Dilophotes jendeki, Bic, Vlastislav, 2002

Bic, Vlastislav, 2002, Review of the genus Dilophotes Waterhouse (Coleoptera: Lycidae) of the Palaearctic Region and Indochina, Zootaxa 59, pp. 1-26 : 16

Dilophotes jendeki sp. n.

Type material. Holotype, male, " Laos, Attapu prov., Bolaven Plateau, 15 km SE of Ban Houaykong, Nong Lom lake env., 15.02°N, 106.35°E, alt. 800 m, 18.­30. IV. 1999, E. Jendek & O. Šauša leg." ( LMBC).

Diagnosis. Dilophotes jendeki sp. n. resembles D. bolavensis sp. n. in both general appearance and the shape of male genitalia. These species differ in the relative size of internal sac ( Figs 16, 17 ).

Description of holotype. Body medium sized, slender, black, pronotum dark brown to black, with light brown pubescence, elytra dark brown, very slightly infuscate at humeri, covered with dark red pubescence. Head with short rostrum. Eyes small, interocular distance 1.36 times maximum eye diameter. Maxillary palpi slender. Antennae slightly serrate, slightly surpassing elytral midlength, more slender apically. Pronotum 1.4 times wider than long, frontal margin round, lateral margin slightly concave, almost parallelsided in anterior three quarters, posterior angles acutely projected. Posterior margin distinctly convex medially. Pronotal disc with sharp longitudinal costa attached to frontal margin and reaching middle, then inconspicuous. Disc surface pubescent, shiny. Scutellum emarginate apically. Elytra slender, each elytron with three longitudinal costae, costa 1 inconspicuous in apical part. Male genitalia with slender phallus, three times longer than internal sac, internal sac large, complex, sclerotized ( Fig. 17 ).

Measurements. BL 5.5 mm, WH 1.4 mm, PL 0.82 mm, PW 1.15 mm, Ediam 0.36 mm, Edist 0.50 mm.

Distribution. Dilophotes jendeki sp. n. is known only from the type locality in southernmost Laos.

Etymology. The specific epithet is a patronym in honour of Eduard Jendek, a collector of the type.

Figures

FIGURES 14 ­ 23: 14 ­ 23: Male and female genitalia: 14: Dilophotes laosensis sp. n.; 15: D. sausai sp. n.; 16: D. bolavensis sp. n.; 17: D. jendeki sp. n.; 18: D. moxiensis sp. n., ar ­ apical ring; 19: D. moxiensis sp. n.; 20: D. pacholatkoi sp. n.; 21: D. pacholatkoi sp. n.; 22: D. anthracinus sp. n.; 23: D. lizipingensis sp. n.