Review of the genus Dilophotes Waterhouse (Coleoptera: Lycidae) of the Palaearctic Region and Indochina
Author
Bic, Vlastislav
text
Zootaxa
2002
59
1
26
journal article
51440
10.5281/zenodo.155977
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Dilophotes holzschuhi
sp. n.
Type
material
.
Holotype
, male, "WBhutan, Thimphu Distr., E of Dochula, Menshunang,
2400 m
,
7. 7. 1988
, C. Holzschuh leg." (
LMBC
).
Paratype
:
1 male
, "NE
India
, Menghalaya,
3 km
E of Tura,
5001150 m
,
23.30°N
,
90.14°E
,
1. 8. 5. 1999
, Dembický & Pacholátko leg." (
LMBC
).
Diagnosis
. The internal sac is similar to that of
D. qinlinganus
, but the upper plate is smaller and straight dorsally (
Fig. 13
). Externally,
D. holzschuhi
sp. n.
is reminiscent of the dark coloured species from southern
China
and
Laos
, which belong to different species groups.
Description of
holotype
. Body medium sized, slender, black, pronotum light reddish brown, elytra red, both covered with dense red pubescence. Head with short rostrum. Eyes small, interocular distance 1.45 times maximum eye diameter. Antennae very slightly serrate, subapical antennomeres almost parallelsided. Maxillary palpi slender. Pronotum 1.27 times wider than long. Frontal margin widely rounded, frontal angles inconspicuous, lateral margins almost straight, posterior margin weakly convex in middle. Disc with sharp longitudinal costa anteriorly. Scutellum black. Elytra slender, flat, each elytron with three longitudinal costae. Costa 1 inconspicuous in apical half. Male genitalia slender, long, both lower and upper plates of internal sac small, dorsal margin of upper plate straight basally (
Fig. 13
).
Measurements
. BL
1.54 mm
, WH
1.48 mm
, PL 0,99 mm, PW
1.26 mm
, Ediam
0.36 mm
, Edist
0.53 mm
.
Distribution
.
Dilophotes holzschuhi
sp. n.
occurs in mountainous areas in
Bhutan
and in south eastern
India
at
Bangladesh
border.
Etymology
. The specific epithet is a patronym in honour of Carolus Holzschuh (Vienna), a collector of the
holotype
.