Laccobius (Microlaccobius) exilis Gentili, 1974

Jia, Fenglong, Chen, Jia-Hui & Fikacek, Martin, 2019, A new species of Laccobius Erichson, 1837 (Hydrophilidae, Coleoptera) from the Chinese Himalaya, with comments on taxonomic status of subgenera Glyptolaccobius Gentili, 1989 and Cyclolaccobius Gentili, 1991 and additional faunistic records from China, ZooKeys 889, pp. 65-80 : 65

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.889.34690

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scientific name

Laccobius (Microlaccobius) exilis Gentili, 1974
status

 

Laccobius (Microlaccobius) exilis Gentili, 1974 View in CoL Fig. 26 View Figures 26–28

Material examined.

XINJIANG: 15 spec. (SYSU): Yili, Chabuchar, beside road, 43.77N, 81.15E, 574 m, 4.vii.2017, Rui-juan Zhang & Shi-shuai Wang leg.; 1 male (SYSU): Altai, Habahe County, Baishahu, 48.37N, 85.74E, 553 m, 10.vii.2017, Rui-juan Zhang & Shi-shuai Wang leg.

Diagnosis.

Body length 2.3-2.7 mm. Frons between eyes ca. 2.8 –3.0× as wide as one eye in dorsal view. Pronotum black or dark brown medially, without a pair of light spots at anterior margin, with broad yellow band laterally, without shagreen, smooth and shining. Punctures of third and fifth elytral rows uniform, arranged almost in a straight line ( Gentili 1995: fig. 162). Aedeagus ( Fig. 26 View Figures 26–28 ) with parameres narrowed towards apex, rounded apically; median lobe wide throughout, slightly wider than parameres, especially in apical part.

Distribution.

Widely distributed species, recorded from Turkey through Central Asia to the Himalaya, Myanmar and the Tibetan Plateau ( Gentili 1995, Hansen 1999, Fikáček et al. 2015). New for China.

Fikacek, M, Angus, RB, Gentili, E, Jia, F, Minoshima, YN, Prokin, A, Przewozny, M, Ryndevich, SK, Loebl, I, Loebl, D, 2015. Family Hydrophilidae. In: LoeblILoeblD (Eds) Catalogue Palaearctic Coleoptera.Volume 2/1. Hydrophiloidea - Staphilinoidea. Revised and updated edition. Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden and Boston, 37-76.

Gentili, E, Jaech, MA, Ji, L, 1995. Hydrophilidae 3. The genus Laccobius Erichson in China and neighbouring areas (Coleoptera). In: JaechMAJiL (Eds) Water Beetles of China, Volume 1.Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Oesterreich and Wiener Coleopterologenverein, Wien, 245-286.

Hansen, M, 1999. Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera). In: Hansen M (Ed.) World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 2. Apollo Books, Stenstrup

Gallery Image

Figures 26 - 28. Aedeagi of the species newly recorded from China (all based on Chinese specimens): 26 Laccobius exilis Gentili 27 L. orientalis Knisch 28 L. sublaevis Sahlberg.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Hydrophilidae

Genus

Laccobius