Exocelina polita (Sharp, 1882)

Shaverdo, Helena, Sagata, Katayo, Panjaitan, Rawati, Menufandu, Herlina & Balke, Michael, 2014, Description of 23 new species of the Exocelinaekari-group from New Guinea, with a key to all representatives of the species group (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae), ZooKeys 468, pp. 1-83 : 36-37

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae

Exocelina polita (Sharp, 1882)

Records.

Indonesia: West Papua (additional record): 13 males, 13 females "Indonesia: Papua Barat, Manokwari to Kebar, forest stream, 302m, 3.xi.2013, -0,80058566 133,33216397, UNIPA (BH023)", one male additionally with a label "M.Balke 6186" (MZB, NHMW, ZSM). 36 males 78 females "Indonesia: Papua Barat, Kebar to Aibogar, slow forest stream, 503m, 4.xi.2013, -0,86241595 132,82993928, UNIPA (BH025)", one male additionally with a label "M.Balke 6191", the females are a mixture of Exocelina polita and one undescribed species (NHMW, ZSM). 6 males, 9 females "Indonesia: Papua Barat, Kebar to Manokwari, 1 h from Kebar, limesone creek and roadside pools, 331m, 8.xi.2013, -0,80138488 133,32238254, UNIPA (BH035)", one male and one female additionally with labels "M.Balke 6197" and "M.Balke 6198" respectively (MZB, NHMW, ZSM).

Morphological notes.

Most specimens are darker than the holotype, piceous, with dark brown head and pronotal sides. It is obvious that the holotype, with its dark brown dorsal coloration, is a slightly teneral specimen. Some variability (narrower apex in lateral view) in the shape of the apical part of the median lobe is observed.

Distribution.

Indonesia: West Papua Province: Manokwari Regency. So far, this species has been known only as its holotype from Arfak Mountains. The present records are an extension of the known distribution of the species to the northwest.