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Nijisha K, Sabu T K, Hegde V D. First record of Loxoncus renitens (Bates, 1886) and additional records of Idiomelas fulvipes indus Kataev, 1997 from India (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalinae). J. Insect Biodivers. Syst 2024; 10 (4) :719-724
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1- Entomology 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 , nijishak71@gmail.com
2- Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, 673635, Kerala, India
3- Zoological Survey of India Western Ghats Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India
2- Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, 673635, Kerala, India
3- Zoological Survey of India Western Ghats Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India
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Kuzhikkatil Nijisha
Entomology 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.
nijishak71@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0638-8400
Thomas K. Sabu
Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, 673635, Kerala, India.
sabukthomas@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8701-0484
Viswanath D. Hegde
Zoological Survey of India Western Ghats Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India.
hegde67@yahoo.co.in https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9506-5170
Entomology 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.
nijishak71@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0638-8400
Thomas K. Sabu
Department of Zoology, University of Calicut, Thenhipalam, 673635, Kerala, India.
sabukthomas@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8701-0484
Viswanath D. Hegde
Zoological Survey of India Western Ghats Regional Centre, Kozhikode 673006, Kerala, India.
hegde67@yahoo.co.in https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9506-5170
ABSTRACT. New record of carabid species Loxoncus renitens (Bates, 1886) from Indian mainland with additional records of subspecies Idiomelas fulvipes indus Kataev, 1997 from the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka with notes on their geographical distribution are provided.
KeywordS: first report, ground beetles, Idiomelas, Loxoncus, south India
KeywordS: first report, ground beetles, Idiomelas, Loxoncus, south India
Citation: Nijisha, K., Sabu, T.K. & Hegde, V.D. (2024) First record of Loxoncus renitens (Bates, 1886) and additional records of Idiomelas fulvipes indus Kataev, 1997 from India (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Harpalinae). Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 10 (in press).
INTRODUCTION
Genus Loxoncus Schmidt-Göbel, 1846 belongs to the tribe Stenolophini of subfamily Harpalinae with 36 species world-wide (Lorenz, 2021) and most commonly occurs in the subtropics and tropics of the eastern hemisphere (Kataev, 2003) with two subgenera, Loxoncus Schmidt-Göbel, 1846 and Xoloncus Kataev, 2003. At present five Loxoncus species are reported from India (Nijisha & Sabu, 2023) in which four species belong to subgenus Loxoncus and one belongs to subgenus Xoloncus. Another species, Loxoncus renitens of the subgenus Loxoncus, is recorded here for the first time from Indian mainland.
Genus Idiomelas Tschitschérine, 1900 belongs to the tribe Stenolophini of subfamily Harpalinae (Lorenz, 2021) and is distributed in Palearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental realms (Kataev, 1997). Idiomelas is represented by two subgenera, Idiomelas Tschitschérine, 1900 confined to the Palearctic realm (from Asia Minor to Mongolia and China) with two species, I. morio (Ménétriés, 1832) and I. nigripes (Reitter, 1894), and Egaploa Alluaud, 1916 with two species, I. crenulatus (Dejean, 1829) and I. fulvipes (Erichson, 1843), recorded from Afrotropical, Palearctic and Oriental realms (Kataev, 1997, 2014). Three subspecies of I. fulvipes are known with two subspecies (I. fulvipes himalayensis Della Beffa, 1931 and I. fulvipes indus Kataev, 1997) from Oriental [India, Myanmar, Nepal (Kataev, 1997, 2014)] and Palearctic [Pakistan (Kataev, 2014)] and one subspecies (I. fulvipes fulvipes (Erichson, 1843)) from Palearctic [Iraq, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen (Kataev, 1997, 2014); Arab Emirates (Felix, 2009)] and Afrotropical [Angola, Botswana, Cape Verde Is., Djibouti, Madagascar, Mozambique, Seychelles, Sudan, Tanzania (Kataev, 1997, 2014); Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Kongo, Liberia, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Jaeger et al., 2016)] realms. The present study reports additional records of the subspecies of Idiomelas fulvipes, I. fulvipes indus, from the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and also discussing about color variation among the same subspecies with an unusual trait observed in one specimen.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Specimens attracted to light in a residential building were collected from Krishnan Kovil located in the foothill of the Western Ghats (09°33'51.3"N, 77°40'51.7"E) in Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu state and with light trap from forest at Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary (11°58'03.4"N, 75°46'19.2"E) from Kannur district in the north Malabar region of southern Kerala and loaned out from National Insect Collections of Zoological Survey of India Western Ghats Regional Centre, Kozhikode (ZSIK). Tribe and genus level identification was done by using the key modified from Habu (1973). Species level identification was done using the keys from Kataev (1997, 2003, 2014). Images were taken using Leica® M205C stereo zoom microscope fitted with Leica® MC170 HD digital camera and were enhanced with the help of Leica® Application Suite (LAS) version 4.12. Studied specimens were deposited in the National Insect Collections of Zoological Survey of India Western Ghats Regional Centre, Kozhikode (ZSIK).
