Platynectes nanlingensis Šťastný, 2003

Jiang, Zhuo-Yin, Zhao, Shuang, Jia, Feng-Long & Šťastný, Jaroslav, 2023, Two new species of Platynectes Régimbart, 1879 from China with notes on other Chinese members of the genus, including a key to species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae), Zootaxa 5227 (4), pp. 401-425 : 415

Platynectes nanlingensis Šťastný, 2003

( Figs 5A , 7H–I , 12B )

Platynectes nanlingensis Šťastný, 2003: 236 (orig. descr.).

Platynectes dissimilis dissimilis ( Sharp, 1873) : Nilsson 1998: 111 (partim, #208 Wuyi Shan).

Type locality. “ China, Guangdong Province, Nanling N. P., Yao Shan”, ca. 24°53′03″N, 112°57′37″E, 950 m.

Type material. Holotype ♂, deposited in IAECAS.

Material examined. CHINA: Guangdong: 1 ♂, “ Guangdong Prov., Chengjia-Ruyuan rd. ca. 40 km E Chengjia 5.11.2001 Jäch & Komarek (CWBS 471)” ( JSCL) ; Jiangxi: 1 ♂, Jinggangshan Mt., Jingzhushan Scenic Area , 910 m, 25.iv.2011, S. Zhao leg. ( SYSU) .

Notes. Habitus and male genitalia are given in Figs 5A and 7H–I .

Collection details. Found in streams at moderate altitude (400–500 m a.s.l.) ( Šťastný 2003).

Distribution. Southeastern China (Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi) ( Fig. 12B ). First record from Jiangxi province.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Habitus of Platynectes species. (A) P. nanlingensis Šťastný (♂; Jinggangshan, Jiangxi); (B) P. rihai Šťastný (♂; Taishan, Shandong). Scale bar = 2.0 mm.

FIGURE 7. Male genitalia of Platynectes species. (A, C–D, F, H, J) median lobe in lateral view; (B, E, G, I, K) paramere. (A–B) P. hainanensis Nilsson (Limushan, Hainan); (C) P. kashmiranus lemberki Šťastný (Pianma, Yunnan); (D–E) P. kashmiranus lemberki Šťastný (Mêdog, Xizang); (F–G) P. major Nilsson (Lvchun, Yunnan); (H–I) P. nanlingensis Šťastný (paratype; Ruyuan, Guangdong); (J–K) P. rihai Šťastný (Taishan, Shandong). Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURE 12. Maps of distribution of Platynectes species in China. (A) P. kashmiranus lemberki, P. maizuqii sp. nov., P. major and P. mazzoldii; (B) P. nanlingensis, P. pangu sp. nov. and P. rihai.