Dilophotes kubani, Bic, Vlastislav, 2002

Bic, Vlastislav, 2002, Review of the genus Dilophotes Waterhouse (Coleoptera: Lycidae) of the Palaearctic Region and Indochina, Zootaxa 59, pp. 1-26 : 21-22

Dilophotes kubani sp. n.

Type material. Holotype, male, " Laos, Boli Kham Xai prov., Ban Nape (8 km NE), 18.21°N, 105.08°E, 600 m, 1.­18. 5. 2001, Vít Kubáò leg." ( LMBC). Paratype: 1 female, " Laos, Khammouan Pr., Nakai env., 600 m, 17.43°N, 105.09°E, 22. 5.­ 8. 6. 2001, E. Jendek & O. Šauša leg." ( LMBC).

Diagnosis. Dilophotes kubani sp. n. resembles D. luteus sp. n. in pronotum and elytra colouration. These species differ substantially in the shape of male genitalia and the shape of male antennae.

Description of holotype. Body medium­sized, slender, black, pronotum and elytra light orange red, with light red pubescence, scutellum brown basally, light brown to red apically. Eyes large, maximum eye diameter 1.21 times interocular distance. Antennae acutely serrate, strongly compressed, very long, reaching apex of elytra. Pronotum 1.75 times wider than long. Frontal margin widely rounded, frontal angles inconspicuous, lateral margins slightly concave, posterior angles moderately projected. Disc with sharp longitudinal costa attached to frontal margin and reaching almost posterior margin. Disc surface shiny, light brown with dense pubescence. Scutellum slightly emarginate in posterior margin. Elytra very slender, flat, each elytron with three longitudinal costae in humeral part, costa 1 very weak, shortened, distinct in humeral quarter. Male genitalia with small phallus, internal sac large ( Fig. 25 ).

Measurements. BL 5.25 mm, WH 1.37 mm, PL 0.66 mm, PW 1.15 mm, Ediam 0.44 mm, Edist 0.36 mm.

Distribution. Dilophotes kubani sp. n. is known only from the type locality in central Laos.

Etymology. The specific name is a patronym in honour of V. Kubáò, a Czech entomologist and collector of the holotype.

Figures

FIGURES 24 ­ 26: 24 ­ 26: Female and male genitalia. 24: D. lizipingensis sp. n.; 25: D. kubani sp. n.; 26: D. luteus sp. n.