Quasimus bengalicus 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 : 183

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5679.2.1
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scientific name	Quasimus bengalicus Dolin, 2001 SDI
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Quasimus bengalicus Dolin, 2001: 132 (original description; published type locality: Soom, India); Korneev & Cate, 2005: 12 ( type catalogue); Cate, 2007: 190 (catalogue; “SD” as India: Sikkim, Darjeeling District); Schimmel & Tarnawski, 2009: 112 (catalogue; “ India: Darjeeling district”); Gupta et al., 2018: 502 (catalogue; “2C” as India: Sikkim, Darjeeling District).

Type Locality. India: Soom, Darjeeling District , West Bengal .

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

Distribution in India. West Bengal (Darjeeling District).

General Distribution. India, Nepal, Myanmar (Dolin 2001; Schimmel & Tarnawski 2009).

Remark. Schimmel & Tarnawski (2009: 112) erroneously listed Malaysia as the type locality.As the presence of this species in Sikkim requires confirmation, this locality is not included here.