identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
233A3406FF96FFB7FF1653D6FD94FD57.text	233A3406FF96FFB7FF1653D6FD94FD57.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bolboceras krikkeni Gupta, Ghosh, Das & Chandra 2022	<div><p>Bolboceras krikkeni Gupta, Ghosh, Das &amp; Chandra, new species</p> <p>(Figs. 1–6)</p> <p>Type locality. India, Gujarat, Kachchh, Narayan Sarovar Wildlife Sanctuary.</p> <p>Type material (4 specimens). Holotype, male: “ India, Gujarat / Kachchh / Narayan Sarovar Wildlife Sanctuary / 07.xi.2017 / leg. H.S. Banyal ” (NZSI). Paratypes, 2 males, 1 female: same locality and label data as for holotype (NZSI).</p> <p>Description of the holotype. Body length 9.52 mm. Colour uniformly cinnamon brown, shiny.</p> <p>Head (Fig. 2). Labrum serrated laterally, anteromedian border straight, a transverse ridge on punctate upper surface distinct. Clypeal surface with supra-anterolateral angles distinctly raised, dentate, intervening ridge concave in axial view, straight in dorsal view; lateral perimarginal ridges distinct, strongly evenly curved, genal angle distinct. Clypeus and remainder of head surface finely punctate, shining behind interocular ridge. Anterior edge of eye canthus raised to slight anterolateral angle, surface coarsely rugose; paraocular ridge distinct, fine ranging from genal angle, thence arcuate along edge of distal lobe; surface closely rugose; paraocular ridge fine, straight, extending posteriorly along eye. Transverse interocular elevation between posterior part of eyes long, convex, reaching paraocular ridges, crest fine and straight, lateral angle obtuse on either end (axial view).</p> <p>Pronotum (Figs. 3, 4). Pronotum anteromedially steeply declivous, outline of marginate anterior border slightly convex; discoparamedian and discolateral protrusions on pronotum distinctly protuberant, subrectangular (lateral view), their tip pointed; discomedian concavity distinct, evenly concave, small, anterior part situated between discoparamedian tubercles (not continuing over anterior declivity), posterior edge rounded; discolateral concavity deep, posterior edge sinuate; anteriorly, at bottom, delimited by coarsely punctate patch behind eyes; saddle from discoparamedian tubercle to posterior disc short, not lowered; bottom of discal concavities and anterior declivity subsericeous; basomedian surface glossy, with abundantly, finely punctate midline impression; anterolateral angle of marginal pronotal ridge obtuse (dorsal view). Pronotal surface with double punctation, primary punctation (size variable) laterally abundant, denser on anterior declivity; secondary punctation sparse, minute. Pronotal base broadly marginate, lined with black, numerous punctures.</p> <p>Scutellum with abundant, double punctuation, apex shining.</p> <p>Venter. Intercoxal anterior lobe of metasternum trunctate in front.</p> <p>Elytra (Fig. 5). Discal striae shallowly impressed, finely punctate. Elytral interstriae slightly convex, vaguely, sparsely, punctate.</p> <p>Legs. Protibiae with 6 external denticles; apex with slightly toothed, flattened, tapering spur. Outer side of meso- and metatibiae with bilobate apical and one complete anteapical fossorial elevation (their crest fringed with fine spines).</p> <p>Aedeagus (Fig. 6). Sclerotised lateral stalks broad, slightly elevated medially, tip blunt; parameral sheaths narrow, elongated, externally curved.</p> <p>Measurements of body parts. Median length of head (full-face, excluding labrum and mandibles) 2.29 mm, width (including eyes) 3.19 mm. Median length of pronotum (dorsal) 3.76 mm, maximum width 6.88 mm. Median length of scutellum 0.95 mm, maximum width 1.0 mm. Sutural length of elytra (dorsal) 3.95 mm, maximum width combined 7.41 mm. Width genital capsule 1.25 mm.</p> <p>Sexual dimorphism. Female (Fig. 7) similar to holotype in morphological characters except discoparamedian and discolateral protrusions on pronotum less protuberant.</p> <p>Etymology. Named after Dr Jan Krikken, Leiden, the Netherlands, for his immense contribution to the taxonomy of the subfamily Bolboceratinae of the Oriental Region.</p> <p>Distribution (Fig. 8). Known only from the type locality, Kachchh, Narayan Sarovar Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, India.</p> <p>Differential diagnosis. Bolboceras krikkeni Gupta, Ghosh, Das &amp; Chandra, new species, can be separated from the other species in the B. inaequale species group by the unique structure of the aedeagus. Morphologically, the new species resembles B. orissicum in pronotal ornamentation. In B. krikkeni Gupta, Ghosh, Das &amp; Chandra, new species, the lateral aedeagal stalks are broad, slightly elevated medially with tip blunt and parameral sheaths are elongated, apically rounded, and somewhat curved outwardly. Whereas, in B. orissicum, the lateral aedeagal stalks are somewhat broad with a recurved hooked tip, and parameral sheaths are narrow and acuminate (see Krikken 2013b: fig. 14). Bolboceras duplicatum differs from the new species in the absence of lateral aedeagal stalks, and parameral sheaths are blunt and membraneous (see Krikken 2013b: fig. 15).</p> </div>	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/233A3406FF96FFB7FF1653D6FD94FD57	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Ghosh, Joyjit;Das, Priyanka;Chandra, Kailash	Gupta, Devanshu, Ghosh, Joyjit, Das, Priyanka, Chandra, Kailash (2022): Bolboceras krikkeni (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae), a new species from India. Zootaxa 5168 (1): 92-96, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5168.1.8
233A3406FF95FFB7FF165677FA61FB29.text	233A3406FF95FFB7FF165677FA61FB29.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bolboceras inaequale Westwood 1848	<div><p>Key to the species of the B. inaequale group, adapted from Krikken (2013b)</p> <p>1. Transverse interocular ridge not reaching longitudinal paraocular ridge along eyes.................................. 2</p> <p>– Transverse interocular ridge reaching paraocular ridge along eyes............................................... 3</p> <p>2 Discomedian concavity of pronotum with anterior saddle widely separating discoparamedian tubercles, posterior part delimited by simply rounded edge; lateral saddle short, not lowered (not expanding into adjacent concavity); this lateral concavity posteriorly delimited by sinuate edge. Tips of pronotal protrusions slightly rounded off.................... B. orissicum</p> <p>– Discomedian concavity of pronotum situated entirely behind closely approximated discoparamedian tubercles, posteriorly delimited by variably pronounced W-shaped edge; lateral ridge narrow, lowered, hence more or less “overflowing” to discolateral concavity, which may extend onto anterolateral pronotal corner. Tips of pronotal protrusions (sub)acute....... B. inaequale</p> <p>3. Lateral stalks on median aedeagal apparatus indistinct. Parameral sheaths membraneous, with blunt, folded tip. Saddle from each discomedian tubercle posteriorly to pronotal disc broad........................................ B. duplicatum</p> <p>– Lateral stalks on median aedeagal apparatus distinct, lateral sclerotised aedeagal stalk broad, slightly elevated medially, tip blunt. Parameral sheaths narrow, lateral sclerotised aedeagal stalk elongated, slightly curved. Saddle from discoparamedian tubercle to posterior disc short, not lowered............................................. B. krikkeni, new species</p></div> 	http://treatment.plazi.org/id/233A3406FF95FFB7FF165677FA61FB29	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Gupta, Devanshu;Ghosh, Joyjit;Das, Priyanka;Chandra, Kailash	Gupta, Devanshu, Ghosh, Joyjit, Das, Priyanka, Chandra, Kailash (2022): Bolboceras krikkeni (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae), a new species from India. Zootaxa 5168 (1): 92-96, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5168.1.8
