Laccophilus auropictus Régimbart, 1899

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 : 311-314

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scientific name

Laccophilus auropictus Régimbart, 1899
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Laccophilus auropictus Régimbart, 1899 View in CoL

( Figs. 2 View Figs , 19 View Figs )

Laccophilus auropictus Régimbart, 1899: 253 View in CoL (original description); Vazirani, 1969: 241 (description, new records); 1972: 120 (lectotype designation); Brancucci, 1983: 259 (description, new records).

Type locality. Indes orientales: mont Kodeikanel, aux environs de Madras [= India, Tamil Nadu State, Kodaikanal ].

Material examined. 229 specimens. INDIA: Tamil Nadu : 1 ex., Madura: Shembaganur , coll. R. de Buck ( IRSNB) ; 2 males 1 female, Maruthamalai , 23 October 1913, 1600 ft ( ZSMG) ; 2 ex., Shembaganur , 1929–30, coll. R.P. Manuel ( IRSNB) ; 30 exs., Salem Dt., Shevaroy Hills , 3000–4000 ft, September 1934, coll. P.S. Nathan ( IRSNB) ; 2 exs., Coimbatore , January 1938, coll. P.S. Nathan ( IRSNB) ; 13 ex., Anamalai Hills, Cinchona , 3500 ft, May 1968, coll. P.S. Nathan ( NBCL) ; 2 ex., Nilgiri Hills, Road Ootacamud – Masnigudi , 1450 m, 27 December 1994, coll. P. Mazzoldi ( PMCB) ; 51 ex., Road Palni – Kodaikanal , 800–900 m, stream, 30 December 1994, coll. P. Mazzoldi ( PMCB) ; 102 ex., Road Salem – Yercaud, 12 km from Yercaud , 800–900 m, 4 January 1995, coll. P. Mazzoldi ( PMCB) ; 3 ex., Palani Hills, Poolathur Jn, Kodaikanal – Batlagundu rd. , 10°14′N 77°39′E, ca. 900 m, 15 January 1999, coll. D. Boukal ( NHMW) GoogleMaps ; 6 ex., Shevaroy Hills, Yercaud, Kiliur Falls env., 11°47′N 78°12′E, 1400 m, 25 January 1999, coll. D. Boukal ( NHMW) GoogleMaps ; 2 males 2 females, Nilgiris, 15 km SE Kotagiri, Kunchappanai , 11.22N 76.56E, 900 m, 7–22 May 2000, coll. J. Rolčík ( NMPC); GoogleMaps 10 ex., same label data, but coll. D. Hauck ( NHMB, NMPC). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Large, broadly oval species (body length 4.5–4.7 mm). Elytra with subbasal testaceous band narrow, sinuous, well separated from elytral base; elytra without mediolateral spot ( Fig. 2 View Figs ). Apical part of median lobe in lateral view with distinct bulge on dorsal side ( Fig. 19 View Figs ).

Distribution. A species occurring in southern India (Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states) ( Fig. 41 View Figs ), the single record from southern Myanmar ( Guignot, 1954) most probably belongs to another species, e.g., Laccophilus hendrichi .

IRSNB

Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

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 auropictus Régimbart, 1899

Hájek, Jiří & Brancucci, Michel 2015
2015
Loc

Laccophilus auropictus Régimbart, 1899: 253

Brancucci M 1983: 259
Vazirani TG 1969: 241
Regimbart M 1899: 253
1899
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