Abbreviations. TL – body length from the anterior margin of the clypeus to the elytral apex; PL – length of pronotum along median line; PW – maximum width of pronotum; EL – maximum length of closed elytra; EW – maximum width of elytra.
RESULTS
Taxonomic hierarchy
Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758
Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Family Carabidae Latreille, 1802
Subfamily Harpalinae Bonelli, 1810
Genus Loxoncus Schmidt-Göbel, 1846
Type species: Loxoncus elevatus Schmidt-Göbel, 1846.
Loxoncus renitens (Bates, 1886) (Fig. 1A–B)
Material examined (n = 1). 1♂, 26.ii.2022, light trap, Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary (11°58'03.4"N, 75°46'19.2"E), Kannur, Kerala, India, coll. K. Shigina, deposited in ZSIK, SJC-ZOO-AWSNK004.
Measurements. (Male), TL =7.07 mm , PL = 1.49 mm , PW = 2.21 mm , EL = 4.35 mm , EW = 2.92 mm .
Distribution. India [Kerala: Kannur: Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary (New record)]; Sri Lanka (Bates, 1886:79; Kataev, 2003:367).
Genus Idiomelas Tschitschérine, 1900
Type species: Idiomelas morio (Ménétriés, 1832).
Idiomelas fulvipes indus Kataev, 1997 (Fig. 2A–D)
Material examined (n = 5). 1♂, 08.viii.2019, light attracted, Krishnan Kovil (9°33'51.3"N, 77°40'51.7"E), Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu, India, coll. K. Nijisha; deposited in ZSIK. ZSIK Regd. No.SJC-ZOO-KKVNK001; 1♂, 26.ii.2022, light trap, Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary (11°58'03.4"N, 75°46'19.2"E), Kannur, Kerala, India, coll. K. Shigina, deposited in ZSIK. ZSIK Regd. No.SJC-ZOO-AWSNK001; 2♀♀, 26.ii.2022, light trap, Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary (11°58'03.4"N, 75°46'19.2"E), Kannur, Kerala, India, coll. K. Shigina, deposited in ZSIK. ZSIK Regd. No. SJC-ZOO-AWSNK002–003; 1♂, 18.vi.2022, light trap, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, (13°53'55.4"N, 74°44'42.4"E), Areshiroor, Karnataka, India, coll. V.D. Hegde & Party, deposited in ZSIK.
Figure 1. Loxoncus renitens (Bates, 1886). A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Aedeagus, lateral view.
Measurements. (Males), TL = 7.7 mm, PL = 1.6 mm, PW = 2.4 mm, EL = 4.7 mm, EW = 2.9 mm. (Females), TL = 7.7 mm, PL = 1.7 mm, PW = 2.4 mm, EL = 4.7 mm, EW = 3 mm.
Distribution. India: Chhattisgarh: Jagdalpur, Forest rest house (Nijisha & Sabu, 2023:466); Odisha: Surada, Ganjam (Andrewes, 1924:39); Goa: Südgoa, Canacona Raj Baga Beach (Kataev, 2014: 249); Karnataka: Bangalore (Kataev, 2014:249), Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary (Present study); Tamil Nadu: Krishnanan Kovil (Present study), Chennai, Coimbatore (Kataev, 2014:249), Kodaikanal (Alluaud, 1916:73; Jeannel, 1948:695), Tiruchirappalli (Kataev, 2014:249); Kerala: Kannur, Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary (Nijisha & Sabu, 2023:466); Myanmar (Kataev, 2014:249); Nepal (Kataev, 1997:348).
