Platambus wewalkai Brancucci, 1982

Hendrich, Lars & Przewoźny, Marek, 2015, Two new species of the genus Platambus Thomson, 1859 from China (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Agabinae), Zootaxa 3947 (2), pp. 191-200 : 199

Platambus wewalkai Brancucci, 1982

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Platambus wewalkai Brancucci, 1982: 120 (org. descr.); Ghosh & Nilsson 2012: 10 (catalogue); Nilsson 2015: 33 (catalogue); Nilsson & Hájek 2015: 12 (catalogue).

Material studied: 2 males and 2 females: “ Pakistan, Kaghan Valley near Shigran [= Shogran, 34°38'23.44"N 73°27'26.25"E] 2200 m 20 VIII 2004 leg. V. Gurko” ( CMP, CLH).

Remarks. The species was described from Indian Kashmir/Jammu, near the Banihal Tunnel and only known by the type material. This is the first record for Pakistan.

Figures

FIGURE 16. Distribution of the Platambus semenowi- group in Central Asia, the Himalaya region and China.

FIGURES 1 – 4. Habitus of Platambus lineatus (1), P. semenowi (2), P. sogdianus (3) and P. wewalkai (4). Scale bar 4 mm. Photos: Marek Przewoźny.

FIGURES 11 – 14. Aedeagus in lateral (a) and ventral view (b) of: Platambus lineatus (11 a / b), P. s e m e no w i (12 a / b), P. sogdianus (13 a / b) and P. wewalkai (14 a / b). Scale bar 0.5 mm. All drawings by Armin Coray are reproduced by courtesy of Dr. G. Bächli (Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft).