Hydaticus (Prodaticus) bipunctatus bipunctatus WEHNCKE, 1876
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Hydaticus (Prodaticus) bipunctatus bipunctatus WEHNCKE, 1876 |
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Hydaticus (Prodaticus) bipunctatus bipunctatus WEHNCKE, 1876 View in CoL
1876. Hydaticus bipunctatus Wehncke Stett.Ent. Zeit. , 47: 196 (T.L.- Philippines).
Material examined: 2 specimens (1 male and 1 female) collected from Wah (‘ Wah ’ is local term for ‘river’) Kongong, Kongong village , East Jaiñtia Hills District , Meghalaya (Lat. 25 o 25’04.8’’, Long. 092 o 17’06.5’’, 1304 meters ASL) and Collected by Mrs Jennifer Lyngdoh on
24.01.2006.
Diagnosis: Length: male: 15 mm, female: 12 mm; Form oval and moderately convex; Head black; Pronotum black with sides blending into yellow along the anterior margin behind eyes; Elytra black in colour with two humeral and submarginal bright/golden-yellow longitudinal lateral stripes not joined posteriorly on both side, humeral stripe running from the base to the apex slightly curved inwards and ending in the form of crochet whereas submarginal stripe comparatively broader than humeral stripe ending before the middle of the elytra; three basal segment of protarsi largely dilated and provided with ‘sucker pallettes’, mesotarsi with two rows of ‘sessile pallettes’ on the basal three segments in male.
Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Sikkim, Manipur and Meghalaya. Elsewhere: Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam.
Remarks: First report from Meghalaya.
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