The Gyrinidae (Coleoptera) fauna of Thailand: Key to tribes and genera, with new records and keys to species of Dineutini and Gyrinini
Author
Suksai, Benjamart
0000-0002-2472-6100
benjamartbenjamart@gmail.com
Author
Gustafson, Grey T.
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA. & Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86011, USA.
Author
Sites, Robert W.
0000-0002-3895-813X
Enns Entomology Museum, Division of Plant Science, University of Missouri-Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA. SitesR @ missouri. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3895 - 813 X
Author
Sangpradub, Narumon
Applied Taxonomic Research Center, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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Dineutus unidentatus
Aubé, 1838
(
Figs. 1G
,
4D
,
6A–D
,
7C, 7F–G
,
8A
)
Material examined.
THAILAND
:
Amnat Charoen Province
:
Kork Stream
,
Kham Khuean Kaeo Subdistrict
,
Chanuman District
,
16°12'29.9"N
104°52'11.6"E
,
188 m
a.s.l.
,
23.XII.2017
, leg.
B. Suksai
,
2 males
,
2 females
(
THNHM
)
.
Khon Kaen Province
:
Khon Kaen University
, wastewater treatment pond 8,
Nai Mueang Subdistrict
,
Mueang Khon Kaen District
,
16°27'48.2"N
102°48'29.3"E
,
169 m
a.s.l.
,
21.XI.2001
, leg.
B. Suksai
,
1 male
,
1 female
(
KKU
)
;
Phong River
,
Ban Huai Sai Nang
,
Si Chomphu Subdistrict
,
Si Chomphu District
,
16°52'06.5"N
102°10'58.2"E
,
210 m
a.s.l.
,
11.II.1995
, leg.
N. Sangpradub
,
6 males
,
8 females
(
KKU
)
;
Pond
at
Ban Kho
,
Ban Kho Subdistrict
,
Mueang Khon Kaen District
,
16°34'13.9"N
102°46'53.8"E
,
180 m
a.s.l.
,
26.XI.2016
, leg.
B. Suksai
,
48 males
,
65 females
(
KKU
,
THNHM
)
.
Krabi Province
:
Pond
at
Ban Paga Sai
,
Nuea Khlong Subdistrict
,
Nuea Khlong District
,
8°02'N
99°01'E
,
27 m
a.s.l.
,
3.VI.2005
, leg.
R.W. Sites
,
A. Vitheepradit
&
T. Prommi
, L-828,
1 male
(
UMC
)
.
Mukdahan Province
:
Huai Lao Waterfall
,
Ban Kho Subdistrict
, Khamcha-I
District
,
16°44'36.9"N
104°21'04.7"E
,
226 m
a.s.l.
,
22.XII.2017
, leg.
B. Suksai
,
1 male
,
1 female
(
THNHM
)
;
Tadton Waterfall
,
Non Yang Subdistrict
,
Nong Sung District
,
16°29'40.2"N
104°18'47.6"E
,
208 m
a.s.l.
,
22.XII.2017
, leg.
B. Suksai
,
1 male
,
2 females
(
THNHM
)
.
Nakhon Ratchasima Province
:
Sakaerat Environmental Research Station
,
Boa
yaepun, U-dom
Sap Subdistrict
,
Wang Nam Khiao District
,
14°27'56.9"N
101°54'11.7"E
,
392 m
a.s.l.
,
26.X.2013
, leg.
B. Suksai
,
1 male
(
KKU
)
;
same locality except for,
Bon
weir, U-dom
Sap Subdistrict
,
Wang Nam Khiao District
,
14°29'49.2"N
101°54'55.5"E
,
472 m
a.s.l.
,
27.III.2018
, leg.
P. Chanteenok
,
5 males
,
6 females
(
THNHM
)
;
same locality except for,
29.III.2018
, leg.
P. Chanteenok
,
4 males
,
6 females
(
THNHM
)
;
same locality except for,
8.IV.2018
, leg.
B. Suksai
,
O. Pornsophon
,
T. Jantaranakee
&
S. Phengsalung
,
1 male
(
KKU
)
.
Phetchabun Province
:
Nam Churn Stream
,
Kok Mon Subdistrict
,
Nam Nao District
,
16°40'27.0"N
101°44'03.0"E
,
278 m
a.s.l.
,
21.III.2017
, leg.
B. Suksai
,
2 males
,
3 females
(
THNHM
)
.
Trang Province
:
Sikao District
, ca.
8 km
N of Chao Mai Natl. Park
,
7°28'09.3"N
99°20'09.5"E
,
5 m
a.s.l.
,
9.I.2006
, leg.
A. Vitheepradit
&
T. Prommi
, mangrove, L-906,
1 female
(
UMC
)
.
Diagnosis.
Male (
Fig. 1G
): Size: 6.0–
6.7 mm
. Body form narrowly oval; apex of flagellomere VI darkly colored; elytral apices truncate and straight without parasutural spines, with epipleural spines and serrations (
Figs. 1G
,
6A
); lateral marginal of pronotum and elytron black; protrochanter apically with single series of few setae on ventral surface (
Fig. 4D
); profemur without sub-apicoventral tooth; protibia wedge-shaped; venter, brown to black; epipleura brown; aedeagus (
Figs. 6B–C
) with median lobe slightly longer than parameres, parallel-sided after basal fourth, strongly acuminate in apical 1/6, apex with tip rounded, straight in lateral view.
Female: Similar to male except for size:
6.4–6.9 mm
; gonocoxae elongate, lateral margin rounded, apex obliquely truncate with apicolateral corner produced (
Fig. 6D
).
FIGURE 6.
Elytral apex, aedeagus and gonocoxae: (A–D)
D. unidentatus
: (A) male elytral apex, scale bar = 2 mm; (B–C) aedeagus, scale bar = 0.5 mm: (B) dorsal view; (C) lateral view; (D) gonocoxae, ventral view, scale bar = 0.5 mm; (E–G)
P. marginatus
: (E–F) aedeagus, scale bars = 1 mm: (E) dorsal view; (F) lateral view; (G) gonocoxae, ventral view, scale bars = 1 mm.
Differential diagnosis.
Dineutus unidentatus
is closest to
D. australis
,
which also occurs in
Thailand
. See the differential diagnosis under
D. australis
to distinguish between the two species.
Distribution.
Widely distributed in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia from western
India
and
Sri Lanka
through Assam,
Bangladesh
,
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Cambodia
,
Laos
, to
Vietnam
and Hainan Island (
Ochs 1929
,
1930
;
Mouchamps 1949
;
Brinck 1981
;
Vazirani 1984
;
Mazzoldi 1995
) as far south as the Malay peninsula (
Balke
et al
. 2004
) and Perak Island (
Ochs 1929
). The species has not been recorded from
Singapore
(
Hendrich
et al
. 2004
) and historical records from Java are considered erroneous (
Brinck 1981
).
Habitat.
In
Sri Lanka
, the species has been found in rivers, streams, ponds, water tanks, paddy fields, and a slightly brackish lagoon (
Brinck 1981
). On
Perak
Island,
Malaysia
, the species was taken near a waterfall in a stream (
Ochs 1929
). We found this species near the margins of a stagnant stream and in ponds where it formed rafts of many individuals (
Figs. 7C, F–G
).
Discussion.
We found
D. unidentatus
only in the northeastern and southern regions of
Thailand
(
Fig. 8A
). It was found at low to medium elevation (
5–472 m
a.s.l.) and co-occurred in ponds and streams with
D. spinosus
. It has not been found at high elevation. We suspect that it might be found in other localities in
Thailand
with the same habitat and elevation.