Laemoglyptus ater godawariensis, Švihla & Kopetz, 2012

Švihla, Vladimír & Kopetz, Andreas, 2012, A review of the genus Laemoglyptus from the Himalayas (Coleoptera: Cantharidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (2), pp. 443-466 : 455

Laemoglyptus ater godawariensis subsp. nov.

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Type locality. Nepal, Central Region, Godavari, 1500 m a.s.l.

Type material. HOLOTYPE ( NHMB): ♂, “ Godavari , 1500 m, 29.IV.1984 / C– Nepal, Kathmandu V., C. Holzschuh [white labels, printed]”.

Differential diagnosis. Length (♂). 7.0 mm. Laemoglyptus ater godawariensis ssp. nov. differs from the nominotypical subspecies by the entirely orange pronotum, the rounded apices of the divided portions of the dorsal part of the aedeagus (roundly truncate in L. ater ater ) and the straight apex of the fused parameres (apically curved ventrad in L. ater ater ) (cf. Fig. 19 and KAZANTSEV 2009). Maybe in the future, when more specimens from different regions will be at the disposal, some of these characters will be found to be variable.

Etymology. Named according to the type locality.

Distribution. Nepal: Central Region.

Figures

Figs. 18–21. Aedeagus, ventral aspect. 18 – Laemoglyptus bomfordii Fairmaire, 1897; 19 – L. ater godawariensis subsp. nov.; 20 – L. bhutanensis sp. nov.; 21 – L. himalaicus himalaicus sp. nov.