Cardiohypnus stephensi Fleutiaux, 1928 SDI

Parekar, Harshad & Patwardhan, Amol, 2025, Annotated catalogue of the click-beetle subfamilies Hemiopinae, Hypnoidinae, Lissominae, Negastriinae, Tetralobinae, and Thylacosterninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of India, Zootaxa 5679 (2), pp. 151-203 : 172

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:433583E2-2321-477E-AD5D-A8544AC6CC9B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17050149
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/664B817F-0F01-FFFC-A099-22D365E6FC00
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scientific name	Cardiohypnus stephensi Fleutiaux, 1928 SDI
status

Treatment

Cardiohypnus stevensi : Fleutiaux, 1928a: 286 (incorrect original spelling, lapsus calami - ICZN 1999: Art. 33.5.1; original description; published type locality: Tista river-Sikkim to Bengal, India; another locality- India: West Bengal).

Cardiohypnus stephensi Fleutiaux, 1928a : Cate, 2007: 187 (catalogue; “SD” as India: Sikkim, Darjeeling District); Gupta et al., 2018: 502 (catalogue; “2C” as India: Sikkim, Darjeeling District).

Type Locality. India: Teesta [Tista] river, Sikkim to West Bengal.

Type Depository. Type, SU ( MNHN) .

Distribution in India. Sikkim **, West Bengal (Darjeeling District).

General Distribution. India, Nepal ( Cate 2007).

Remark. The type material is likely housed in MNHN, but verification was not possible. In the key, Fleutiaux (1928a: 285) referred to this species as stephensi , while in the description it was listed as stevensi . As the species is dedicated to H. Stephens, the name is treated here as Cardiohypnus stephensi .