Diplocheila (Neorembus) latifrons ssp. latifrons (Dejean, 1831)

Allegro, Gianni & Giachino, Pier Mauro, 2021, The genus Diplocheila Brulle, 1834 in Cambodia, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Licinini), ZooKeys 1044, pp. 427-448 : 427

Diplocheila (Neorembus) latifrons ssp. latifrons (Dejean, 1831) Figures 25 , 32

Rembus latifrons Dejean 1831: 679

Rembus opacus Chaudoir 1852: 67

Rembus opacus Chaudoir, 1852: Bates 1873: 265

Rhembus opacus (Chaudoir, 1852): Bates 1889: 267

Rhembus latifrons (Dejean, 1831): Bates 1892: 327

Diplochila latifrons (Dejean, 1831): Lesne 1904: 72

Diplochila latifrons (Dejean, 1831): Andrewes 1922: 283

Diplocheila latifrons (Dejean, 1831): Andrewes 1930: 150

Submera latifrons (Dejean, 1831): Habu 1956: 61

Diplocheila latifrons (Dejean, 1831): Ball 1959: 41

Diplocheila latifrons (Dejean, 1831): Kryzhanovskij et al. 1995: 159

Diplocheila latifrons (Dejean, 1831): Lorenz 2005a: 343

Diplocheila latifrons (Dejean, 1831): Lorenz 2005b: 580

Diplocheila latifrons (Dejean, 1831): Lafer and Kataev 2008: 684

Diplocheila latifrons (Dejean, 1831): Huber and Marggi 2017: 626

Type locality.

Oriental India.

Material examined.

Cambodia: 1 ♂ Kampong Chhnang Province, Khom Domnatpopol, Tonle Sap Lake , 21.V.2018, Rossi, Bernardi and Kong leg. (CAl) ; 1 ♀ Lamphun, Mueang Lamphun District, near Umong , 24.II.2017, W. Rossi and V. Kong leg. (CAl) ; 1 ♂ Banteay Meanchey, near Sisophon, campus of the Mean Chey University , 1.XI.2018, W. Rossi and V. Kong leg. (CAl) ; 1 ♂ Banteay Meanchey, near Sisophon, campus of the Mean Chey University , 20.V.2019, W. Rossi and V. Kong leg. (CGi) ; 1 ♀ Mean Chey , 20.V.2019, W. Rossi and V. Kong leg. (CAl) ; 1 ♀ Kampong Chhnang, Rolea B’ier District, Ourung Village , 20-23.V.2018, Rossi, Bernardi and Kong leg. (CGi) .

Thailand: 1 ♂ 1 ♀ Chiang Mai, 6.V.1988 (CGi) . India: 1 ♀ Uttar Pradesh, Jhansi District, Babina , VIII.1987 (CGi) .

Remarks.

Diplocheila latifrons is the only species belonging to subgenus Diplocheila Neorembus . Two subspecies are known: the nominotypical one, which is widely distributed across China, Korea, Japan, India, Myanmar, the Russian Far East, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Indonesia, and the ssp. Diplocheila latifrons darlingtoni Ball, 1959, which is only recorded from the Philippines ( Andrewes 1922; Ball 1959).

Head, base of elytra, and aedeagus are also illustrated by Lafer and Kataev (2008).

Figures

Figures 20 - 25. Aedeagus in lateral view of Diplocheila species 20 D. laevigata from Cambodia 21 Diplocheila sp. from Thailand 22 D. walterrossii sp. nov. HT 23 D. erwini sp. nov. HT 24 D. laevis from Cambodia 25 D. latifrons from Cambodia.

Figures 26 - 32. Aedeagus in dorsal view of Diplocheila species 26 D. laevigata HT 27 D. laevigata from Cambodia 28 Diplocheila sp. from Thailand 29 D. walterrossii sp. nov. HT 30 D. erwini sp. nov. HT 31 D. laevis from Cambodia 32 D. latifrons from Cambodia.