Indenicmosoma nathani Ardoin 1964
Creators: name: Schawaller, Wolfgang
name: Bigalk, Sonia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Tenebrionidae
Indenicmosoma
Indenicmosoma nathani

description: Indenicmosoma nathani Ardoin, 1964
(Figs. 6–8, 18–19)
Indenicmosoma ardoini Kaszab, 1970a: 176 syn. nov.
Examined type specimens: S Afghanistan, Kandahar-Kuna, 950 m, 18.I.–15.II.1953, leg. J. Klapperich, 6 paratypes of I. ardoini HNHM.
Additional specimens: Nepal, Dana Pakhar, 1000–1500 m, 1.VI.1977, leg. M. Brancucci, 1 ex. NHMB.— Nepal, Pokhara, 820 m, 15.–18.VI.1976, leg. W. Wittmer & C. Baroni Urbani, 1 ex. NHMB.— Nepal, Bagmati, Sundarijal, 1400–1600 m, 20.–24.VI.1989, leg. M. Brancucci, 1 ex. SMNS.— Nepal, Lamjung Distr., Marsyandi Valley, Jagat, 11.IV.1980, leg. J. Martens, 1 ex. SMNS.— Nepal, Nuwakot Distr., Trisuli, Batar Bazar, 1200 m, 21. VII.1983, leg. J. Martens & W. Schawaller, 1 ex. SMNS.— Nepal, Dhading Distr., Ankhu Khola Valley, Ankhu Sangu, 650 m, 24.–25. VII.1983, leg. J. Martens & W. Schawaller, 5 ex. SMNS.— Nepal, Gorkha Distr., Arughat to Suteo, 600–700 m, 27. VII.1983, leg. J. Martens & W. Schawaller, 3 ex. SMNS.— Nepal, Nuwakot Distr., Kathmandu Valley, Kaule, 1860 m, 2009–2011, leg. A. Schick, 5 ex. SMNS.— Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, Godavari, 1500–1600 m, 6. VII.1986, leg. C. Holzschuh, 2 ex. SMNS.— Nepal, Dolakha Distr., lower Amatola Khola, 1700 m, 9.VI.2000, leg. W. Schawaller, 2 ex. SMNS.—E Nepal, Taplejung Distr., Kabeli Khola below Limbudin, 900 m, 1.IX.1989, leg. B. Daams & J. Martens, 1 ex. SMNS.—E Nepal, Dhankuta Distr., Arun Valley, Hille to Shidua, 2000–2700 m, 24.–28.V.1996, leg. P. Čechovský, 3 ex. SMNS.— Nepal, Mustang Distr., right bank of Lethe Khola near Lethe, 2400 m, 5.–7.V.1995, leg. W. Schawaller, 11 ex. SMNS.— India, Himachal Pradesh, Simla road, 33 km NE Chandigarh, 1132 m, 10.IX.1985, leg. C. W. & L. B. O’Brien, 1 ex. HNHM.— India, Darjeeling, Jhepi, 1300–1400 m, 17.V.1975, leg. W. Wittmer, 1 ex. NHMB.— India, Kerala, Peechi Dam, 24 km E Trichur, 12.–13.X.1985, leg. C. W. & L. B. O’Brien, 2 ex. HNHM.— India, Karnataka, Bannerghatta NP, 6.X.1985, leg. C. W. & L. B. O’Brien, 2 ex. HNHM.— India, Tamil Nadu, 34 km E Kodaikanal, 1000 m, 29.IX.1985, leg. C. W. & L. B. O’Brien, 1 ex. SMNS.— Sri Lanka, S Mululla, 4.II.1970, leg. I. Löbl et al., 1 ex. SMNS (det. Kaszab as I. nathani).
Synonymy: Indenicmosoma ardoini described from Afghanistan was compared by Kaszab (1970a) with I. indochinensis, I. nathani and I. pocsi. In that paper Indenicmosoma nathani was said to be larger, with denser dorsal punctation, and with more convex pronotum. However, the examined type specimens of I. ardoini show no specific differences in the body length, in the shape of pronotum and elytra, in the dorsal punctation, as well as in the shape of the aedeagus with the above listed numerous specimens of I. nathani from India and Nepal (Figs. 6–8, 18–19). Thus, I. ardoini Kaszab, 1970 is considered as a junior synonym of I. nathani Ardoin, 1964.
Distribution: India (type locality „Nilgiri Hills“ of nathani), Afghanistan (type locality “ Kandahar ” of ardoini), Nepal (Kaszab 1970b), Bhutan (Kaszab 1975a), Sri Lanka (Kaszab 1979b).
description: Published as part of Schawaller, Wolfgang & Bigalk, Sonia, 2020, New taxonomic and faunistic data on Asian species of the genus Indenicmosoma Ardoin (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae), with description of a new species from Thailand, pp. 572-580 in Zootaxa 4748 (3) on pages 575-577, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.3.10, http://zenodo.org/record/3700999