Microdytes balkei Wewalka, 1997

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 balkei Wewalka, 1997
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Microdytes balkei Wewalka, 1997 View in CoL

Figs 17 View Figure 17 , 19 View Figures 18–37 , 39D View Figures 38–40

Microdytes balkei Wewalka, 1997: 18; Wewalka 2011: 29; Nilsson and Hájek 2023: 211.

Type locality.

Thailand, Rayong Province, Khao Chamao NP.

Material examined.

Thailand: Mukdahan Province. 1♂, Phu Pha Thoep N.P., small pools (23), 1.I.2000, Mazzoldi leg. (CGW) ; Ubon Ratchathani Province. 1♂, 1♀, Nam Yuen District, Dom Pradit St. 240 (alt. 260 m), 22.V.2021, R. Okada leg. (CRO, THNHM) ; Saraburi Province. 1♀, Kaeng Khoi District, Ched Khot St. 122 (alt. 140 m), 30.V.2020, R. Okada leg. (CRO) ; Chonburi Province. 2♂♂, 1♀, Ban Bueng District, Khlong Kiu St. 261 (alt. 200 m), 6.XI.2021, R. Okada leg. (CGW, CRO) (Fig. 17 View Figure 17 ) ; 2♂♂, 1♀, Si Racha District, Bang Phra St. 269 (alt. 90 m), 26.XII.2021, R. Okada leg. (CRO) ; Rayong Province. 4♂♂, Wang Chan District, Pa Yup Nai St 299 (alt. 200 m), 17.VII.2022, R. Okada leg. (CRO, THNHM) .

Laos: Savannakhet Province. 203 exs., Phou Xang He NBCA, ca. 5 km SW Ban Pa Phaknau, 17°00'N, 105°38'E, alt. 250-400 m, 31.V.-6.VI. 2011, NHMB Basel GoogleMaps , Laos 2011 Expedition, M. Brancucci, M. Geiser, D. Hauk, Z. Kraus, A. Phantala & E. Vongphachan leg. (CGW, CRO, NMB, NMP); Sekong Province. 3♀♀, ca. 51 km N Sekong (river) Ho Chi Minh trail, 15°49.6'N, 106°39.8'E, alt. 410 m, 14.-15.V.2010, J. Hájek leg. (NMP) GoogleMaps .

Cambodia: Koh Hong Province . 12 exs., 20 km SW Koh Hong, Tatai River, 11°34'N, 103°07'E, alt. 50-300 m, 3.-19.V.2005, E. Jendek & O. Šauša leg. (CGW, NMB) GoogleMaps .

Comments.

Since the figure of the median lobe of this species was not depicted clearly in Wewalka (1997), we present a new figure of the aedeagus including parameres (Fig. 17 View Figure 17 ).

Distribution.

Thailand: Mukdahan, Rayong, Trat, Ubon Ratchathani (first record), Saraburi (first record), and Chonburi (first record) provinces, Khao Yai NP [Nakhon Ratchatsima or Nakhon Nayok Province]; Laos (first record): Savannakhet and Sekong provinces; Cambodia (first record): Koh Hong Province.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

Genus

Microdytes

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Microdytes balkei Wewalka, 1997

Okada, Ryohei, Jaitrong, Weeyawat & Wewalka, Guenther 2023
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Microdytes balkei

Wewalka 1997
1997