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Issue: Vol. 5481 No. 1: 15 Jul. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-07-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.1.7
Page range: 119-130
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A review of the Oriental Copelatus latipes complex, with the description of two new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae)

Department of Entomology; National Museum; Cirkusová 1740; CZ-193 00 Praha 9 – Horní Počernice; Czech Republic
Department of Zoology; Prof. Ramkrishna More Arts; Commerce & Science College; Akurdi; Pune – 411044; Maharashtra; India
Coleoptera Dytiscidae Copelatinae Oriental region Laos Nepal taxonomy new species new records

Abstract

The Copelatus latipes species complex is introduced for Oriental species of Copelatus Erichson, 1832 belonging to the C. irinus group and characterised by the presence of processes on the ventral side of the median lobe of the aedeagus, forming a “beak-shaped” structure. The complex comprises six species, including two newly described taxa: Copelatus bezdeki Sheth, Ghate & Hájek, 2018 (India), C. brivioi Rocchi, 1976 (Bangladesh, India, Nepal), C. kopetzi sp. nov. (Nepal), C. lanxangensis sp. nov. (Laos), C. latipes Sharp, 1882 (Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia) and C. schereri Wewalka, 1981 (India, Sri Lanka). All species are diagnosed, and their habitus and male genitalia are illustrated.

 

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