Zorochros tactus ( Candèze, 1900 ) 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 : 178-179

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Zorochros tactus ( Candèze, 1900 ) SDI
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Zorochros tactus ( Candèze, 1900) SDI

Cryptohypnus tactus Candèze, 1900: 92 (original description; published type locality: Bengale).

Hypnoidus tactus ( Candèze, 1900) : Schwarz, 1906: 153 (catalogue; “ Bengalen ”); 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; “ Bengalen ”).

Hypnoidus monadicoides Fleutiaux, 1905: 326 (nec monadicoides Schwarz, 1901 ; original description; published type locality: Pondichéry, India); Dolin & Cate, 1998: 40 (synonymised with Z. tactus ).

Hypnoidus fleutiauxi Schwarz, 1906: 153 (replacement name for H. monadicoides Fleutiaux ; catalogue; India: “ Pondicherry ”); Schenkling, 1925: 210 (placed under subgenus Zorochrus , unavailable subgenus name, incorrect subsequent spelling of Zorochros not in prevailing usage- ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3; listed as fleutiauci [sic], unavailable species name, incorrect subsequent spelling of fleutiauxi not in prevailing usage- ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3; catalogue; India: “ Pondicherry ”); Dolin & Cate, 1998: 40 (synonymised with Z. tactus ).

Zorochrus tactus ( Candèze, 1900) : Dolin & Cate, 1998: 40 (unavailable genus name, incorrect subsequent spelling of Zorochros not in prevailing usage- ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3); Chakraborty & Chakrabarti, 2006: 198 (unavailable genus name, incorrect subsequent spelling of Zorochros not in prevailing usage- ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3; catalogue; India: “ West Bengal ”).

Type Locality. Cryptohypnus tactus . Bengal*; Hypnoidus monadicoides . India: Puducherry.

Type Depository. Cryptohypnus tactus : Holotype, F ( RBINS). Hypnoidus monadicoides : Holotype, SU ( MNHN) .

Distribution in India. Puducherry **.

General Distribution. India.

Remark. Historically, the Bengal region encompassed present-day Bangladesh, parts of Bhutan and Nepal, and several Indian states including eastern Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Sikkim, and West Bengal. As there is no conclusive evidence, this region is not included here. The species is considered endemic to India.

RBINS

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elateridae

SubFamily

Negastriinae

Tribe

Negastriini

Genus

Zorochros

SubGenus

Zorochros

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Zorochros tactus ( Candèze, 1900 ) SDI

Parekar, Harshad & Patwardhan, Amol 2025
2025
Loc

Hypnoidus tactus ( Candèze, 1900 )

Schenkling, S. 1925: 211
Schwarz, O. 1906: 153
1906
Loc

Hypnoidus fleutiauxi

Dolin, V. G. & Cate, P. C. 1998: 40
Schenkling, S. 1925: 210
Schwarz, O. 1906: 153
1906
Loc

Hypnoidus monadicoides

Dolin, V. G. & Cate, P. C. 1998: 40
Fleutiaux, E. 1905: 326
1905
Loc

Cryptohypnus tactus Candèze, 1900: 92

Candeze, E. C. A. 1900: 92
1900
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