Laccophilus elegans Sharp, 1882

Hájek, Jiří & Brancucci, Michel, 2015, A taxonomic review of the Oriental Laccophilus javanicus species group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63, pp. 309-326 : 314

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Laccophilus elegans Sharp, 1882 View in CoL

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Laccophilus elegans Sharp, 1882: 302 View in CoL (original description); Régimbart, 1899: 266 (description); Vazirani, 1969: 241 (description, new records); Brancucci, 1983: 257 (description, new records).

Type locality. Andaman Islands .

Material examined. 10 specimens. INDIA: Karnataka : 1 female, 18 km E Shiradi, Gundia , 12.47N 75.43E, W. [Western] Ghats [Mts.], 200–500 m, 16–21 May 2002; coll. P. Pacholátko. GoogleMaps Kerala: 6 ex., Road Moolamattam – Idukki, near Panavu stream, 600–700 m, coll. P. Mazzoldi ( NMPC, PMCB); GoogleMaps 2 females, 15 km SW Munnar, Kallar valley , 10.02N 76.58E, 1000 m, 6–18 December 1993, coll. D. Boukal & Z. Kejval ( NHMW); GoogleMaps 1 female, 10 km WSW Munnar, Kallar valley , 1100 m, 10°03′N 76°58′E, 9 January 1999, coll. D. Boukal ( NHMW) GoogleMaps .

Diagnosis. Medium sized, elongate oval species (body length 3.8–4.0 mm). Elytra with subbasal testaceous band broad, more or less connected with elytral base ( Fig. 4 View Figs ). Apical part of median lobe in lateral view with distinct bulge on dorsal side; apex short, blunt ( Fig. 21 View Figs ).

Distribution. Widespread in southern and eastern India. Vazirani (1969) and Brancucci (1983) published data from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland, Orissa and West Bengal. We add records from Karnataka and Kerala ( Fig. 41 View Figs ).

References

Brancucci M (1983) Revision des especes est-palearctiques, orientales et australiennes du genre Laccophilus (Col. Dytiscidae). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, 31 / 32: 241 - 426.

Regimbart M (1899) Revision des Dytiscidae de la region Indo- Sino-Malaise. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 68: 186 - 367.

Sharp D (1882) On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2) 2: 179 - 1003, pls. 7 - 18.

Vazirani TG (1969) Contribution to the study of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera). 2. A Review of the subfamilies Noterinae, Laccophilinae, Dytiscinae and Hydroporinae (in part) from India. Oriental Insects, 2 (1968): 221 - 341.

Figures

Figs. 1–9. Habitus of Laccophilus: 1, L. aurofasciatus; 2, L. auropictus; 3, L. ceylonicus; 4, L. elegans; 5, L. girardi; 6, L. hendrichi, new species; 7, L. jaechi, new species; 8, L. javanicus; 9, L. komareki, new species. Scale bar = 1 mm.

Figs. 18–35. Median lobe in lateral view: 18, Laccophilus aurofasciatus; 19, L. auropictus; 20, L. ceylonicus; 21, L. elegans; 22, L. girardi; 23, L. hendrichi, new species; 24, L. jaechi, new species; 25, L. javanicus; 26, L. kalimantanensis, new species; 27, L. komareki, new species. 28, L. mahakamensis; 29, L. mazzoldii, new species; 30, L. nusatenggaraensis, new species; 31, L. schillhammeri, new species; 32, L. stastnyi, new species; 33, L. tobaensis; 34, L. tonkinensis; 35, L. wittmeri. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.