Laemoglyptus hispidus, Švihla & Kopetz, 2012

Švihla, Vladimír & Kopetz, Andreas, 2012, A review of the genus Laemoglyptus from the Himalayas (Coleoptera: Cantharidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (2), pp. 443-466 : 448-450

Laemoglyptus hispidus sp. nov.

( Figs. 11–12 )

Type locality. Nepal, Central Region, Langtang National Park, Dunche, 2000 m a.s.l.

Type material. HOLOTYPE ( NMPC): ♂, “ Nepal, Langtang Nat. P., Dunche , 2000 m, 15.5.1988, S. Bílý lgt. [white label, printed]” . PARATYPES ( NMPC, NHMB, AKEG): same label data as holotype, 1 ♂; “ NEPAL, BASANTUPUR , 24.5.[19]96, LEG. MALEC [white label, handwritten]”, 1♂; “ NEPAL Centr., Bagmati Zone, Rasuwa Distr. / Langtang Nat. P. , Dunche-Barkhu-Syabru / 2000–2800 m, 6.–13.V.1996, P. Čechovský lgt.”, 4 ♂♂; Bhandar , 2100 m, 28.V. / O Nepal 1979, Bhakta B. Ch. [white labels, printed and handwritten]”, 1 ♂ 6 ♀♀; “ Chisapani , 3.6.[19]76 [white label, printed and handwritten] / Nepal, W. Wittmer, C. Baroni Urbani [white label, printed]” 5 ♂♂; “ Sete , 28.V., 2350 m / O Nepal, 1973, Bhakta B. Ch. [white labels, printed and handwritten]”, 2 ♂♂ 11 ♀♀.

Description. Coloration. Head including antennae sooty to black, mandibles ferrugineous. Prothorax orange to terra-cotta, narrow posterior margin of pronotum sometimes infuscate. Elytra sooty, legs sepia, knees sometimes paler. Meso- and metasternum and ventral part of abdomen sepia.

Male. Eyes big and strongly protruding, head across eyes moderately narrower than pronotum, antennae moderately exceeding three fourth of elytral length, projections of antennomeres 4–10 more or less, but always distinctly longer than each antennomere. Surface of head very finely and very sparsely punctate, with fine semisparse, recumbent brown pubescence, semilustrous. Pronotum similar as that in Fig. 2 , posterolateral emarginations open. Surface of pronotum like that of head punctate, finely and sparsely yellow pubescent, semilustrous. Elytra slightly wider than pronotum, moderately dilated posteriorly, elytral venation slightly developed to absent. Surface of elytra rugulose-lacunose, with fine, brown, short semierect pubescence, matt to semilustrous. Aedeagus as in Figs. 11–12 .

Female. Eyes much smaller and less protruding than in male, antennae serrate, reaching elytral midlength.

Length (both sexes). 6.0–7.1 mm.

Differential diagnosis. Laemoglyptus hispidus sp. nov. is very similar to L. kopetzi Kazantsev, 2009 from which it differs only by the phallus, which is covered on its dorsal side by bristles, while it is divided apically into several thorns in L. kopetzi as in Figs. 12–13 .

Etymology. Latin hispidus = bristly, named according to the phallus covered by bristles.

Distribution. Nepal: Central Region, Eastern Region.

Figures

Figs. 9–13. 9–11 – aedeagus, ventral aspect: 9 – Laemoglyptus ramiferus (Champion, 1926); 10 – L. walteri sp. nov.; 11 – L. hispidus sp. nov.; 12–13 – apical part of phallus, oblique lateral aspect. 12 – L. hispidus sp. nov.; 13 – L. kopetzi Kazantsev, 2009.

Figs. 1–8. 1–4 – pronotum. 1 – Laemoglyptus walteri sp. nov; 2 – L. bom- fordii Fairmaire, 1897; 3 – L. schmidti Kazantsev, 2009; 4 – L. vicinus Pic, 1921; 5–6 – antenna of male. 5 – L. himalayanus himalayanus sp. nov.; 6 – L. himalayanus sikkimensis ssp. nov.; 7–8 – L. ramiferus (Champion, 1926). 7 – apical portion of aedeagus, lateral aspect; 8 – apex of dorsal part of aedeagus, dorsal aspect.