Zorochros pictus ( Candèze, 1892 ) 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 : 177

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scientific name	Zorochros pictus ( Candèze, 1892 ) SDI
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Zorochros pictus ( Candèze, 1892) SDI

Cryptohypnus pictus Candèze, 1892: 491 (original description; published type locality: Barwai , India).

Hypnoidus pictus ( Candèze, 1892) : Schwarz, 1906: 153 (catalogue; India: “Chota-Nagpore”); Schenkling, 1925: 211 (placed under subgenus Zorochrus , unavailable subgenus name, incorrect subsequent spelling of Zorochros not in prevailing usage- ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3; catalogue; India: “Chota Nagpore”).

Zorochros pictus ( Candèze, 1892) : Cate, 2007: 194 (catalogue; “UP” as India: Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh); Gupta et al., 2018: 502 (catalogue; “2B” as India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand).

Type Locality. India: Barwai , Jharkhand .

Type Depository. Type, SU (??).

Distribution in India. Jharkhand (Gumla District).

General Distribution. India.

Remark. The type material may be housed in RBINS, but verification was not possible. Based on the information provided by Candèze (1892: 481) and Hayek (1973: 273), the locality is added as Jharkhand. As the presence of this species in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh requires confirmation, these localities are not included here. The species is considered endemic to India.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Elateridae
SubFamily	Negastriinae
Tribe	Negastriini
Genus	Zorochros
SubGenus	Zorochros