Macrocheilus binotatus Andrewes, 1931

Zhao, Danyang & Tian, Mingyi, 2012, Taxonomic notes on the Macrocheilus Hope (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Helluonini) from Oriental Region, with description of one new species from the Philippines, ZooKeys 228, pp. 77-100 : 85

Macrocheilus binotatus Andrewes, 1931 Figs 5, 13, 21, 40, 49

Macrocheilus binotutats Andrewes 1931: 68. Csiki 1932: 1573; Lorenz 2005: 512. Type locality: Indonesia (Sumatra), deposited in LMN.

Diagnosis.

Length 14.0 mm, width 4.8 mm. Labrum (Fig. 5) with apex rounded and pointed, front setae on apical margin; mandibles covered by the labrum, sharp at apex; mentum (Fig. 13) glabrous at base, median tooth nearly as long as lobes, about five setae at basal half; maxillary palpomere 4 (Fig. 21) cylindrically dilated, labial palpomere 4 flat and dilated, labial palpomere 3 dilated inwards; ligula wide and rectangular, apical margin straight, with a wide median impression beneath apex, a seta on either side near apex. Elytral spots large and oblong, covering intervals 3-7 in the middle.

Female genitalia. Gonocoxite elongate, three setae on dorsal margin, sparsely setose on ventral surface; apex sharp (Fig. 40).

Remarks.

This species is similar to Macrocheilus macromaculatus having elytral spots oblong; and it differs from Macrocheilus macromaculatus in having the anterior setae of labrum on the apical margin.

Materials examined.

1 female, "Paggar Alam, Sumatra, J. Bouchaud", deposited in MNHN.

Distribution.

Indonesia (Sumatra).