Macrolycus dotatus species group

Liu, Hao Yu, Du, Ruo Lan, Zhao, Wei, Yang, Xing Ke & Yang, Yu Xia, 2023, A morphometric approach to the comparative morphology of aedeagi shapes in net-winged beetles: A case study on the Macrolycus dotatus species group (Coleoptera: Lycidae), Arthropod Systematics & amp; Phylogeny 81, pp. 897-916 : 897

Macrolycus dotatus species group

Diagnosis.

The M. dotatus species group is attributed to the subgenus Macrolycus Cerceros because of its absence of lateral lobes in male genitalia, and it differs from other species groups by the characteristic shape of the apex of the median lobe, which bears a ventrally curved process ( Li et al. 2015).

Included species.

M. atronotatus Pic, 1939, M. jianfenglingensis Li, Bocak & Pang, 2015, M. dotatus Kleine, 1925, M. aemulus Barovskij, 1930, M. unicolor Y. Yang, Liu & X. Yang, sp. nov., M. huoditangensis Y. Yang, Liu & X. Yang, sp. nov. and M. atronotatimimus Y. Yang, Liu & X. Yang, sp. nov.

Distribution (Fig. 2 ).

China (Yunnan, Shaanxi, Anhui, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Sichuan, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Liaoning), Vietnam, Laos, Japan, South Korea, Russia (Far East).

Figures

Figure 2. Distribution map of the Macrolycus dotatus species group in the world.