Aegus rondoni Bomans, 1971

Pathomwattananurak, Wuttipon & Jiaranaisakul, Kawin, 2024, A new species of Aegus Macleay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae: Aegini) from Thailand with checklist of the genus species from the country, Zootaxa 5453 (3), pp. 341-358 : 348

Aegus rondoni Bomans, 1971

( Figs. 11 , 16 , 20 , 25–26 , 32 , 37 )

Aegus rondoni Bomans, 1971: 77 . Type locality: Laos, Houei Khong. Mizunuma & Nagai, 1994: 307; Krajcik 2003: 27; Fujita 2010: 319.

Material examined (1♂, 1♀). Laos: 1♂ ( WPC), Sekong Province . Vietnam: 1♀ ( WPC), Quang Binh, Le Thuy, VIII.2023 .

Distribution. Laos and Vietnam ( Bomans 1971; Krajcik 2003; Fujita 2010).

Remarks. The type locality of this species “ Laos, Houei Khong (région Sud de la vallée du Mékong)” is probably located in Champasak Province, Laos.

Figures

FIGURES 1–14. Aegus spp. male habitus, dorsal view. 1–5, Aegus chelifer Macleay, 1819; 1, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand; 2, 4, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand; 3, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand; 5, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand; 6–7, 9–10, Paratype of Aegus occidentalis Pathomwattananurak & Jiaranaisakul, new species, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand; 8, Holotype of Aegus occidentalis Pathomwattananurak & Jiaranaisakul, new species, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand; 11, Aegus rondoni Bomans, 1971, Sekong Province, Laos.; 12–14, Aegus acuminatus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1801), Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand.

FIGURES 15–18. Head and pronotum of Aegus spp. large sized male in dorsal view. 15, paratype of Aegus occidentalis Pathomwattananurak & Jiaranaisakul, new species; 16, Aegus rondoni Bomans, 1971; 17, Aegus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1801); 18, Aegus chelifer Macleay, 1819.

FIGURES 19–22. Head of Aegus spp. large sized male in lateral view. 19, paratype of Aegus occidentalis Pathomwattananurak & Jiaranaisakul, new species; 20, Aegus rondoni Bomans, 1971; 21, Aegus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1801); 22, Aegus chelifer Macleay, 1819.

FIGURES 23–30. Male genitalia of Aegus species in dorsal (23, 25, 27, 29) and ventral (24, 26, 28, 30) views. 23–24, holotype of Aegus occidentalis Pathomwattananurak & Jiaranaisakul, new species, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand; 25–26, Aegus rondoni Bomans, 1971, Sekong Province, Laos; 27–28, Aegus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1801), Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand; 29–30, Aegus chelifer Macleay, 1819, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand.

FIGURES 31–34. Female habitus of Aegus species in dorsal view. 31, paratype of Aegus occidentalis Pathomwattananurak & Jiaranaisakul, new species, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand; 32, Aegus rondoni Bomans, 1971, Quang Binh, Vietnam; 33, Aegus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1801), Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand; 34, Aegus chelifer Macleay, 1819, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand.

FIGURES 35–39. Female genitalia of Aegus species. 35–36, paratypes of Aegus occidentalis Pathomwattananurak & Jiaranaisakul, new species, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand; 37, Aegus rondoni Bomans, 1971, Quang Binh, Vietnam; 38, Aegus acuminatus (Fabricius, 1801), Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand; 39, Aegus chelifer Macleay, 1819, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand.