Hypnoidus persimilis Dolin & Cate, 2001 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 : 162

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17050086
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scientific name	Hypnoidus persimilis Dolin & Cate, 2001 SDI
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Hypnoidus persimilis Dolin & Cate, 2001: 127 (original description; published type locality: Doda, India); Korneev & Cate, 2005: 21 ( type catalogue); Cate, 2007: 155 (catalogue; “KA” as India: Kashmir); Gupta et al., 2018: 501 (catalogue; “2A” as India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir); Platia & Sechi, 2022: 380 (checklist; “ India: Kashmir”).

Type Locality. India: Doda District , Jammu & Kashmir .

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

Distribution in India. Jammu & Kashmir (Doda District).

General Distribution. India.

Remark. As the presence of this species in Himachal Pradesh requires confirmation, this locality is not included here. The species is considered endemic to India.