A taxonomic review of the Oriental Laccophilus javanicus species group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Author
Hájek, Jiří
Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha 9 – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic
jiri_hajek@nm.cz
Author
Brancucci, Michel
Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2015
2015-08-06
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309
326
journal article
55750
10.5281/zenodo.5385198
c7f95b94-53f8-420d-97c5-4e27d7c211bf
2345-7600
5385198
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Laccophilus tobaensis
Brancucci, 1983
(
Figs. 15
,
33
)
Laccophilus tobaensis
Brancucci, 1983: 255
(original description).
Type
locality.
Indonesia
,
Nord
Sumatra
,
Samosir
,
Toba-See
.
Material examined.
1 specimen
.
INDONESIA
:
Sumatra
:
1 male
,
NW Sipirok
,
Hutaimbaru
,
4 February 1991
, coll.
M.A. Jäch
(
NHMW
)
.
Diagnosis.
Medium sized, broadly oval species (body length
4.4–4.5 mm
). Elytra with subbasal testaceous band divided longitudinally into separate spots (
Fig. 15
). Apical part of median lobe rather short, almost subparallel; in lateral view with dorsal side only very slightly curved (
Fig. 33
).
Distribution.
The species was described and is so far known only from northern
Sumatra
(
Brancucci, 1983
) (
Fig. 41
).