A new species of Aegus Macleay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae: Aegini) from Thailand with checklist of the genus species from the country
Author
Pathomwattananurak, Wuttipon
1051 / 38 Wiang, Mueang Dist., Chiang Rai Province, 57000, Thailand
Author
Jiaranaisakul, Kawin
Rabbit in the Moon Foundation, 399, Village No. 3, Suan Phueng, Ratchaburi, 70180, Thailand
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-05-21
5453
3
341
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.3.8
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5453.3.2
1175-5326
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Aegus acuminatus
(
Fabricius, 1801
)
(
Figs. 12–14
,
17
,
21
,
27–28
,
33
)
Lucanus acuminatus
Fabricius, 1801: 251
.
Type
locality:
Sumatra
. Schönherr 1817: 325;
Hope 1837: 78
;
Hope & Westwood 1845: 6
.
Lucanus cornutus
Thunberg, 1806: 169
.
Type
locality:
Java, Sumatra
, Indie Orientali. Schönherr 1817: 325 (as synonym).
Aegus obscurus
Macleay, 1819: 113
.
Type
locality: not specified.
Burmeister 1847: 399
(as synonym).
Dorcus acuminatus
:
Dejean 1836: 194
;
Burmeister 1847: 399
.
Aegus acuminatus
:
Burmeister 1847: 399
;
Reiche 1853: 82
;
Lacordaire 1855: 30
;
Thomson 1862: 399
;
Parry 1864: 91
;
Parry 1870: 93
;
Gestro 1881: 331
;
Van Roon 1910: 40
;
Benesh 1960: 98
;
Bomans 1974: 178
;
Maes 1990: 17
;
Bomans 1991: 293
;
Mizunuma & Nagai 1994: 281
;
Krajcik 2003: 8
;
Fujita 2010: 319
.
Aegus ogivus
Deyrolle, 1865: 33
, pl. II, fig. 5.
Type
locality:
Malacca
, Peninsula.
Parry 1870: 54
;
Gestro 1881: 331
;
Van Roon 1910: 42
;
Bomans 1991: 300
(as synonym); Hutacharoen 2011: 247.
Aegus splendidus
Nagel, 1928: 288
.
Type
locality: Borneo.
Bomans & Benoit 2007: 7
(as synonym).
Aegus machimus
Didier & Séguy, 1953: 104
.
Type
locality: Medan,
Sumatra
.
Bomans 1991: 300
(as synonym).
Aegus bawangensis
Nagai, 1994: 32
, pl. 118, fig. 501.
Type
locality: Mt. Bawang, SW
Kalimantan
.
Bomans & Benoit 2007: 7
(as synonym);
Fujita 2010: 321
.
Aegus acuminatus simeuluensis
Nagai, 1994: 32
, pl. 118, fig. 502 (37–39).
Type
locality: Simeulue Is.,
Indonesia
.
Bomans & Benoit 2007: 27
(as synonym);
Fujita 2010: 320
.
Aegus acuminatus niasicus
Nagai, 1994: 32
, pl. 118, fig. 502 (40–41).
Type
locality: Nias Is.,
Indonesia
.
Bomans & Benoit 2007: 27
(as synonym);
Fujita 2010: 320
.
Aegus acuminatus natuensis
Nagai, 1994: 33
, pl. 118, fig. 502 (42–44).
Type
locality: Natuna Is.,
Indonesia
.
Bomans & Benoit 2007:27
(as synonym);
Fujita 2010: 320
.
Aegus suzumurai
Nagai, 1994: 32
, pl. 118, fig. 500 (1–2).
Type
locality: Natuna Is.,
Indonesia
.
Bomans & Benoit 2007:61
(as synonym);
Fujita 2010: 330
.
Material examined
(
10♂♂
,
6♀♀
).
Thailand
:
1♂
(
WPC
),
Surat Thani Prov.
,
Khao Sok
,
10.I.2020
,
W. Pathomwattananurak
leg.
;
5♂♂
,
3♀♀
(
WPC
),
Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov.
,
Thung Song Dist.
,
Nam Tok
,
15.XII.2021
,
Aussawa Samudjit
leg.
;
1♂
(
WPC
),
Trang Prov.
,
Huai Yod Dist.
,
2.XII.2018
,
Aussawa Samudjit
leg.
;
2♂♂
,
1♀
(
WPC
),
Trang Prov.
,
Huai Yod Dist.
,
16.V.2018
,
Aussawa Samudjit
leg.
;
2♀♀
(
WPC
),
Trang Prov.
,
Huai Yod Dist.
,
I.2021
,
Aussawa Samudjit
leg.
;
1♂
(
RBMF
),
Prachuap Khiri Khan Prov.
,
Pran Buri Dist.
,
Khaojao Subdist.
,
27.I.2021
,
K. Jiaranaisakul
leg.
Distribution.
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
and
Thailand
(
Satun
,
Trang
,
Nakhon Si Thammarat
,
Phuket
,
Surat Thani
and
Prachuap Khiri Khan
Provinces) (
Mizunuma & Nagai 1994
;
Krajcik 2003
;
Fujita 2010
; Hutacharoen 2011).
Remarks.
The species was already recorded from
Thailand
under the name
Aegus ogivus
Deyrolle, 1865
by
Hutacharern (2011)
. We reconfirm its distribution in
Thailand
and give the northernmost distribution record of this species (
Fig. 51
).