Laccophilus girardi Brancucci, 1983

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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scientific name	Laccophilus girardi Brancucci, 1983
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Laccophilus girardi Brancucci, 1983 View in CoL

( Figs. 5 View Figs , 22 View Figs )

Laccophilus girardi Brancucci, 1983: 256 View in CoL (original description).

Type locality. N Borneo, Kudat [= Malaysia, Sabah State, Kudat ].

Material examined. 15 specimens. MALAYSIA: Sabah: 14 ex., Batu Punggul Resort env., 24 June–1 July 1996 ( NHMW, NMPC) ; 1 female, Kinabalu National Park, Sayap , 1000 m, 27 September 1996, coll. D. Grimm ( SMNS) .

Diagnosis. Small, elongate oval species (body length 3.5–3.7 mm). Elytra with subbasal testaceous band very broad, covering at least basal third of elytra; or elytra almost uniformly testaceous ( Fig. 5 View Figs ). Apical part of median lobe in lateral view almost straight, narrowing to apex which is bent dorsally ( Fig. 22 View Figs ).

Variability. A species rather variable in elytral colouration: specimens from Batu Punggul are almost completely testaceous with only indistinct infuscation posteriorly to elytral midlength.

Distribution. Laccophilus girardi is so far known only from Sabah state, Malaysia ( Fig. 40 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.

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.