Laccobius (Glyptolaccobius) eliogentilii Hebauer, 2002

Gentili, Elio, 2006, Revisional notes on the genus Laccobius. I. Subgenus Glyptolaccobius (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 46, pp. 57-76 : 63-65

Laccobius (Glyptolaccobius) eliogentilii Hebauer, 2002

( Figs. 15-16 )

Laccobius (Glyptolaccobius) eliogentilii Hebauer, 2002: 14 . Laccobius (Glyptolaccobius) eliogentilii: GENTILI (2003) : 412.

Type locality. Nepal, Annapurna Region (NW of Pokhara), S slope of Krapa Danda, 1800-1900 m a.s.l.

Type material (not examined). HOLOTYPE: J ( MTDG): ‘ NEPAL, Annapurna-Region / (nordöstlich Pokhara) / südl. unterh. Krapa Danda, / 1800-1900 mNN / 27.-28.V.1997, leg. O. Jäger’ . PARATYPES: 2 JJ 2 ♀♀ ( MTDG, CFHG, MSNV), same data as holotype ; 2 JJ ( MTDG), ‘ Nepal , Mt. Panchase (15 km W Pokhara) E slope, Creek upper Sidhane, 2000 m, O. Jäger 18.5.1997 ’.

Additional material examined. BHUTAN: SARPANG prov., 13 km SE Damphu, Sarpung-Damphu Pass, E slope, ca 1700 m a.s.l., 26°56′52″N 90°12′35″E, 27.xi.2005, M. Jäch leg., 2 ♀♀ ( NHMW). NEPAL: Manasiu Mts., Bara Pokhari Lekh, Chhandi Khola valley, 2000-2200 m a.s.l., 11-12.iv.2003, J. Schmidt lgt., 1 J 1 ♀ ( NHMW).

Differential diagnosis. HEBAUER (2002) provided the following differential diagnosis for this species: ‘[…] extremely close to L. jaechi in body shape and colour, corresponding with that species also in its pubescent surface with irregular punctuation and in sutural stria [= parasutural furrow] recognizable barely in the apical fifth. The less extended dark colour of the elytra in contrast leaves besides the suture distinct yellow stripes and isolated spots. The basal piece [= phallobase] of the aedeagophore is distinctly shorter than in L. jaechi , the parameres are much more slender, the median lobe surpasses the parameres’ ( Figs. 15-16 ).

Distribution. Bhutan, Nepal.

Figures

Figs. 1-4. 1-3 – Laccobius pluvialis sp. nov., paratype. 1 – habitus, ventral view; 2 – right wing; 3 – right antenna. 4 – L. incisus Gentili, 1989, paratype, habitus, dorsal view.

Figs. 5-11. 5-7 – Laccobius affinis Knisch, 1927, aedeagus. 5 – paralectotype, dorsal view; 6 – lectotype, lateral view; 7 – lectotype, ventral view. 8-11 – L. egregius Gentili, 1995, holotype. 8 – aedeagus, dorsal view; 9 – ditto, lateral view; 10 – ditto, ventral view; 11 – genital segment.