Aegus babai Nagai, 1994

Pathomwattananurak, Wuttipon & Jiaranaisakul, Kawin, 2024, A new species of Aegus Macleay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae: Aegini) from Thailand with checklist of the genus species from the country, Zootaxa 5453 (3), pp. 341-358 : 350

Aegus babai Nagai, 1994

( Figs.40–41 )

Aegus babai Nagai in Mizunuma & Nagai, 1994: 42, 294, pl. 131, fig. 603 (1–6). Type locality: Myanmar, Tenasserim. Krajcik 2003: 10; Fujita 2010: 363.

Material examined ( 3♂♂, 2♀♀). Thailand: 2♂♂, 2♀♀ ( WPC), Kanchanaburi Prov., Thong Pha Phum Dist. , 27.V.2019, local collector leg .; 1♂ ( RBMF), Ratchaburi Prov., Suan Phueng Dist. , 980 m a.s.l., 15.V.2021, K. Wongdee leg.

Distribution. Myanmar ( Mizunuma & Nagai 1994) and Thailand ( Kanchanaburi and Ratchaburi Provinces) ( new record).

Figures

FIGURES 40–44. Aegus species, new country records from Thailand. 40, Aegus babai Nagai, 1994, male, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand; 41, Aegus babai Nagai, 1994, female, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand; 42, Aegus insignis Nagel, 1941, male, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand; 43, Aegus insignis Nagel, 1941, female, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Thailand; 44, Aegus laticollis Arrow, 1943, female, Yala Province, Thailand.