A review of the genus Lamellipalpodes Maulik (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
Author
Bocakova, Milada
Author
Bocak, Ladislav
Author
Gimmel, Matthew L.
Author
Friedlova, Tereza
text
Zootaxa
2015
3925
3
409
421
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3925.3.5
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Lamellipalpodes nepalensis
Wittmer, 1995
(
Figs. 4
,
13
,
22
,
49–50
)
Lamellipalpodes nepalensis
Wittmer, 1995
:109
.
Type
material.
Holotype
, male, „W
NEPAL
: Kali–Gandaki–Khola, Gasa–Kalopani, Mustang Distr.,
2000–2500 m
,
20. vi. 1986
, J. Probst leg.“ (
LMBC
).
Diagnosis.
Related to
L. montanus
Wittmer, 1995
from which it differs in body coloration with head, scutellum, and legs black, and male genitalia strongly sclerotized with parameres considerably longer than phallus.
Redescription.
Ventral body parts and pronotum yellow to orange, other bodyparts black, maxillary and labial palpi and legs rather lighter, more or less dark brown. Head small, distance between eyes 1.6x longer than eye diameter. Antennae filiform, reaching elytral humeri, antennomeres 3–10 decreasing in length towards apex, antennomere 11 oval. Terminal maxillary palpomere
13x
longer than penultimate palpomeres. Pronotum rather oblong, 1.6x wider than long, anterior angles rounded. Elytra slender, each elytron 4.3x longer than humeral width, lateral margins between basal and distal third parallel-sided (
Fig. 4
). Elytra densely punctured, with 2–3 slight longitudinal costae. Male genitalia robust, phallus as long as 3/4 of parameres, distal portion of parameres concave (
Fig. 49–50
), parameral apices bicornuate, internal thorns of parameral apices placed subapically, basal angular projections of phallus stout and short, phallobase trapezoidal. Body length:
5.75 mm
, humeral width:
2.1 mm
.
Distribution.
Nepal
.
Remark.
Terminal and penultimate abdominal segments of the
paratype
missing.