Comparative morphology of the endophallic structures of the genus Laius (Coleoptera, Melyridae), with the descriptions of three new species
Author
Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki
text
European Journal of Taxonomy
2014
2014-09-25
97
1
29
journal article
21939
10.5852/ejt.2014.97
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Laius satoi
Yoshitomi, 2008
Figs 4G
,
13C
Material examined
2 ♂♂
,
12 ♀♀
(
EUMJ
), “Nosa Dua, North Island
8°47’52.72’’S
105°14’9.31’’E
,
Bali
,
INDONESIA
7-8. VIII. 2010
H. Yoshitomi
leg.”;
1 ♀
(
EUMJ
), “Nosa Dua, South Island
8°48’6.81’’S
115°14’16.07’’E
,
Bali
,
INDONESIA
8. VIII. 2010
H. Yoshitomi
leg.”.
Other
material studied is already mentioned in
Yoshitomi
(2008)
.
Fig. 13.
Habitat and habits of
Laius
spp.
A
. Type locality (Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia) of
Laius baliensis
sp. nov.
and
L. satoi
Yoshitomi, 2008
, three
Laius
species living sympatrically.
B
.
L. baliensis
sp. nov.
, female.
C
.
L. satoi
, male.
D
.
L. asahinai
Nakane, 1955
(at Miyake-jima). Photographs by HY.
Description of endophallic sclerites
Gonoporal piece (
Fig. 4G
) straight, slender,
0.94 mm
in GL; GL/AL 1.25. Ligula (
Fig. 4G
) long, slightly curved apical portion; LL
0.49 mm
; LW
0.07 mm
; LL/LW 7.33; GL/LL 1.92.