Acontosceles zetteli Pütz, 2008

Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki, 2019, Review of the Asian Thaumastodinae (Coleoptera, Byrrhoidea, Limnichidae), with a phylogeny of the genera, European Journal of Taxonomy 583, pp. 1-45 : 12-14

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2019.583
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5386701
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scientific name	Acontosceles zetteli Pütz, 2008
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Treatment

Figs 5F View Fig , 8 View Fig

Acontosceles zetteli Pütz, 2008: 317 .

Material examined

LAOS • 1 ♂; “ LAOS: Vientiane Prov. Ban Van Eue 15. XII. 1966 ”; “Native Collector BISHOP”; BPBM .

Redescription

Male

For a detailed description of the external features, see the original description ( Pütz 2008). PW/ PL 2.83; EL/ EW 1.48; EL/ PL 4.93; EW/ PW 1.18; TL/ EW 1.78.

Sternite VII ( Fig. 8A View Fig ) arcuate on caudal margin, bearing about 20 long setae in median part. Sternite VIII ( Fig. 8B View Fig ) membranous. Sternite IX ( Fig. 8C View Fig ) slightly sclerotized, with long apical plates bifid in apical parts. Aedeagus ( Fig. 8 View Fig D–F) short, well sclerotized, slightly curved ventrally; basal piece oblong, subparallel-sided; lateral lobes short and broad, straight on lateral margins, closely punctuate, minutely projecting ventro-laterally at apices; median lobe slender, about 0.8 times as long as lateral lobe, slightly curved ventrally; ML/ BL 0.34; ML/ LL 0.82.

Female

Unknown.

Measurements

Male (n = 1): TL 1.78 mm; PW 0.85 mm; PL 0.30 mm; EL 1.48 mm; EW 1.00 mm.

Distribution

Thailand, Laos (new record).