New species of Macrolycus Waterhouse, 1878 from China and Laos, with a checklist of the genus (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
Author
Li, Yun
Author
Bocak, Ladislav
Author
Pang, Hong
text
Zootaxa
2012
3232
44
61
journal article
45251
10.5281/zenodo.280378
444d5efc-f414-49ad-9ec6-5c2b1b250b5e
1175-5326
280378
Macrolycus bowringi
Waterhouse, 1878
Macrolycus bowringi
Waterhouse, 1878
: 105
;
Waterhouse (1879: 1)
;
Kleine (1925: 326)
;
Kleine (1933: 5)
;
Nakane (1967: 73)
;
Kazantsev (1993b: 50)
.
Macrolycus coccineus
Waterhouse, 1878
: 96
;
Kleine (1925: 326)
.
Ponyalis praedicabilis
Kleine, 1939
: 17
;
Kazantsev (1993b: 50)
;
Bocak (1999: 102)
.
Material examined
.
Laos
,
10 males
, NE
Laos
, Phou Pan Mt.
1300–1900 m
,
1.–15. v. 2010
, C. Holzschuh (
LMBC
,
SYSM
);
2 males
,
1 female
, E-Nepal, Arun-valley, Sakurate-Mure,
2000 m
,
7. vi. 1988
, Probst (
LMBC
);
5 males
, NE
India
, Menghalaya,
3 km
E of Tura,
500–1150 m
, 1999, Dembicky & Pacholatko (
LMBC
,
SYSM
).
Distribution.
Himalayas, Northern
India
,
Laos
,
Vietnam
.
Remark:
Specimens from
Laos
have wider pronotum and shorter antennomeres 3–4. Additionally, some specimens have more robust paramerae and relatively shorter median lobe. These varieties can be found both in
Laos
and
Nepal
. Therefore, we identify all these specimens as one species.