Laccophilus auropictus Régimbart, 1899

(Figs. 2, 19)

Laccophilus auropictus Régimbart, 1899: 253 (original description); Vazirani, 1969: 241 (description, new records); 1972: 120 (lectotype designation); Brancucci, 1983: 259 (description, new records).

Type locality. Indes orientales: mont Kodeikanel, aux environs de Madras [= India, Tamil Nadu State, Kodaikanal].

Material examined. 229 specimens. INDIA: Tamil Nadu: 1 ex., Madura: Shembaganur, coll. R. de Buck (IRSNB) ; 2 males 1 female, Maruthamalai, 23 October 1913, 1600 ft (ZSMG) ; 2 ex., Shembaganur, 1929–30, coll. R.P. Manuel (IRSNB) ; 30 exs., Salem Dt., Shevaroy Hills, 3000–4000 ft, September 1934, coll. P.S. Nathan (IRSNB) ; 2 exs., Coimbatore, January 1938, coll. P.S. Nathan (IRSNB) ; 13 ex., Anamalai Hills, Cinchona, 3500 ft, May 1968, coll. P.S. Nathan (NBCL) ; 2 ex., Nilgiri Hills, Road Ootacamud – Masnigudi, 1450 m, 27 December 1994, coll. P. Mazzoldi (PMCB) ; 51 ex., Road Palni – Kodaikanal, 800–900 m, stream, 30 December 1994, coll. P. Mazzoldi (PMCB) ; 102 ex., Road Salem – Yercaud, 12 km from Yercaud, 800–900 m, 4 January 1995, coll. P. Mazzoldi (PMCB) ; 3 ex., Palani Hills, Poolathur Jn, Kodaikanal – Batlagundu rd., 10°14′N 77°39′E, ca. 900 m, 15 January 1999, coll. D. Boukal (NHMW) ; 6 ex., Shevaroy Hills, Yercaud, Kiliur Falls env., 11°47′N 78°12′E, 1400 m, 25 January 1999, coll. D. Boukal (NHMW) ; 2 males 2 females, Nilgiris, 15 km SE Kotagiri, Kunchappanai, 11.22N 76.56E, 900 m, 7–22 May 2000, coll. J. Rolčík (NMPC); 10 ex., same label data, but coll. D. Hauck (NHMB, NMPC).

Diagnosis. Large, broadly oval species (body length 4.5–4.7 mm). Elytra with subbasal testaceous band narrow, sinuous, well separated from elytral base; elytra without mediolateral spot (Fig. 2). Apical part of median lobe in lateral view with distinct bulge on dorsal side (Fig. 19).

Distribution. A species occurring in southern India (Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states) (Fig. 41), the single record from southern Myanmar (Guignot, 1954) most probably belongs to another species, e.g., Laccophilus hendrichi .