Quasimus abruptus Dolin, 1997 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 : 181-182

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scientific name	Quasimus abruptus Dolin, 1997 SDI
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Quasimus abruptus Dolin, 1997: 144 (original description; published type locality: Rangpo, India; another locality-India: Himachal Pradesh); Korneev & Cate, 2005: 11 ( type catalogue); Cate, 2007: 190 (catalogue; “HP” as India: Himachal Pradesh; “SD” as India: Sikkim, Darjeeling District); Schimmel & Tarnawski, 2009: 111 (catalogue; “Himalaya: Sikkim ”); Gupta et al., 2018: 502 (catalogue; “2C” as India: Sikkim, Darjeeling District).

Type Locality. India: Rangpo, Gangtok District , Sikkim .

Type Depository. Holotype, M ( NHMB); 8 Paratypes, 2 M, 6 F ( NHMB, NMP, SIZK).

Material examined. One specimen from Shimla District , Himachal Pradesh ( FRID) .

Distribution in India. Himachal Pradesh (Kullu District, Shimla District), Sikkim (Gangtok District).

General Distribution. India, Myanmar ( Dolin 1997).

Remark. As the presence of this species in West Bengal requires confirmation, this locality is not included here.