Laccophilus aurofasciatus Vazirani, 1972

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

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5385198

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5466879

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scientific name

Laccophilus aurofasciatus Vazirani, 1972
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Laccophilus aurofasciatus Vazirani, 1972 View in CoL

( Figs. 1 View Figs , 18 View Figs )

Laccophilus aurofasciatus Vazirani, 1972: 118 View in CoL (original description); Brancucci, 1983: 261 (description, new records).

Type locality. India, Tamil Nadu, Ootacamund District, Ootacamund .

Material examined. 93 specimens. INDIA: Tamil Nadu: 24 ex., Nilgiri Hills, Road Ootacamud – Masnigudi , 1450 m, 27 December 1994, coll. P. Mazzoldi ( PMCB); 4 ex., Road Palni – Kodaikanal , 800–900 m, stream, 30 December 1994, coll. P. Mazzoldi ( PMCB); 10 ex., Kodaikanal, 1250 m, stream, 31 December 1994, coll. P. Mazzoldi ( PMCB); 1 female, Road Salem – Yercaud , 12 km from Yercaud, 800–900 m, 4 January 1995, coll. P. Mazzoldi ( PMCB); 2 females, Palani Hills, Kodaikanal env., Vellagavi , 10.11N, 77.29E, 900 m, 13 January 1999, coll. D. Boukal ( NMPC, NHMW); GoogleMaps 2 males 1 female, Nilgiris, 15 km SE Kotagiri, Kunchappanai , 11.22N 76.56E, 900 m, 7–22 May 2000, coll. J. Rolčík ( NMPC); GoogleMaps 49 ex., same label data, but coll. D. Hauck ( NHMB, NMPC). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Large, broadly oval species (body length 4.6–4.9 mm). Elytra with subbasal testaceous band broad, straight, not separated from elytral base; elytra without mediolateral spot ( Fig. 1 View Figs ). Apical part of median lobe in lateral view with distinct bulge on dorsal side ( Fig. 18 View Figs ).

Distribution. A species endemic to southern India (Kerala and Tamil Nadu) ( Fig. 40 View Figs ).

NMPC

National Museum Prague

NHMW

Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien

NHMB

Natural History Museum Bucharest

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

Genus

Laccophilus

Loc

Laccophilus aurofasciatus Vazirani, 1972

Hájek, Jiří & Brancucci, Michel 2015
2015
Loc

Laccophilus aurofasciatus

Brancucci M 1983: 261
Vazirani TG 1972: 118
1972
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