Coelostoma (Lachnocoelostoma) huangi Jia, Aston & Fikacek 2014
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Coelostoma (Lachnocoelostoma) huangi Jia, Aston & Fikáček, 2014
(Fig. 9)
Material examined. THAILAND: 14 spec. (ASHC, NMPC): Phang-nga province, Lamri district, 6 km NE Lam Khan (white banana waterfall), 8°37.324ʹN 88°18.362ʹE, 75 m a.s.l., 13.viii.2012, A. Skale lgt.; 13 spec. (AWWC, NME, NMPC): same data, but A. Weigel lgt.
Distribution. Described recently from Chinese provinces Guangxi and Jiangxi (Jia et al. 2014). First record for Thailand.
Remarks. The inspection of type specimens deposited in Orchymont collection in IRSNB and of the additional specimens of C. huangi listed above revealed that C. huangi is extremely similar to C. coomani diversum from Sumatra in morphology of genitalia (compare Fig. 9 for C. huangi with Fig. 10 for C. diversum) and in external characters. All examined specimens of C. huangi have wide apices of parameres, in contrast to the examined paratype of C. coomani diversum Orchymont, 1932; for that reason, we consider both species as separate ones at the moment. However, studies of additional specimens from Malay archipelago would be necessary to corroborate the status of both taxa. In addition, the genitalia of C. coomani diversum differ from those of C. coomani Orchymont, 1932 (see Fig. 24 in Jia et al. 2014) in many aspects including the shape and position of the gonopore, shape of the internal sclerite of the median lobe and shape of parameres, and clearly indicate a separate species status of this taxon. For this reason, and in agreement with species concept adopted here and by Jia et al. (2014), we are elevating the taxon to species rank, as C. diversum stat. nov.
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Biodiversity
- Collection code
- ASHC, NMPC, AWWC, NME , IRSNB
- Event date
- 2012-08-13
- Verbatim event date
- 2012-08-13
- Scientific name authorship
- Jia, Aston & Fikacek
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Hydrophilidae
- Genus
- Coelostoma
- Species
- huangi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- paratype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Coelostoma (Lachnocoelostoma) huangi Jia, 2014 sec. Jia, Lin, Chan, Skale & Fikáček, 2017
References
- Jia, F. - L., Aston P. & Fikacek, M. (2014) Review of the Chinese species of the genus Coelostoma Brulle, 1835 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae). Zootaxa, 3887 (3), 354 - 376. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3887.3.4