Lamellipalpodes godawarensis Bocakova

Bocakova, Milada, Bocak, Ladislav, Gimmel, Matthew L. & Friedlova, Tereza, 2015, A review of the genus Lamellipalpodes Maulik (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), Zootaxa 3925 (3), pp. 409-421 : 418

Lamellipalpodes godawarensis Bocakova sp. nov.

( Figs. 6 , 15 , 24 , 35–36 , 53–54 )

Type material. Holotype, male, “ NEPAL C: Godawari, Ivo Jeniš, 11.–12. vi. 1992 ” ( NHMB).

Diagnosis. Closely related to L. montanus from which it differs in having basal 1/10 of elytra yellow or light brown, and in male genitalia with phallus considerably longer than parameres, lateral margins of longitudinal plate of phallus circular, and basal angular projections of phallus long. Related also to L. nepalensis , but easily distinguishable by most bodyparts (except elytra) yellow.

Description. Ventral bodyparts, head, pronotum, scutellum, basal 1/10 of elytra and legs yellow to light brown, maxillary and labial palpi, antennae, tarsi and elytra dark brown to black. Upper bodyparts densely pubescent. Head small, distance between eyes 1.7x longer than eye diameter. Antennae filiform, reaching to basal fifth of elytra, antennomeres 3–10 decreasing in length towards apex, antennomere 11 distally pointed, 1.7x longer than 10. Terminal maxillary palpomere 14x longer than penultimate palpomeres. Pronotum 1.7x wider than long, basal pronotal margin 1.5x longer than anterior margin. Elytra slender, widest medially, each elytron 4x longer than humeral width ( Fig. 6 ). Elytral surface densely punctured, with 3 irregular longitudinal costae. Penultimate tergum provided with long projections reaching apex of terminal tergum ( Fig. 36 ). Male genitalia short, phallus 1.2x longer than parameres, distal portion of parameres slightly concave ( Fig. 53–54 ), rather bicornuate, each paramera with apical internal thorn. Longitudinal plate of phallus oblique, with lateral margins circular. Basal angular projections of phallus stout, long. Phallobase U-shaped, slightly trapezoidal. Body length: 5 mm, humeral width: 2.0 mm.

Distribution. Nepal.

Etymology. The specific name is latinized from the locality, Godawari in Nepal, where the species was collected.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. Habitus photographs of Lamellipalpodes species: 1, L. annandalei; 2, L. bajhangensis Bocakova sp. nov.; 3, L. holzschuhi Bocakova sp. nov.; 4, L. nepalensis; 5, L. montanus; 6, L. godawarensis Bocakova sp. nov.; 7, L. lineatus; 8, L. tsurui; 9, L. yunnanensis Bocakova sp. nov. Scale bars = 1.0 mm.

FIGURES 10 – 18. Basal antennomeres of Lamellipalpodes species: 10, Lamellipalpodes annandalei; 11, L. bajhangensis Bocakova sp. nov.; 12, L. holzschuhi Bocakova sp. nov.; 13, L. nepalensis; 14, L. montanus; 15, L. godawarensis Bocakova sp. nov.; 16, L. lineatus; 17, L. tsurui; 18, L. yunnanensis Bocakova sp. nov.. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 19 – 26. Pronota of Lamellipalpodes species: 19, Lamellipalpodes annandalei; 20, L. bajhangensis Bocakova sp. nov.; 21, L. holzschuhi Bocakova sp. nov.; 22, L. nepalensis; 23, L. montanus; 24, L. godawarensis Bocakova sp. nov.; 25, L. lineatus; 26, L. tsurui.

FIGURES 27 – 42. 27. Pronotum of Lamellipalpodes yunnanensis Bocakova sp. nov. Figs 28 – 42, Male terminal sterna and terga of Lamellipalpodes species: 28, L. annandalei; 29 – 30, L. bajhangensis Bocakova sp. nov.; 31 – 32, L. holzschuhi Bocakova sp. nov.; 33 – 34, L. montanus; 35 – 36, L. godawarensis Bocakova sp. nov.; 37 – 38, L. lineatus; 39 – 40, L. tsurui; 41 – 42, L. yunnanensis Bocakova sp. nov. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 43 – 60. Male genitalia of Lamellipalpodes species: 43 – 44, Lamellipalpodes annandalei; 45 – 46, L. bajhangensis Bocakova sp. nov.; 47 – 48, L. holzschuhi Bocakova sp. nov.; 49 – 50, L. nepalensis; 51 – 52, L. montanus; 53 – 54, L. godawarensis Bocakova sp. nov.; 55 – 56, L. lineatus; 57 – 58, L. tsurui; 59 – 60, L. yunnanensis Bocakova sp. nov. Scale bars = 0.5 mm.