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Laccophilus tobaensis Brancucci 1983

  • 1. Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha 9 – Horní Počernice, Czech Republic
  • 2. Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland

Description

Laccophilus tobaensis Brancucci, 1983

(Figs. 15, 33)

Laccophilus tobaensis Brancucci, 1983: 255 (original description).

Type locality. Indonesia, Nord Sumatra, Samosir, Toba-See.

Material examined. 1 specimen. INDONESIA: Sumatra: 1 male, NW Sipirok, Hutaimbaru, 4 February 1991, coll. M.A. Jäch (NHMW).

Diagnosis. Medium sized, broadly oval species (body length 4.4–4.5 mm). Elytra with subbasal testaceous band divided longitudinally into separate spots (Fig. 15). Apical part of median lobe rather short, almost subparallel; in lateral view with dorsal side only very slightly curved (Fig. 33).

Distribution. The species was described and is so far known only from northern Sumatra (Brancucci, 1983) (Fig. 41).

Notes

Published as part of Hájek, Jiří & Brancucci, Michel, 2015, A taxonomic review of the Oriental Laccophilus javanicus species group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), pp. 309-326 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63 on page 324, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5385198

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NHMW
Event date
1991-02-04
Verbatim event date
1991-02-04
Scientific name authorship
Brancucci
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dytiscidae
Genus
Laccophilus
Species
tobaensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Laccophilus tobaensis Brancucci, 1983 sec. Hájek & Brancucci, 2015

References

  • Brancucci M (1983) Revision des especes est-palearctiques, orientales et australiennes du genre Laccophilus (Col. Dytiscidae). Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey, 31 / 32: 241 - 426.