Lycocerus svatopluki Švihla, 2004

Švihla, Vladimír, 2011, New taxa of the subfamily Cantharinae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from south-eastern Asia, with notes on other species III, Zootaxa 2895, pp. 1-34 : 8

Lycocerus svatopluki Švihla, 2004

Fig. 44 .

Lycocerus svatopluki Švihla, 2004: 195 , male.

Material examined. NE Laos: Houa Phan prov., Mt. Phou Pane, 1350–1500 m a.s.l., 1.–16.vi.2009, M. Brancucci lgt., 3 males 8 females; Xieng Khouang prov., 30 km NE Phonsavan, Mt. Phou Sane, 1300–1500 m a.s.l., 10.– 30.v.2009, M. Brancucci lgt., 3 males 2 females ( NHMB, NMPC).

Female. Described from the male. Antennae of female shorter than in male, reaching ca elytral midlength, colour of pronotum varying from almost entirely orange with only small, sooty lateral spot before posterior corners to orange with almost complete narrow sooty borders. Claws simple. Last sternite as in Fig. 44 .

Colour of pronotum in male also varying, from entirely sooty or black to terracotta with sides and anterior half chestnut brown.

Distribution. Described from northern Thailand, new species for Laos.

Figures

FIGURES 38 – 50. 38 – 40. Lycocerus nigrosericeus sp. nov., holotype. 38, aedeagus, ventral aspect; 39, apical part of aedeagus, lateral aspect; 40, dorsal part of aedeagus, dorsal aspect; 41 – 43. L. sipekorum sp. nov., holotype. 41, apical part of aedeagus, lateral aspect; 42, dorsal part of aedeagus, dorsal aspect; 43, aedeagus, ventral aspect; 44, L. svatopluki Švihla, last abdominal sternite of female; 45 – 47. L. dilatatus sp. nov., holotype. 45, dorsal part of aedeagus, dorsal aspect; 46, apical part of aedeagus, lateral aspect; 47, aedeagus, ventral aspect; 48 – 50. L. pacholatkoi sp. nov., holotype. 48, aedeagus, ventral aspect; 49, dorsal part of aedeagus, dorsal aspect; 50, apical part of aedeagus, lateral aspect. Scale bars: 0.5 mm.