New taxa of the subfamily Cantharinae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from south-eastern Asia, with notes on other species III
Author
Švihla, Vladimír
text
Zootaxa
2011
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1
34
journal article
46811
10.5281/zenodo.277686
c7e66d5a-1a9f-4e1c-bbc2-5531943c5339
1175-5326
277686
Lycocerus svatopluki
Švihla, 2004
Fig. 44
.
Lycocerus svatopluki
Švihla, 2004
: 195
, male.
Material examined.
NE
Laos
: Houa Phan prov., Mt. Phou Pane,
1350–1500 m
a.s.l.,
1.–16.vi.2009
, M. Brancucci lgt.,
3 males
8 females
; Xieng Khouang prov.,
30 km
NE Phonsavan, Mt. Phou Sane,
1300–1500 m
a.s.l.,
10.– 30.v.2009
, M. Brancucci lgt.,
3 males
2 females
(
NHMB
,
NMPC
).
Female.
Described from the male. Antennae of female shorter than in male, reaching ca elytral midlength, colour of pronotum varying from almost entirely orange with only small, sooty lateral spot before posterior corners to orange with almost complete narrow sooty borders. Claws simple. Last sternite as in
Fig. 44
.
Colour of pronotum in male also varying, from entirely sooty or black to terracotta with sides and anterior half chestnut brown.
Distribution.
Described from northern
Thailand
,
new species for
Laos
.