Tegyrius Jacoby 1887
Creators: name: Prathapan, K. D.
name: Viraktamath, C. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Tegyrius

description: REVISION OF TEGYRIUS 355   
tacle not tapering towards the duct, and the duct with a knot at the base (Fig. 114); vaginal palpus with proximal sclerotization shorter than distal sclerotization, and with the lateral unsclerotized area being longer than the distal sclerotization (Fig. 115); tignum with oval-shaped distal sclerotization, which is longer than wide (Fig. 116).  
 Sexual dimorphism: Pro- and mesotarsomeres indistinctly widened in males compared with females. Mesotibia and first metatarsomere of males unmodified. Last ventrite of males posteriorly lighter.   
 Measurements (n = 4): Length, 1.81–1.99 (1.87); width, 0.94–1.06 (1.01); length of pronotum, 0.46–0.54 (0.50); width of pronotum, 0.62–0.71 (0.66); width of head across eyes, 0.47–0.54 (0.51); transverse diameter of one eye, 0.17–0.21 (0.19); distance between eyes, 0.19–0.23 (0.21); distance between eye and antennal socket, 0.02 (0.02); distance between antennal sockets, 0.06–0.07 (0.06); diameter of one antennal socket, 0.07–0.08 (0.07); length of aedeagus, 0.82; length of receptacle, 0.23; length of vaginal palpus, 0.34.   
 Types: Holotype ♂. Labels: (1) India, Kerala, Peruvannamuzhy, 20–21 April 2003, coll. K. D. Prathapan; (2) Tegyrius tippui sp. nov. Prathapan & Viraktamath, 2007; (3) holotype (BMNH).   
Paratypes (75 specimens): Kerala, 13♂ and 6♀, with the same data as the holotype; 1♀, with the same data as for the holotpye, except that the date was 22 October 2000; 2♂ and 3♀, with the same data as for holotype, except that the date was 24 April 2004; 1♂ and 1♀, with the same data as for the holotype, except that the date was 27 April 2004; 1♂, with the same data as for the holotype, except that the date was 4 September 2004; 1♂ and 1♀, Wynad, 25 April 2002; 4♂ and 2♀, Vythiri Pass, 17 April 2003; 2♀, Ambalavayal, 19 April 2003; 13♂ and 4♀, Aralam, 26 April 2004; 5♂ and 1♀, Silent Valley National Park, Sairandhri, between 28 November and 1 December 2006; 1♂, Silent Valley National Park, Poochippara, 3–4 December 2006 (all collected by K. D. Prathapan); Karnataka, 1♂, 7 km north of Chikmaglur, 15 November 2003, 1800 m a.s.l., in an alpine meadow, 13°23′23″N, 75°43′09″E (A. S. Konstantinov, K. D. Prathapan & S. Saluk); 1♂, environment of (env.) Madikeri, 19 November 2003, 1100 m a.s.l., dry forest, 12°28′20″N, 75°42′30″E (A. S. Konstantinov, K. D. Prathapan & S. Saluk); 1♀, env. Madikeri Temple Forest, 21 November 2003, 1138 m a.s.l., 12°27′31″N 75°41′30″E (A. S. Konstantinov, K. D. Prathapan & S. Saluk); 6♂ and 3♀, Kottigehara Alekhan Estate, 11  
November 2004 (K. D. Prathapan); 1♀, with the same data, except that the date was 19 September 2004 (10 BMNH, 4 EUJ, 4 KUJ, 5 LMC, 10 NHMB, 18 NPC, 10 PKDC, 4 UASB, and 10 USNM).  
 Etymology: Named after Tippu Sultan, the valiant ruler of the former Mysore, who conquered the former Malabar (northern Kerala). The distributional range of the species roughly corresponds with the range of influence of Tippu Sultan.   
 Remarks: Tegyrius tippui sp. nov. is extremely similar to T. dalei sp. nov., but can be differentiated as described under T. dalei sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Prathapan, K. D. & Viraktamath, C. A., 2009, Revision of Tegyrius (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), with descriptions of eight new species, pp. 326-358 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 157 (2) on pages 355-356, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00510.x, http://zenodo.org/record/5443607