Microdytes wewalkai Bian & Ji, 2009

Okada, Ryohei, Jaitrong, Weeyawat & Wewalka, Guenther, 2023, A review of Microdytes J. Balfour-Browne, 1946 from Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia with descriptions of five new species and new records (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), ZooKeys 1159, pp. 87-119 : 87

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Microdytes wewalkai Bian & Ji, 2009: 37; Wewalka 2011: 36; Nilsson and Hájek 2023: 212.

Type locality.

China, Hainan, Lingtou (Ledong) County, Jianfengling NR.

Material examined.

Laos: Attapeu Province. 3♂♂, 2♀♀, Dong Amphan National Bio-Diversity Conservation Area, Nong Fa (crater lake) env., 15°05.9'N, 107°25.6'E, alt. ca. 1160 m, 30.IV.-6.V.2010, J. Hájek leg. (CGW, NMP) GoogleMaps .

Comments.

Specimens from Laos have two transverse yellowish red markings on both sides of the middle of pronotum while in specimens from China (Hainan) it is completely black, but no other differences have been observed.

Distribution.

Laos (first record): Attapeu Province; China: Hainan Province.