Eumetopus weigeli Skale & Jäch, 2003

Fikáček, Martin, Matsumoto, Keita, Perkins, Philip, Prokin, Alexander, Sazhnev, Alexey, Litovkin, Stanislav & Jäch, Manfred A., 2021, The family Epimetopidae (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea): review of current knowledge, genus-level phylogeny, and taxonomic revision of Eupotemus, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 61 (1), pp. 1-34 : 27

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scientific name	Eumetopus weigeli Skale & Jäch, 2003
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Eumetopus weigeli Skale & Jäch, 2003 View in CoL

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Material examined. INDIA: UඍඍൺඋൺκΗൺඇൽ: 5 JJ 2♀♀ (1 ♀ with egg case), 1 spec. ( BMNH): ‘India: U.P., Dehra Dun, Phandowala. Suawa R. 1.iv.1928. H.G.Champion. // Brit.Mus. 1928-518ʼ.

Comments. These specimens agree with the holotype of E. weigeli examined by us in all details of external morphology and male genitalia. The species was previously known only from Nepal, we record it as new for India.

References

SKALE A. & JACH M A. 2003: A new species of Eumetopus Balfour- Browne, 1949 from Nepal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Epimetopidae). Pp. 195 - 196. In: HARTMANN M. & BAUMBACH H. (eds.): Biodiversitat und Naturausstattung im Himalaya. Verein der Freunde & Forderer des Naturkundemuseums Erfurt, Erfurt, 408 pp.

Figures

Fig. 14. Habitus photographs of the known species of Eumetopus Balfour-Browne, 1949. A – E. acutimontis Ji & Jäch, 1998, paratype from China: Hainan (NHMW); B – E. asperatus (Champion, 1919), specimen from Nepal: Koshi Valley (NMPC); C – E. bullatus (Sharp, 1875), specimen from India: Maharashtra, Sawantwadi (NMPC); D – E. flavidulus (Sharp, 1890), specimen from India: Meghalaya, Bagmara (NHMW); E – E. maindroni (Régimbart, 1903), specimen from India: Maharashtra, Sawantwadi (NHMW); F – E. schuelkei Jäch, 2002, paratype from central Laos; G – E. tibialis Ji & Jäch, 1998 from Thailand, Ban Na env. (NMPC); H – E. weigeli Skale & Jäch, 2003, holotype from Nepal (NHMW). Scale bars: 1 mm.

Fig. 15. Elytral sculpture and male genitalia of Eumetopus Balfour-Browne, 1949. A–H – elytral sculpture, same specimens as in Fig. 14: A – E. acutimontis Ji & Jäch, 1998; B – E. asperatus (Champion, 1919); C – E. bullatus (Sharp, 1875); D – E. flavidulus (Sharp, 1890); E – E. maindroni (Régimbart, 1903); F – E. schuelkei Jäch, 2002; G – E. tibialis Ji & Jäch, 1998; H – E. weigeli Skale & Jäch, 2003. I–L – male genitalia of examined specimens, large basal portion of the phallobase omitted (dorsal and lateral view): I – E. acutimontis from Vietnam; J – E. flavidulus from India: Andhra Pradesh; K – E. maindroni from India: Gujarat; L – E. weigeli from India: Uttarakhand.