Microdytes shepardi Wewalka, 1997

Okada, Ryohei, Jaitrong, Weeyawat & Wewalka, Guenther, 2023, A review of Microdytes J. Balfour-Browne, 1946 from Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia with descriptions of five new species and new records (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), ZooKeys 1159, pp. 87-119 : 87

Microdytes shepardi Wewalka, 1997

Fig. 35

Microdytes shepardi Wewalka, 1997: 37; Wewalka 2011: 33; Nilsson and Hájek 2023: 212.

Type locality.

Thailand, Phetchabun Province, Nam Nao NP.

Material examined.

Thailand: Chiang Mai Province. 1♂, 1♀, Chiang Dao District, Ping Khong St. 226 (alt. 430 m), 20.III.2021, R. Okada leg. (CRO) ; Chiang Rai Province. 1♂, Wiang Kaen District, Muang Yai St. 71 (alt. 440 m), 2.VIII.2019, R. Okada leg. (CRO) ; Uthai Thani Province. 5♂♂, 2♀♀, Ban Rai District, Kaen Makrut St. 128 (alt. 440 m), 20.VI.2020, R. Okada leg. (CGW, CRO, THNHM) (Fig. 35 ) .

Laos: 1♂, Luang Prabang Province, Thong Khan , 19°35'N, 101°58'E, alt. ca. 750 m, 11.-12.V.2002, V. Kubáň leg. (NMB) .

Distribution.

Thailand: Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai (first record), Mae Hong Son, Phetchabun, Uthai Thani (first record), Chaiyaphum and Sakon Nakhon provinces; Laos: Luang Prabang Province; China: Yunnan Province.

Figures

Figures 18 - 37. Habitus of 18 Microdytes akitai 19 M. balkei 20 M. dimorphus 21 M. feryi (paratype, from Myanmar) 22 M. franzi 23 M. gabrielae 24 M. heineri 25 M. maculatus 26 M. mariannae 27 M. menopausis 28 M. paoloi 29 M. pasiricus 30 M. pederzanii 31 M. rocchii 32 M. schoedli 33 M. schoenmanni (from Myanmar) 34 M. schwendingeri 35 M. shepardi 36 M. shunichii 37 M. zetteli. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.