Microdytes menopausis Wewalka, 1997

Okada, Ryohei, Jaitrong, Weeyawat & Wewalka, Guenther, 2023, A review of Microdytes J. Balfour-Browne, 1946 from Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia with descriptions of five new species and new records (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), ZooKeys 1159, pp. 87-119 : 87

Microdytes menopausis Wewalka, 1997

Fig. 27

Microdytes menopausis Wewalka, 1997: 29; Wewalka 2011: 30; Nilsson and Hájek 2023: 211.

Type locality.

Thailand, Khao Yai NP.

Material examined.

Thailand: Nakhon Phanom Province. 1♂, 2♀♀, Bang Phaeng District, Phai Lom St. 203 (alt. 200 m), 27.XII.2020, R. Okada leg. (CGW, CRO) ; Sakon Nakhon Province. 1♀, Tao Ngoi District, Nan Tan St. 210 (alt. 310 m), 29.XII.2020, R. Okada leg. (CRO) (Fig. 27 ) ; Ubon Ratchathani Province. 1♀, Nam Yuen District, Dom Pradit St. 224 (alt. 190 m), 27.II.2021, R. Okada leg. (CGW) ; 1♂, Si Mueang Mai District, Nam Thaeng St. 241 (alt. 190 m), 23.V.2021, R. Okada leg. (THNHM) .

Laos: Khammouan Province. 1♂, Nakai-Nam Theun NPA, Ban Navang env., 17°57-59'N, 105°13-16'E, alt. 600-750 m, 18.-21.V.2012, NHMB Basel , Laos 2012 Expedition, M. Brancucci, M. Geiser, K. Phanthavong & S. Xayalath leg. (NMB); Savannakhet Province. 3 exs., Phou Xang He NBCA, ca. 5 km SW Ban Pa Phaknau, 17°00'N, 105°38'E, alt. 250-400 m, 31.V.-6.VI. 2011, NHMB Basel , Laos 2011 Expedition, M. Brancucci, M. Geiser, D. Hauk, Z. Kraus, A. Phantala & E. Vongphachan leg. (CGW, NMB) .

Distribution.

Thailand: Trat, Nakhon Phanom (first record), Sakon Nakhon (first record), and Ubon Ratchathani (first record) provinces, Khao Yai NP [Nakhon Ratchasima or Nakhon Nayok Province]; Laos: Khammouan, Savannakhet (first record) and Sekong provinces.

Figures

Figures 18 - 37. Habitus of 18 Microdytes akitai 19 M. balkei 20 M. dimorphus 21 M. feryi (paratype, from Myanmar) 22 M. franzi 23 M. gabrielae 24 M. heineri 25 M. maculatus 26 M. mariannae 27 M. menopausis 28 M. paoloi 29 M. pasiricus 30 M. pederzanii 31 M. rocchii 32 M. schoedli 33 M. schoenmanni (from Myanmar) 34 M. schwendingeri 35 M. shepardi 36 M. shunichii 37 M. zetteli. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.