Wittmeroquasimus sausai (Dolin, 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 : 187

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scientific name	Wittmeroquasimus sausai (Dolin, 2001) SDI
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Treatment

Quasimus sausai Dolin, 2001: 122 (original description; published type locality: Shillong Peak, India; other localities: Sikkim, West Bengal); Korneev & Cate, 2005: 23 ( type catalogue); Cate, 2007: 191 (listed under subgenus Quasimus ; catalogue; “SD” as India: Sikkim, Darjeeling District); Gupta et al., 2018: 502 (listed under subgenus Quasimus ; catalogue; “2C” as India: Sikkim, Darjeeling District).

Wittmeroquasimus sausai (Dolin, 2001) : Schimmel & Tarnawski, 2009: 122 (transferred from Quasimus View in CoL ; catalogue; “ India: Meghalaya; Darjeeling; Sikkim ”).

Type Locality. India: Shillong Peak, East Khasi Hills District , Meghalaya .

Type Depository. Holotype, M ( CSB); 60 Paratypes: 41 M, 19 F ( CCW, CSB, NHMB, SIZK).

Material examined. Five specimens were examined from East Khasi Hills District , Meghalaya ( FRID) ; two specimens from the same locality ( GKVK) .

Distribution in India. Meghalaya (East Khasi Hills District, West Jaintia Hills District), Sikkim (Gyalshing District), West Bengal (Darjeeling District).

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

References

Abbreviations

CSB	St. John's University/College of Saint Benedict
CCW	Casper College
NHMB	Natural History Museum Bucharest
SIZK	Schmaulhausen Institute of Zoology

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Taxonomy

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