Lycocerus jendeki, Švihla, 2005

Švihla, Vladimír, 2005, New taxa of the subfamily Cantharinae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from south-eastern Asia with notes on other species II, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 45, pp. 71-110 : 94-95

Lycocerus jendeki sp. nov.

( Figs. 48-51 )

Type locality. Northern Laos, 20 km NW Louang Namtha, 21°09.2′N 101°18.7′E ( GPS), 800-1000 m a.s.l.

Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ Laos north, 20 km NW Louang Namtha, N 21°09.2′ E 101°18.7′, alt. 900 ± 100 m, 5.-11.v.1997, E. Jendek & O. Šauša leg.’ ( NMPC).

Description. Coloration. Head sooty, mouthparts rusty, antennae sooty, bases of first antennomeres rusty. Prothorax orange, meso- and metasternum, ventral part of abdomen, scutellum, elytra and legs sooty to black.

Male. Eyes of moderate size, protruding, head across eyes moderately narrower than pronotum, temples almost straight and convergent posteriorly. Antennae presumably reaching elytral midlength, antennomeres 9-11 missing in holotype, antennomeres 3-8 flattened, long triangular ( Fig. 51 ), antennomeres 5-8 with small, hardly visible impression. Surface of head finely and densely punctate, brown pubescent, semilustrous. Pronotum ca 1.25 times as wide as long, its anterior margin nearly straight, anterior corners strongly rounded, lateral margins strongly diverging posteriorly, slightly sinuate, posterior corners strongly protruding laterad, nearly sharp, posterior margin slightly bisinuate. Surface of pronotum very finely punctate to imbricate-punctate, covered by long yellowish-white pubescence, semilustrous, pubescence on lateral margins directed laterad. Elytra parallel-sided, elytral nervation moderately indicated, surface of elytra finely rugulose-lacunose, black pubescent, matt, nearly velvety, base semilustrous. Aedeagus as in Figs. 48-50 . Female unknown.

Length J: 8.9 mm.

Differential diagnosis. Habitus, coloration and the shape of the aedeagus of L. jendeki sp. nov. is similar to that of L. kejvali Švihla, 2004 , from which it differs in a wider pronotum, less triangular antennomeres ( Fig. 52 ), wider laterophyses in lateral view and less curved median apical tips of the divided portions of the dorsal part of the aedeagus.

Etymology. Dedicated to one of its collectors, Eduard Jendek (Bratislava, Slovakia).

Distribution. Northern Laos.

Figures

Figs. 48-52. 48-51 – Lycocerus jendeki sp. nov. 48 – aedeagus, ventral view; 49 – ditto, lateral view; 50 – dorsal part of aedeagus; 51 – antennomeres 6-7 of male. 52 –L. kejvali Švihla, 2004, antennomeres 6-7 of male. Scales a – Figs. 51-52; b – Figs. 48-50.

Figs. 1-5. 1-3 – Rhagonycha bimucronata sp. nov. 1 – aedeagus, ventral view; 2 – dorsal part of aedeagus; 3 – aedeagus, lateral view. 4 – Micropodabrus semifumatoides sp. nov., dorsal part of aedeagus. 5 – M. fissiformis sp. nov., dorsal part of aedeagus.