Zorochros indicus ( Motschulsky, 1858 ) SRI

Zorochros indicus ( Motschulsky, 1858) SRI

Cryptorhypnus [sic] indicus Motschulsky, 1858: 57 (unavailable genus name, incorrect subsequent spelling of Cryptohypnus View in CoL not in prevailing usage- ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3; original description; published type locality: Birma); Dolin & Cate, 1998: 39 (designated Lectotype; “ India or.”).

Hypnoidus indicus ( Motschulsky, 1858) : Fleutiaux, 1905: 326 (transferred from Cryptohypnus View in CoL ).

Hypnoidus fouqueti Fleutiaux, 1918: 224 (original description; published type locality: Saigon, Cochinchine); Fleutiaux, 1930: 641 (synonymised with Z. indicus ); Dolin & Cate, 1998: 39 (synonymy with Z. indicus confirmed).

Negestrius indicus ( Motschulsky, 1858) : Ôhira, 1970: 226 (unavailable genus name, incorrect subsequent spelling of Negastrius View in CoL not in prevailing usage- ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3; transferred to Negastrius View in CoL ).

Zorochrus indicus ( Motschulsky, 1858) : Ôhira & Becker, 1973: 70 (unavailable genus name, incorrect subsequent spelling of Zorochros not in prevailing usage- ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3; “ India ”); Dolin & Cate, 1998: 39 (unavailable genus name, incorrect subsequent spelling of Zorochros not in prevailing usage- ICZN 1999: Art. 33.3; “ India ”), 44 (distributional record; India: Jharkhand).

Type Locality. Cryptohypnus indicus . East India * [India orientalis]; Hypnoidus fouqueti . Vietnam: Hòa Bình Province [Hoa Binh, Tonkin] .

Type Depository. Cryptohypnus indicus : Lectotype, M ( ZMMU); 5 Paralectotypes, SU ( SIZK, ZMMU). Hypnoidus fouqueti : Holotype, SU ( MNHN).

Distribution in India. Jharkhand (Gumla District).

General Distribution. India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam ( Dolin & Cate 1998).

Remark. Dolin & Cate (1998: 39) mentioned specimens from India without providing further details. In the same publication, Dolin & Cate (1998: 44) re-examined 10 specimens from the syntype series of Cryptohypnus sericeus and identified them as Z. indicus . Based on the data labels cited by Dolin & Cate (1998: 44) and information provided by Parekar et al. (2024: 57), the locality is added as Jharkhand. Konbir is a village in the Gumla District of Jharkhand.