A review of Copelatus Erichson, 1832 of Mainland China, with description of ten new species from the japonicus complex (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae)
Author
Jiang, Zhuo-Yin
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State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Institute of Entomology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. zhuoyin _ jiang @ 126. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 6825 - 4283
Author
Zhao, Shuang
Guangzhou Customs Technology Center, Nansha District, Guangzhou, China.
Author
Yang, Zhen-Yu
Brilliant Landscaping and Gardening Company Limited, Macau.
Author
Jia, Feng-Long
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State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Institute of Entomology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. fenglongjia @ aliyun. com; lssjfl @ mail. sysu. edu. cn; http: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2391 - 5038
fenglongjia@aliyun.com
Author
Hájek, Jiří
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Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha 9 - Horní Počernice, Czech Republic. jiri. hajek @ nm. cz; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5779 - 1542
jiri.hajek@nm.cz
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Zootaxa
2022
2022-04-04
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Copelatus tenebrosus
Régimbart, 1880
(
Figs 22
,
61–62
)
Copelatus tenebrosus
Régimbart, 1880: 210
. For full list of synonyms, see
Nilsson & Hájek (2022a: 61)
;
Zimmermann 1927: 32
(Yunnan);
Feng 1933: 326
(Fujian: Amoy);
Jäch & Easton 1998: 44
(
Macao
: Friendship Monument).
Type
locality.
“Solok, district of Rawas and Soeroelangoen” [
Indonesia
,
Sumatra
Island
]
.
Type material.
Syntypes
deposited in Naturalis Biodiversity Center [former
Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie
], Leiden,
Netherlands
(not studied)
.
Material examined.
CHINA
:
Guangdong
:
3 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
Zhuhai
,
Hengqin Island
,
10.vii.2006
,
F. Jia
leg. (
SYSU
)
;
3 ♂
,
Zhuhai
,
Qi’ao Island
,
13.-15.vii.2005
,
Y. Jia
leg. (
SYSU
)
.
Macao
:
1 ♂
,
Cotai Ecological Zone
,
4.-5.iv.2013
,
F. Jia
&
W. Xie
leg. (
SYSU
)
;
4 ♂
,
3 ♀
,
Cotai Ecological Zone
,
10.x.2020
,
F. Jia
&
W. Xie
leg. (
SYSU
)
.
Yunnan
:
7 ♂
,
8 ♀
,
Jinghong
,
xii.1984
(
SYSU
)
;
4 ♂
,
7 ♀
,
Xishuangbanna Agricultural Science Institute
,
xii.1985
(
SYSU
)
;
1 ♂
,
2 ♀
,
Xishuangbanna
,
xii.1985
(
SYSU
)
;
2 ♂
,
3 ♀
,
Xishuangbanna
,
Jinghong
, eastern city,
500m
,
12.xi.1999
,
M. Jäch
et al
. leg. (
NHMW
,
NMPC
)
;
1 ♀
,
Mengla County
,
Shangyong Town
,
2.viii.2007
,
L. Shi
leg. (
SYSU
)
;
1 ♂
,
Mengla County
,
Shangyong Town
,
1.-3.viii.2007
,
J. Li
leg. (
SYSU
)
;
1 ♀
,
Mengla Nature Reserve
,
4.-5.viii.2007
,
J. Li
leg. (
SYSU
)
.
Diagnosis.
Smaller (TL: 4.0–
4.9 mm
), oblong-oval species. Head dark brown, clypeus and anterior part of frons usually paler, reddish; pronotum dark brown, laterally broadly reddish, anterior and posterior margin sometimes reddish translucent; elytra dark brown to black, with paler, reddish brown sides laterally from stria 6. Pronotum with short longitudinal strioles laterally. Each elytron with six complete discal striae and one submarginal stria: striae 1 and 5 beginning slightly posteriorly from base, stria 6 more distinctly so; even striae ending close to apex, odd striae usually shorter, ending more subapically; stria 6 shortest, ending at apical fourth; submarginal stria long, beginning at elytral mid-length and ending at apical fourth (
Fig. 22
). Median lobe of aedeagus in lateral view sickle-shaped, simple, regularly turned in apical half to obtusely pointed apex (
Fig. 61
). Parameres broad, ‘D’-shaped; apex short and broad; apical lobes long, club-shaped (
Fig. 62
). Female identical to male.
Collection details.
Copelatus tenebrosus
inhabits various kinds of stagnant water bodies, especially puddles and small pools with at least some vegetation; abundant in paddy fields; frequently attracted at light traps.
Distribution.
One of the most widespread
Copelatus
species
, occurring in the Oriental and Australian Regions, from the Indian subcontinent to
Australia
(
Sheth
et al.
2018
,
Hendrich
et al.
2019
). Its northernmost distribution is confined to southern
China
(
Fujian
,
Macao
,
Taiwan
, Yunnan) and Ryukyus (
Satô 1985
,
Nilsson 1995
);
first record from Guangdong
(
Fig. 83
).