Remarks. Among the five specimens collected, one shows entirely black coloration, two exhibits dark reddish-brown legs while the other two specimens with pale yellowish-brown legs. However, upon closer comparison of aedeagus, it becomes evident that all these specimens belong to the same taxon Idiomelas fulvipes indus and the coloration of their legs may vary in this subspecies (Boris M. Kataev, pers. com.). Additionally, one specimen with black color exhibits a remarkable deep emargination in the basal edge of pronotum, an unusual trait in harpalines and it may be an aberrant character (Boris M. Kataev, pers. com.).
All the type specimens of the species of Idiomelas are in European museums (Erichson, 1843; Kataev, 1997) and the present study leads to deposition and availability of the studied specimens of I. fulvipes indus in Indian National depository at ZSI Calicut.
Figure 2. Idiomelas fulvipes indus Kataev, 1997, colour variation among specimens, and the male genitalia. A. Entirely black body; B. Pale yellowish brown legs; C. Dark reddish brown legs. D. Aedeagus.
DISCUSSION
Loxoncus renitens was described from Colombo and is known only from Sri Lanka (Kataev, 2003). It is the first report of the species from India and verification was done by comparing with the aedeagal illustrations provided in Kataev (2003). Idiomelas fulvipes indus was previously reported from Indian states of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Goa, in addition to Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Additional records of I. fulvipes indus from the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are provided.
AUTHOR′S CONTRIBUTION
The authors confirm their contribution to the paper as follows: K. Nijisha: Identification, digital imaging of specimens and drafting the manuscript; T.K. Sabu: Confirmation of the identified species and technical review of the manuscript; V.D. Hegde: Technical review of the manuscript. The authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
FUNDING
Financial assistance provided by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, Govt. of India) (File No. 08/453(0014)/2019-EMR-I dated 03.10.2019) to the first author and infrastructure facilities available from DST-SERB sanctioned Core grant project on Taxonomy of Carabidae (File No. CRG/2018/000228 Dated 22.03.2019) to the second author are gratefully acknowledged.
AVAILABILITY OF DATA AND MATERIAL
The specimens listed in this study are deposited in the National Insect Collections of Zoological Survey of India Western Ghats Regional Centre, Kozhikode (ZSIK) and are available from the curator, upon request.
ETHICS APPROVAL AND CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE
This study only included plants and arthropod material, and all required ethical guidelines for the treatment and use of animals were strictly adhered to in accordance with international, national, and institutional regulations. No human participants were involved in any studies conducted by the authors for this article.
CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
Not applicable.
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The first author thanks the authorities of the University of Calicut for Ph.D. registration. The authors are thankful to Shigina K, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Devagiri, Calicut for collecting specimens. We gratefully acknowledge, Dr Dhriti Banerjee, Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, Dr. K.A. Subramanian, Officer-in-Charge, Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai and Dr. Arvind Kumar, Officer-in-Charge, NFIC, ICFRE- FRI, Dehradun for granting access to Carabidae collections. Special thanks to Dr. Boris M. Kataev, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg for the critical comments.
