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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155977
Dilophotes laosensis
sp. n.
Type
material
.
Holotype
, male, "
Laos
, Saisombun zone, Phou Khao Khouay N. P., Tad Leuk,
18.23°N
,
103.04°E
,
150 m
,
20. 5. 2001
, E. Jendek & O. Šauša leg." (
LMBC
).
Diagnosis
.
Dilophotes laosensis
sp. n.
is externally very similar to
D. holzschuhi
sp. n.
and other dark red coloured species with small bodies. It differs by the relatively small lower plate of internal sac and the widely curved dorsal margin of upper plate (
Fig. 14
).
FIGURES 1423
: 1423: Male and female genitalia: 14:
Dilophotes laosensis
sp. n.
; 15:
D. sausai
sp. n.
; 16:
D. bolavensis
sp. n.
; 17:
D. jendeki
sp. n.
; 18:
D. moxiensis
sp. n.
, ar apical ring; 19:
D. moxiensis
sp. n.
; 20:
D. pacholatkoi
sp. n.
; 21:
D. pacholatkoi
sp. n.
; 22:
D. anthracinus
sp. n.
; 23:
D. lizipingensis
sp. n.
Description of
holotype
. Body medium sized, slender, black, pronotum dark brown with light brown lateral margins, covered with light brown pubescence, elytra brightly red, with light red pubescence. Head with short rostrum. Eyes small, interocular distance 1.41 times maximum eye diameter. Antennae slightly serrate. Maxillary palpi slender. Pronotum 1.25 times wider than long. Frontal margin considerably projected, very slightly emarginate in middle, lateral margins almost parallelsided anteriorly, distinctly divergent in posterior half, posterior angles slightly projected, posterior margin weakly convex medially. Pronotal disc with sharp longitudinal costa attached to middle of anterior margin. Scutellum simply rounded posteriorly. Elytra very slender, flat, each elytron with three longitudinal costae. Costa 1 inconspicuous in apical part. Male genitalia slender, internal sac sclerotized, complex, lower plate relatively small (
Fig. 14
).
Measurements
. BL 6.0 mm, WH
1.45 mm
, PL
0.88 mm
, PW
1.1 mm
, Ediam
0.34 mm
, Edist
0.48 mm
.
Distribution
.
Dilophotes laosensis
sp. n.
is known only from a lower mountain locality in the vicinity of Vientiane.
Etymology
. The specific epithet refers to the country, where the species was collected.