Macrolycus bowringi Waterhouse, 1878

Li, Yun, Bocak, Ladislav & Pang, Hong, 2012, New species of Macrolycus Waterhouse, 1878 from China and Laos, with a checklist of the genus (Coleoptera: Lycidae), Zootaxa 3232, pp. 44-61 : 49

Macrolycus bowringi Waterhouse, 1878

Macrolycus bowringi Waterhouse, 1878: 105 ; Waterhouse (1879: 1); Kleine (1925: 326); Kleine (1933: 5); Nakane (1967: 73); Kazantsev (1993b: 50).

Macrolycus coccineus Waterhouse, 1878: 96 ; Kleine (1925: 326).

Ponyalis praedicabilis Kleine, 1939: 17 ; Kazantsev (1993b: 50); Bocak (1999: 102).

Material examined. Laos, 10 males, NE Laos, Phou Pan Mt. 1300–1900 m, 1.–15. v. 2010, C. Holzschuh ( LMBC, SYSM); 2 males, 1 female, E-Nepal, Arun-valley, Sakurate-Mure, 2000 m, 7. vi. 1988, Probst ( LMBC); 5 males, NE India, Menghalaya, 3 km E of Tura, 500–1150 m, 1999, Dembicky & Pacholatko ( LMBC, SYSM).

Distribution. Himalayas, Northern India, Laos, Vietnam.

Remark: Specimens from Laos have wider pronotum and shorter antennomeres 3–4. Additionally, some specimens have more robust paramerae and relatively shorter median lobe. These varieties can be found both in Laos and Nepal. Therefore, we identify all these specimens as one species.