Genus Idiomelas Tschitschérine, 1900 belongs to the tribe Stenolophini of subfamily Harpalinae (Lorenz, 2021) and is distributed in Palearctic, Afrotropical and Oriental realms (Kataev, 1997). Idiomelas is represented by two subgenera, Idiomelas Tschitschérine, 1900 confined to the Palearctic realm (from Asia Minor to Mongolia and China) with two species, I. morio (Ménétriés, 1832) and I. nigripes (Reitter, 1894), and Egaploa Alluaud, 1916 with two species, I. crenulatus (Dejean, 1829) and I. fulvipes (Erichson, 1843), recorded from Afrotropical, Palearctic and Oriental realms (Kataev, 1997, 2014). Three subspecies of I. fulvipes are known with two subspecies (I. fulvipes himalayensis Della Beffa, 1931 and I. fulvipes indus Kataev, 1997) from Oriental [India, Myanmar, Nepal (Kataev, 1997, 2014)] and Palearctic [Pakistan (Kataev, 2014)] and one subspecies (I. fulvipes fulvipes (Erichson, 1843)) from Palearctic [Iraq, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Yemen (Kataev, 1997, 2014); Arab Emirates (Felix, 2009)] and Afrotropical [Angola, Botswana, Cape Verde Is., Djibouti, Madagascar, Mozambique, Seychelles, Sudan, Tanzania (Kataev, 1997, 2014); Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Kongo, Liberia, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Jaeger et al., 2016)] realms. The present study reports additional records of the subspecies of Idiomelas fulvipes, I. fulvipes indus, from the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and also discussing about color variation among the same subspecies with an unusual trait observed in one specimen.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Specimens attracted to light in a residential building were collected from Krishnan Kovil located in the foothill of the Western Ghats (09°33'51.3"N, 77°40'51.7"E) in Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu state and with light trap from forest at Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary (11°58'03.4"N, 75°46'19.2"E) from Kannur district in the north Malabar region of southern Kerala and loaned out from National Insect Collections of Zoological Survey of India Western Ghats Regional Centre, Kozhikode (ZSIK). Tribe and genus level identification was done by using the key modified from Habu (1973). Species level identification was done using the keys from Kataev (1997, 2003, 2014). Images were taken using Leica® M205C stereo zoom microscope fitted with Leica® MC170 HD digital camera and were enhanced with the help of Leica® Application Suite (LAS) version 4.12. Studied specimens were deposited in the National Insect Collections of Zoological Survey of India Western Ghats Regional Centre, Kozhikode (ZSIK).
Abbreviations. TL – body length from the anterior margin of the clypeus to the elytral apex; PL – length of pronotum along median line; PW – maximum width of pronotum; EL – maximum length of closed elytra; EW – maximum width of elytra.
RESULTS
Taxonomic hierarchy
Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758
Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758
Family Carabidae Latreille, 1802
Subfamily Harpalinae Bonelli, 1810
Genus Loxoncus Schmidt-Göbel, 1846
Type species: Loxoncus elevatus Schmidt-Göbel, 1846.
Loxoncus renitens (Bates, 1886) (Fig. 1A–B)
Material examined (n = 1). 1♂, 26.ii.2022, light trap, Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary (11°58'03.4"N, 75°46'19.2"E), Kannur, Kerala, India, coll. K. Shigina, deposited in ZSIK, SJC-ZOO-AWSNK004.
Measurements. (Male), TL =
Distribution. India [Kerala: Kannur: Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary (New record)]; Sri Lanka (Bates, 1886:79; Kataev, 2003:367).
Genus Idiomelas Tschitschérine, 1900
Type species: Idiomelas morio (Ménétriés, 1832).
Idiomelas fulvipes indus Kataev, 1997 (Fig. 2A–D)
Material examined (n = 5). 1♂, 08.viii.2019, light attracted, Krishnan Kovil (9°33'51.3"N, 77°40'51.7"E), Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu, India, coll. K. Nijisha; deposited in ZSIK. ZSIK Regd. No.SJC-ZOO-KKVNK001; 1♂, 26.ii.2022, light trap, Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary (11°58'03.4"N, 75°46'19.2"E), Kannur, Kerala, India, coll. K. Shigina, deposited in ZSIK. ZSIK Regd. No.SJC-ZOO-AWSNK001; 2♀♀, 26.ii.2022, light trap, Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary (11°58'03.4"N, 75°46'19.2"E), Kannur, Kerala, India, coll. K. Shigina, deposited in ZSIK. ZSIK Regd. No. SJC-ZOO-AWSNK002–003; 1♂, 18.vi.2022, light trap, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, (13°53'55.4"N, 74°44'42.4"E), Areshiroor, Karnataka, India, coll. V.D. Hegde & Party, deposited in ZSIK.
Figure 1. Loxoncus renitens (Bates, 1886). A. Habitus, dorsal view; B. Aedeagus, lateral view.
Measurements. (Males), TL = 7.7 mm, PL = 1.6 mm, PW = 2.4 mm, EL = 4.7 mm, EW = 2.9 mm. (Females), TL = 7.7 mm, PL = 1.7 mm, PW = 2.4 mm, EL = 4.7 mm, EW = 3 mm.
Distribution. India: Chhattisgarh: Jagdalpur, Forest rest house (Nijisha & Sabu, 2023:466); Odisha: Surada, Ganjam (Andrewes, 1924:39); Goa: Südgoa, Canacona Raj Baga Beach (Kataev, 2014: 249); Karnataka: Bangalore (Kataev, 2014:249), Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary (Present study); Tamil Nadu: Krishnanan Kovil (Present study), Chennai, Coimbatore (Kataev, 2014:249), Kodaikanal (Alluaud, 1916:73; Jeannel, 1948:695), Tiruchirappalli (Kataev, 2014:249); Kerala: Kannur, Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary (Nijisha & Sabu, 2023:466); Myanmar (Kataev, 2014:249); Nepal (Kataev, 1997:348).
Remarks. Among the five specimens collected, one shows entirely black coloration, two exhibits dark reddish-brown legs while the other two specimens with pale yellowish-brown legs. However, upon closer comparison of aedeagus, it becomes evident that all these specimens belong to the same taxon Idiomelas fulvipes indus and the coloration of their legs may vary in this subspecies (Boris M. Kataev, pers. com.). Additionally, one specimen with black color exhibits a remarkable deep emargination in the basal edge of pronotum, an unusual trait in harpalines and it may be an aberrant character (Boris M. Kataev, pers. com.).
All the type specimens of the species of Idiomelas are in European museums (Erichson, 1843; Kataev, 1997) and the present study leads to deposition and availability of the studied specimens of I. fulvipes indus in Indian National depository at ZSI Calicut.
Figure 2. Idiomelas fulvipes indus Kataev, 1997, colour variation among specimens, and the male genitalia. A. Entirely black body; B. Pale yellowish brown legs; C. Dark reddish brown legs. D. Aedeagus.
DISCUSSION
Loxoncus renitens was described from Colombo and is known only from Sri Lanka (Kataev, 2003). It is the first report of the species from India and verification was done by comparing with the aedeagal illustrations provided in Kataev (2003). Idiomelas fulvipes indus was previously reported from Indian states of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Goa, in addition to Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. Additional records of I. fulvipes indus from the states of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are provided.
AUTHOR′S CONTRIBUTION
The authors confirm their contribution to the paper as follows: K. Nijisha: Identification, digital imaging of specimens and drafting the manuscript; T.K. Sabu: Confirmation of the identified species and technical review of the manuscript; V.D. Hegde: Technical review of the manuscript. The authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
FUNDING
Financial assistance provided by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, Govt. of India) (File No. 08/453(0014)/2019-EMR-I dated 03.10.2019) to the first author and infrastructure facilities available from DST-SERB sanctioned Core grant project on Taxonomy of Carabidae (File No. CRG/2018/000228 Dated 22.03.2019) to the second author are gratefully acknowledged.
AVAILABILITY OF DATA AND MATERIAL
The specimens listed in this study are deposited in the National Insect Collections of Zoological Survey of India Western Ghats Regional Centre, Kozhikode (ZSIK) and are available from the curator, upon request.
ETHICS APPROVAL AND CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE
This study only included plants and arthropod material, and all required ethical guidelines for the treatment and use of animals were strictly adhered to in accordance with international, national, and institutional regulations. No human participants were involved in any studies conducted by the authors for this article.
CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
Not applicable.
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS
The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The first author thanks the authorities of the University of Calicut for Ph.D. registration. The authors are thankful to Shigina K, St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous), Devagiri, Calicut for collecting specimens. We gratefully acknowledge, Dr Dhriti Banerjee, Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, Dr. K.A. Subramanian, Officer-in-Charge, Southern Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Chennai and Dr. Arvind Kumar, Officer-in-Charge, NFIC, ICFRE- FRI, Dehradun for granting access to Carabidae collections. Special thanks to Dr. Boris M. Kataev, Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg for the critical comments.
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Received: 2024/04/4 | Accepted: 2024/06/20 | Published: 2024/07/21
Received: 2024/04/4 | Accepted: 2024/06/20 | Published: 2024/07/21
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