Hypnoidus problematicus Dolin & Cate, 2003 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 : 163

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:433583E2-2321-477E-AD5D-A8544AC6CC9B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17050088
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/664B817F-0F18-FFE5-A099-23A4656AFDB0
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Hypnoidus problematicus Dolin & Cate, 2003 SDI
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Treatment

Hypnoidus problematicus Dolin & Cate, 2003: 40 (original description; published type locality: Keylong, India); Korneev & Cate, 2005: 22 ( type catalogue); Cate, 2007: 155 (catalogue; “UP” as India: Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh); Gupta et al., 2018: 501 (catalogue; “2B” as India: Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand); Platia & Sechi, 2022: 380 (checklist; “ India: Uttar Pradesh ”).

Type Locality. India: Keylong, Lahaul and Spiti District , Himachal Pradesh [India, Uttar Pradesh, Lahaul Valley, Keylong] .

Type Depository. Holotype, M ( CSV); 3 Paratypes, 1 M, 2 F ( CCW, CSV, SIZK).

Distribution in India. Himachal Pradesh (Lahaul and Spiti District).

General Distribution. India.

Remark. As the presence of this species in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand requires confirmation, these localities are not included here. The species is considered endemic to India.