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Coelostoma (Lachnocoelostoma) huangi Jia, Aston & Fikacek 2014

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Jia, Fenglong, Lin, Renchao, Chan, Eric, Skale, Andre & Fikáček, Martin, 2017, Two new species of Coelostoma Brullé, 1835 from China and additional faunistic records of the genus from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae: Coelostomatini), pp. 113-122 in Zootaxa 4232 (1) on page 120, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4232.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/292853

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Additional details

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