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 63 309 326 journal article 55750 10.5281/zenodo.5385198 c7f95b94-53f8-420d-97c5-4e27d7c211bf 2345-7600 5385198 AC7F1491-CD89-4F10-9D61-55354B55E368 Laccophilus ceylonicus Zimmermann, 1919 ( Figs. 3 , 20 ) Laccophilus horni Régimbart, 1902: 468 (original description); preoccupied by Branden, 1885: 21 . Laccophilus ceylonicus Zimmermann, 1919: 123 (replacement name); Vazirani, 1972: 119 : ( lectotype designation); Brancucci, 1983: 253 (description, new records). Type locality. Nalanda [= Srí Lanka , Central Province , Nalanda]. Material examined. 28 specimens . INDIA : Maharashtra : 1 male 6 females , 100 km SW Poona , Mahabaleshwar , 1300 m , 16 September 1991 , coll. R. Schuh ( GWCV , NHMW ) ; 12 ex. , same locality, but 1400 m , 30 September–2 October 2005 , coll. J. Bezděk ( NMPC , PMCB ) ; 2 females , 120 km NE Mumbai , Igatpuri env., 19.42,17N 73.33,06E, 1–12 August 2002 , coll. P. Šípek & M. Fikáček ( NMPC ) . Orissa : 1 male , Daitari Distr. , Jajpur – Keonjahr [ Keonjhargarh ], trapped during monsoon 1967, coll. G. Topál ( NHMB ). SRI LANKA : 1 female , Nalanda , 1899, coll. W. Horn ( ZSMG ) ; 1 male , Puwakpitya , hiver [winter] 1906–1907, coll. E. Bugnion ( GWCV ) ; 1 female , Veli Oya Belihuoya [most probably Belihul Oya], 8 December 1970 , coll. Starmülluer ( GWCV ) ; 2 males 1 female , Dambulla env., 300 m , 19 April–9 May 1991 , coll. J. Kolibáč ( NMPC , NHMB ). Diagnosis. Medium sized, elongate oval species (body length 3.8–4.1 mm ). Elytra with subbasal testaceous band sinuous, narrow, well separated from elytral base ( Fig. 3 ). Apical part of median lobe in lateral view with distinct bulge on dorsal side; apex with pointed tip ( Fig. 20 ). Distribution. The species was described and known previously only from Sri Lanka ( Brancucci, 1983 ). The present records from Maharashtra and Orissa allowed us to expect that is widely distributed also in the Indian subcontinent ( Fig. 40 ).