Copelatus oblitus Sharp, 1882

Alarie, Yves, Michat, Mariano C., Watanabe, Kohei, Shaverdo, Helena, Wang, Liang-Jong & Watts, Chris H. S., 2022, An outlook on larval morphology of Copelatinae diving beetles with phylogenetic considerations (Coleoptera: Adephaga, Dytiscidae), Zootaxa 5175 (2), pp. 151-205 : 175-177

Copelatus oblitus Sharp, 1882

Source of material. The five instar II and five instar III larvae studied were reared ex ovo from adults collected at the following locality: Japan. Mantaburu, Yonaguni-cho, Yonaguni-jima Island, Okinawa Prefecture. 24°27’04.1”N 122°57’36.8”E, 13VI.2019; K. Watanabe leg.

Diagnosis (instar III). The third instar of Copelatus oblitus can easily be distinguished from that of the other species studied in this paper by the following combination of characters: HL = 0.80 mm; L3 <2.00 mm; U <0.30 mm; head capsule ovate, not constricted at level of occipital region ( Fig. 30 ), scale-like sculpticels present over frontoclypeus and parietale; anterior margin of frontoclypeus narrowly convex, extending mesally well below level of adnasalia ( Fig. 30 ); adnasalia margined with short bluntly rounded teeth ( Fig. 64 ); MP2/MP1> 1.50; GA/MP1> 1.50; 1.30 <LP2/LP1 <1.90; inner margin of stipes lacking a dorsal linear row of spinulae; profemur with less than 3 PV and 4 AV secondary setae; metafemur with less than 3 AV secondary setae; urogomphus composed of two urogomphomeres; U/HW <0.40; U/LAS <0.50; Oriental and Palaearctic.

Description, instar II

Body: Measurements and ratios aimed to characterize body shape are shown in Table 4 .

Head: Head capsule ovate, not constricted at level of occiput; anterior margin of frontoclypeus narrowly convex, extending mesally below level of adnasalia; scale-like sculpticels present over frontoclypeus and parietale; adnasalia margined with short bluntly rounded teeth (see Fig. 64 ); HL = 0.55–0.58 mm; A/MP = 1.39–1.51; MP/LP = 1.70–1.82; MP2/MP1 = 1.67–1.95; GA/MP1 = 1.85–2.32; LP2/LP1 = 1.56–1.89; MNL/MNW = 2.41–2.61.

Thorax: L3 = 1.10–1.13 mm.

Abdomen: LAS = 0.37–0.39 mm; LAS subconical, not constricted posteriorly at point of insertion of urogomphi. Urogomphus: U = 0.17–0.19 mm, composed of two urogomphomeres; U/HW = 0.26–0.29; U/LAS = 0.45–0.51.

Chaetotaxy: Parietale with 3–5 temporal spines; position and number of secondary setae on legs are shown in Table 5 .

Description, instar III ( Figs 30–33 , 64 ). As second-instar larva except as follows:

Body: Measurements and ratios aimed to characterize body shape are shown in Table 6.

Head ( Figs 30 , 64 ): HL = 0.74–0.80 mm; A/MP = 1.50–1.60; MP/LP = 1.65–1.82; MP2/MP1 = 1.44–1.67; GA/MP1 = 1.59–1.83; LP2/LP1 = 1.31–1.47; MNL/MNW = 2.40–2.60.

Thorax ( Figs 32–33 ): L3 = 1.57–1.64 mm.

Abdomen ( Fig 31 ): LAS = 0.54–0.60 mm; U = 0.20–0.25 mm, U/HW = 0.22–0.27; U/LAS = 0.37–0.47.

Chaetotaxy: Parietale with 3–4 temporal spines; position and number of secondary setae on legs are shown in Figs 32–33 and Table 7 .

Figures

FIGURE 64. Anterior margin of left adnasalia of selected species of Copelatinae; magnification of 500x. Species codes as in Table 1.

FIGURES 30–31. Copelatus oblitus Sharp, 1882, instar III: (30) head capsule, dorsal aspect (scale-like microsculptures not represented); (31) abdominal segment VIII, dorsal aspect. Scale bars = 0.2 mm.

FIGURES 32–33. Copelatus oblitus Sharp, 1882, prothoracic legs, instar III: (32) anterior surface; (33) posterior surface. Scale bar = 0.2 mm.