Quasimus atomarius ( Candèze, 1882 ) 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 : 182-183

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scientific name	Quasimus atomarius ( Candèze, 1882 ) SDI
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Quasimus atomarius ( Candèze, 1882) SDI

Cryptohypnus atomarius Candèze, 1882: 76 (original description; published type locality: Darjeeling , India).

Hypnoidus atomarius ( Candèze, 1882) : Schwarz, 1906: 153 (placed under Hypnoidus View in CoL ; catalogue; “Himalaya”); Schenkling, 1925: 210 (placed under subgenus Zorochrus ; unavailable genus name, incorrect subsequent spelling of Zorochros not in prevailing usage- ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3; catalogue; “Himalaya”).

Quasimus atomarius ( Candèze, 1882) : Dolin, 1993: 186 (listed as Quasimus View in CoL ); Cate, 2007: 190 (catalogue; “SD” as India: Sikkim, Darjeeling District); Schimmel & Tarnawski, 2009: 112 (catalogue; “ India: Darjeeling district”); Gupta et al., 2018: 502 (catalogue; “2C” as India: Sikkim, Darjeeling District).

Type Locality. India: Darjeeling District , West Bengal .

Type Depository. Type, SU (??).

Distribution in India. West Bengal (Darjeeling District).

General Distribution. India, Pakistan ( Schimmel & Tarnawski 2009).

Remark. The type material is not in RBINS (pers. comm. J. Constant, RBINS). As the presence of this species in Sikkim requires confirmation, this locality is not included here.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Elateridae
SubFamily	Negastriinae
Tribe	Quasimusini
SubTribe	Quasimusina
Genus	Quasimus