Laius satoi Yoshitomi, 2008

Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki, 2014, Comparative morphology of the endophallic structures of the genus Laius (Coleoptera, Melyridae), with the descriptions of three new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 97, pp. 1-29 : 24-25

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Figs 4G View Fig , 13C View Fig

Material examined

2 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀ ( EUMJ), “Nosa Dua, North Island 8°47’52.72’’S 105°14’9.31’’E, Bali, INDONESIA 7-8. VIII. 2010 H. Yoshitomi leg.”; GoogleMaps 1 ♀ ( EUMJ), “Nosa Dua, South Island 8°48’6.81’’S 115°14’16.07’’E, Bali, INDONESIA 8. VIII. 2010 H. Yoshitomi leg.”. Other material studied is already mentioned in Yoshitomi (2008). GoogleMaps

Description of endophallic sclerites

Gonoporal piece ( Fig. 4G View Fig ) straight, slender, 0.94 mm in GL; GL/AL 1.25. Ligula ( Fig. 4G View Fig ) long, slightly curved apical portion; LL 0.49 mm; LW 0.07 mm; LL/LW 7.33; GL/LL 1.92.

References

Nakane T. 1955. Marine insects of the Tokara Islands. V. Three new species of the genus Laius Guerin from Kyushu and the Tokara Islands, with notes on a species from Marianna. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 4 (2 - 3): 373 - 378.

Yoshitomi H. 2008. Contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Laius Guerin-Menevelle in Indonesia, with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Malachiidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 78: 285 - 290.

Figures

Fig. 4. Endophallic sclerites of Laius spp. A. Laius etsukoae Satô, Yoshitomi & Ohbayashi, 2006 (paratype). B. L. flavicornis (Fabricius, 1801). C. L. keiichii Satô, Yoshitomi & Ohbayashi, 2006 (paratype). D. L. lutaoensis Yoshitomi & Lee, 2010 (paratype). E. L. madli Yoshitomi, 2010 (paratype). F. L. miyamotoi Nakane, 1955. G. L. satoi Yoshitomi, 2008. H. L. taiwanus Yoshitomi & Lee, 2010 (paratype). I. L. pankowi Wittmer, 1999.

Fig. 13. Habitat and habits of Laius spp. A. Type locality (Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia) of Laius baliensis sp. nov. and L. satoi Yoshitomi, 2008, three Laius species living sympatrically. B. L. baliensis sp. nov., female. C. L. satoi, male. D. L. asahinai Nakane, 1955 (at Miyake-jima). Photographs by HY.