Taxonomic revision of New Guinea diving beetles of the Exocelinadanae group, with the description of ten new species (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae)
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Shaverdo, Helena
Author
Sagata, Katayo
Author
Balke, Michael
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.619.9951
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.619.9951
1313-2970-619-45
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Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae
7.
Exocelina danae (Balke, 1998)
Figs 19, 32
Copelatus (Papuadytes) danae
Balke, 1998: 328;
Nilsson 2001
: 76 (catalogue).
Papuadytes danae
(Balke, 1998):
Nilsson and Fery 2006
: 56 (comb. n.).
Exocelina danae
(Balke, 1998):
Nilsson 2007
: 33 (comb. n.).
Copelatus (Papuadytes) tarmluensis
Balke, 1998: 338;
Nilsson 2001
: 77 (catalogue); syn.n.
Papuadytes tarmluensis
(Balke, 1998):
Nilsson and Fery 2006
: 56 (comb. n.).
Exocelina tarmluensis
(Balke, 1998):
Nilsson 2007
: 34 (comb. n.).
Exocelina
undescribed sp. MB0673:
Toussaint et al. 2014
: supplementary figs 1-4, tab. 2.
Type locality.
Indonesia: Papua Province: Pegunungan Bintang Regency, Aipomek area, between Bime and Tanime,
04°27'S
;
140°06'E
, 1600 m a.s.l.
Type material studied.
Exocelina danae
: Holotype: male "IRIAN JAYA Aipomek area
140°06'E
04°27'S
", "21.8.1992, 1600m, Bime - Tanime leg. Balke (18)",
"HOLOTYPUS"
[red], "
Copelatus danae
Balke des. 1997" [red] (NHMW). Paratypes: 5 males, 3 females with the same label as the holotype and additionally with red labels "Paratypus
Copelatus danae
Balke des. 1997" (NHMW).
Exocelina tarmluensis
: Holotype: male "IRIAN JAYA: Borma, Tarmlu, 1500m, 6.9.1993", "ca.
140°25'E
04°24'S
leg. Balke (4-6)",
"HOLOTYPUS"
[red], "
Copelatus tarmluensis
Balke des. 1997" [red] (NHMW). Paratypes: 1 male with the same label as the holotype (NHMW). 1 male "IRIAN JAYA: Borma, Tarmlu, 1500m, 6.9.1993", "ca.
140°25'E
04°24'S
leg. Balke (5)" (NHMW). 2 males "IRIAN JAYA: Borma, Tarmlu, 1500m, 6.9.1993", "ca.
140°25'E
04°24'S
leg. Balke (4)" (NHMW). All paratypes are additionally with red labels "Paratypus
Copelatus tarmluensis
Balke des. 1997".
Additional material.
PNG: Sandaun: 1 male "Papua New Guinea: Sandaun, Sokamin4, 1200m, 19.x.2003,
4 50.845S
141 37.865E
, K. Sagata (WB 102)" (ZSM). 1 male "DNA M. Balke 673", "Papua New Guinea: Sandaun, Mianminold [sic!], 898m, 20.x.2003,
4 53.419S
141 37.028E
, K. Sagata (WB66)" (ZSM).
Diagnosis.
Beetle medium-sized (TL-H 3.4-4.1 mm); uniformly dark brown to piceous or with paler pronotal sides; shiny, with very fine punctation and microreticulation; pronotum with distinct lateral bead; male antennae simple (Fig. 19D); protarsomere 4 with very small, weakly curved anterolateral
"hook-like"
(not modified into a hook) seta, smaller than more laterally situated large seta; male protarsomere 5 ventrally with anterior band of more than 40 and posterior row of 7 relatively long, thin setae; median lobe evenly curved, with elongate and broadly pointed apex in lateral view, evenly tapering, with rounded apex in ventral view, on both lateral sides with fine setae situated linearly on anterior half of distal part of median lobe under fine carina; paramere with notch on dorsal side and very dense, strong setae on subdistal part and fine proximal setae (Figs 19
A-C
, E, F).
Figures 17-18. 17
Exocelina wareaga
sp. n. 18
Exocelina varirata
sp. n. A male protarsomeres 4-5 in ventral view B median lobe in ventral view C median lobe in lateral view D paramere in external view.
Figure 19.
Exocelina danae
(Balke, 1998)
A-C
median lobe in lateral view A paratype of
Exocelina danae
B paratype of
Exocelina tarmluensis
(Balke, 1998)
C-FPNG
, Sandaun, Sokamin4, WB102 D male protarsomeres 4-5 in ventral view E median lobe in ventral view F paramere in external view.
Our study of the types of
Exocelina tarmluensis
revealed no significant difference of this species from
Exocelina danae
in the external morphology and in the structure of its genitals. Only slight variability in the shape of the apex of the median lobe was noted (Figs 19
A-C
). Therefore,
Exocelina tarmluensis
is recognized as a synonym of
Exocelina danae
.
Distribution.
Indonesia: Papua Province: Pegunungan Bintang Regency; PNG: Sandaun Province (Fig. 40).