Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 86
  • Issue: 3

Genus Anomostomus lafertè-sénectère (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalinae): addition of a new subgenus and new species from South India

  • Author:
  • K Nijisha1, K Thomas Sabu2,*, P Aswathi1
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Published Online: Mar 1, 2025
  • Page Number: 885 to 888

1Entomology Research Unit, Post Graduate & Research Department of Zoology, College Research Centre Affiliated to University of Calicut, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Devagiri, Calicut, 673008, Kerala, India

2Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, 673635, Kerala, India

*Email: sabukthomas@gmail.com (corresponding author); ORCID ID 0000-0002-8701-0484

Online published on 1 April, 2025.

Abstract

Genus Anomostomus LaFertè-Sénectère is represented by three species globally with two species known from Afrotropical region and one species, Anomostomus orientalis Andrewes from the Indian subcontinent (India, Sri Lanka and Indo-Pakistan border). A new subgenus, Tnaei subgen. nov. within the genus Anomostomus is described with a new species Anomostomus (Tnaei) devagiriensis sp. nov. from the Malabar coast region of Kerala in South India.

Keywords

Anomostomus (Tnaei) devagiriensis sp. nov., Tnaei subgen. nov., A. orientalis, Afrotropical region, Indian subcontinent, Harpalini, Amblystomina, Southern India, Kerala, Distribution