Platynectes babai Satô, 1982

Jiang, Zhuo-Yin, Zhao, Shuang, Jia, Feng-Long & Šťastný, Jaroslav, 2023, Two new species of Platynectes Régimbart, 1879 from China with notes on other Chinese members of the genus, including a key to species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae), Zootaxa 5227 (4), pp. 401-425 : 406

Platynectes babai Satô, 1982

( Figs 2A , 6A–B , 10A )

Platynectes babai Satô, 1982: 3 (orig. descr.); Nilsson 1995: 56 (fauna), Nilsson 1998: 110 (descr.), Šťastný 2003: 245 (descr.), Liu 2020: 31 (descr.).

Type locality. “ China, Taiwan, Naka-Onsen ” .

Type material. Holotype ♂, deposited in EUMJ.

Material studied. CHINA: Taiwan: 3 ♂, “ Taiwan: Kaohsiung Weijin Bridge 22-VIII-1995 leg. L.J.Wang / Platynectes babai Satô, 1982 det. L.J.Wang 1995” ( JSCL) .

Notes. Habitus and male genitalia are given in Figs 2A and 6A–B .

Collection details. The specimens were collected in stagnant (usually shallow) water pools in the forests at altitude from 750 to 2000 meters, sometimes were collected at light traps ( Liu 2020).

Distribution. Only known from Taiwan, China ( Fig. 10A ).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Habitus of Platynectes species. (A) P. babai Satô (♂; Kaohsiung, Taiwan); (B) P. davidorum Hájek et al. (♂; Yaowangshan, Zhejiang); (C) P. dissimilis (Sharp) (♂; Dinghushan, Guangdong); (D) P. dissimilis (Sharp) (♂; Yunhe Village, Hunan). Scale bar = 2.0 mm.

FIGURE 6. Male genitalia of Platynectes species. (A, C, E–H, J–N) median lobe in lateral view; (B, D, I, O) paramere. (A–B) P. babai Satô (Kaohsiung, Taiwan); (C–D) P. davidorum Hájek et al. (Yaowangshan, Zhejiang); (E) P. dissimilis (Sharp) (Dinghushan, Guangdong); (F) P. dissimilis (Sharp) (Huaping, Guangxi); (G) P. dissimilis (Sharp) (Yunhe Village, Hunan); (H–I) P. dissimilis (Sharp) (Gutianshan, Zhejiang); (J) P. gemellatus Šťastný (Rongshuao, Hongkong); (K) P. gemellatus Šťastný (Baim- aoping Town, Hunan); (L) P. gemellatus Šťastný (Jinggangshan, Jiangxi); (M) P. gemellatus Šťastný (Gutianshan, Zhejiang); (N–O) P. gemellatus Šťastný (Nanling, Guangdong). Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 10. Maps of distribution of Platynectes species in China. (A) P. babai and P. davidorum; (B) P. dissimilis.