Hypnoidus alpinus SDI

Hypnoidus alpinus (Vats & Chauhan, 1992) SDI Ctenicera alpinus Vats & Chauhan, 1992: 30 (original description; type locality: Marhi, India). Selatosomus alpinus (Vats & Chauhan, 1992): Tarnawski, 1996: 638 (transferred to Selatosomus (Selatosomus); catalogue; “ India: Himachal Pradesh ”); Tarnawski, 2001: 296 (catalogue); Cate, 2007: 182 (marked as Doubtful Assignment; catalogue; “HP” as India: Himachal Pradesh); Gupta et al., 2018: 502 (catalogue; “2A” as India: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir). Hypnoidus alpinus (Vats & Chauhan, 1992): Platia & Sechi, 2022: 380 (transferred to Hypnoidus; checklist; “ India: Himachal Pradesh ”). Type Locality. India: Marhi, Kullu District, Himachal Pradesh. Type Depository. Holotype, M (??); 8 Paratypes, 4 M, 4 F (??). Distribution in India. Himachal Pradesh (Kullu District). General Distribution. India. Remark. The type material is not present in FRID and may be deposited in IARI, but this could not be verified. As the presence of this species in Jammu & Kashmir requires confirmation, this locality is not included here. The species is considered endemic to India.