Mesolycus obscurus ( Pic, 1912 )

Kazantsev, Sergey V., 2004, Contribution to the knowledge of Macrolycini with description of Calcaeron, new genus (Coleoptera, Lycidae), Zootaxa 493, pp. 1-32 : 13

Mesolycus obscurus ( Pic, 1912) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 32–35 )

Flabellodilophotes obscurus Pic, 1912: 9 .

Specimens examined: male, N Borneo, Kinabalu, 1500–1700 m, 17–18.VI.1995, S.Kazantsev; male, E Sumatra, Riau Prov., Bukit Tigapuluh N.P., 0:50'S 102:26'E, 18– 25.I.2000, D.Hauck leg. (ICM).

Remarks

The type of this taxon was not found at the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris. A male Mesolycus specimen from Kinabalu in Western Sabah, a locality close to the type one ( Brunei), agreeing with the description of F. obscurus and assumed to belong to this species, is illustrated ( Figs. 32–35 ).

Figures

FIGURES 32 – 39. Aedeagi of Mesolycus. 32 — M. obscurus (Pic), dorsally; 33 — same, laterally; 34 — same, ventrally; 35 — same, apically; 36 — M. discoidalis (Pic), laterally; 37 — same, apically; 38 — M. vitalisi Pic, laterally; 39 — same, inner sac structures, apically.