Macrocheilus macromaculatus Louwerens, 1949

Zhao, Danyang & Tian, Mingyi, 2012, Taxonomic notes on the Macrocheilus Hope (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Helluonini) from Oriental Region, with description of one new species from the Philippines, ZooKeys 228, pp. 77-100 : 85

Macrocheilus macromaculatus Louwerens, 1949

Macrocheilus macromaculatus Louwerens 1949: 51. Lorenz 2005: 512. Type Locality: Indonesia (Java), deposited in LMN.

Diagnosis.

Length 10.0 mm, width 3.0 mm. Labrum large, semicircular anteriorly, with a flat depression on each sides, setae running along the sides in two small furrows; palpi short and stout, truncate at apex; mentum with a long, narrow, sharp median tooth, lateral lobes a little longer. Elytral spots oblong and covers intervals 2-7.

The above description is after Louwerens (1949).

Remarks.

This species is similar to Macrocheilus binotatus , but the former is smaller in size and has the sides of elytra gently rounded behind, in contrast to the larger size and more sharply rounded hind region of elytra in Macrocheilus macromaculatus .

Distribution.

Indonesia (Java).