Laccophilus tonkinensis Brancucci, 1983

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 : 324-325

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scientific name

Laccophilus tonkinensis Brancucci, 1983
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Laccophilus tonkinensis Brancucci, 1983 View in CoL

( Figs. 16 View Figs , 34 View Figs )

Laccophilus tonkinensis Brancucci, 1983: 258 View in CoL (original description); Hájek, 2003: 120 (new records).

Type locality. Tonkin, Hoa Binh [= Vietnam, Hoa Binh Province] .

Material examined. 17 specimens. CHINA: Hainan: 4 ex., Limushan Mts. , exposed pools along road, partly connected with stream, 19°9.1–2′N, 109°45–46′E, 550–750 m, coll. M. Fikáček & S. Zhao ( NMPC, ZSMG) ; 1 male, Jianfengling Mts., Tianchi Lake env., rd from Tianchi vill. To “sector 5”, pools in shaded drying-up stream in primary forest, 18°43.6–44.1′N, 108°52.1–5′E, 820–950 m, 10 May 2011, coll. M. Fikáček & S. Zhao ( NMPC) . LAOS: Attapeu Province: 3 males, road No. 18, km 80 E Attapeu, stream near the road, 17°48.6′N, 107°23.4′E, ca. 665 m, 29 April 2010, coll. J. Hájek ( NMPC) GoogleMaps . Khammouan Province: 1 male 4 females, Nakai-Nam Theun NPA, Ban Navang env., 17°57–59′N, 105°13–16′E, 600–750 m, 18–21 May 2012, NHMB Basel Expedition Laos 2012, M. Brancucci, M. Geiser, K. Phanthavong, S. Xayalath ( NHMB) GoogleMaps . V IETNAM: 4 ex., Tonkin , coll. de Cooman ( IRSNB) .

Diagnosis. Medium sized, elongate oval species (body length 3.8–4.1 mm). Elytra with subbasal testaceous band broad, more or less connected with elytral base ( Fig. 16 View Figs ). Apical part of median lobe in lateral view with distinct bulge on dorsal side; apex elongate with pointed tip ( Fig. 34 View Figs ).

Habitat. In Hainan, Laccophilus tonkinensis was collected in pools in shaded drying up stream in primary mountane forest. In southern Laos, it was collected in a pool in a small forest stream with a clay bottom and a layer of decaying leaves ( Fig. 39 View Figs ).

Distribution. A species described from northern Vietnam and subsequently recorded from Hainan Island, China ( Brancucci, 1983; Hájek, 2003). Here we present the first records from central and southern Laos ( Fig. 40 View Figs ).

NMPC

National Museum Prague

NHMB

Natural History Museum Bucharest

IRSNB

Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

Genus

Laccophilus

Loc

Laccophilus tonkinensis Brancucci, 1983

Hájek, Jiří & Brancucci, Michel 2015
2015
Loc

Laccophilus tonkinensis

Hajek J 2003: 120
Brancucci M 1983: 258
1983
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