Laccophilus ceylonicus Zimmermann, 1919

Hájek, Jiří & Brancucci, Michel, 2015, A taxonomic review of the Oriental Laccophilus javanicus species group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63, pp. 309-326 : 314

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scientific name

Laccophilus ceylonicus Zimmermann, 1919
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Laccophilus ceylonicus Zimmermann, 1919 View in CoL

( Figs. 3 View Figs , 20 View Figs )

Laccophilus horni Régimbart, 1902: 468 View in CoL (original description); preoccupied by Branden, 1885: 21.

Laccophilus ceylonicus Zimmermann, 1919: 123 View in CoL (replacement name); Vazirani, 1972: 119: (lectotype designation); Brancucci, 1983: 253 (description, new records).

Type locality. Nalanda [= Srí Lanka, Central Province, Nalanda].

Material examined. 28 specimens. INDIA: Maharashtra : 1 male 6 females, 100 km SW Poona, Mahabaleshwar , 1300 m, 16 September 1991, coll. R. Schuh ( GWCV, NHMW) ; 12 ex., same locality, but 1400 m, 30 September–2 October 2005, coll. J. Bezděk ( NMPC, PMCB) ; 2 females, 120 km NE Mumbai, Igatpuri env., 19.42,17N 73.33,06E, 1–12 August 2002, coll. P. Šípek & M. Fikáček ( NMPC) . Orissa: 1 male, Daitari Distr., Jajpur – Keonjahr [ Keonjhargarh ], trapped during monsoon 1967, coll. G. Topál ( NHMB). SRI LANKA: 1 female, Nalanda , 1899, coll. W. Horn ( ZSMG) ; 1 male, Puwakpitya , hiver [winter] 1906–1907, coll. E. Bugnion ( GWCV) ; 1 female, Veli Oya Belihuoya [most probably Belihul Oya], 8 December 1970, coll. Starmülluer ( GWCV) ; 2 males 1 female, Dambulla env., 300 m, 19 April–9 May 1991, coll. J. Kolibáč ( NMPC, NHMB).

Diagnosis. Medium sized, elongate oval species (body length 3.8–4.1 mm). Elytra with subbasal testaceous band sinuous, narrow, well separated from elytral base ( Fig. 3 View Figs ). Apical part of median lobe in lateral view with distinct bulge on dorsal side; apex with pointed tip ( Fig. 20 View Figs ).

Distribution. The species was described and known previously only from Sri Lanka ( Brancucci, 1983). The present records from Maharashtra and Orissa allowed us to expect that is widely distributed also in the Indian subcontinent ( Fig. 40 View Figs ).

NHMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

NMPC

National Museum Prague

NHMB

Natural History Museum Bucharest

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

Genus

Laccophilus

Loc

Laccophilus ceylonicus Zimmermann, 1919

Hájek, Jiří & Brancucci, Michel 2015
2015
Loc

Laccophilus ceylonicus

Brancucci M 1983: 253
Vazirani TG 1972: 119
Zimmermann A 1919: 123
1919
Loc

Laccophilus horni Régimbart, 1902: 468

Regimbart M 1902: 468
Branden C van den 1885: 21
1902
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