in morphological characters.

Figures

Figs. 82–84. Anthelephila umbratilis (Krekich–Strassoldo, 1928), syntype (male). 82 – sternum VII; 83 – prong of sternite VIII in ventro-median view;84 – apical portion of tegmen of aedeagus; 85 – male profemur and tibia,specimen from vicinity of Juido (ZKDC). Scale = 0.2 mm: A – Fig. 6; B – Fig. 3; C – Fig. 5; D – Figs. 2, 4; E – Fig. 1.