A review of the genus Laemoglyptus from the Himalayas (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)
Švihla Vladimír, Kopetz Andreas
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(2): 443-466, 2012
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Abstract: Twenty three species and one subspecies of the genus Laemoglyptus Fairmaire,
1886, occurring in the Himalayas are reviewed. Three species groups with several
subgroups are defined. New species and subspecies are described and illustrated:
Laemoglyptus ater godawariensis subsp. nov. (Nepal), L. bhutanensis sp. nov.
(Bhutan), L. bilyi sp. nov. (Nepal), L. cechovskyi sp. nov. (Nepal), L.
chimakothiensis sp. nov. (Bhutan), L. himalayanus himalayanus sp. nov. (Nepal,
India: Uttarakhand), L. himalayanus sikkimensis subsp. nov. (India: Sikkim,
Dārjiling Distr.), L. hispidus sp. nov. (Nepal), L. vicinoides sp. nov.
(Bhutan) and L. walteri sp. nov. (Bhutan). New synonymies are proposed: L.
bomfordii (Fairmaire, 1897) = Silis pectinicornis Champion, 1924, syn. nov., and
L. vicinus Pic, 1921 = L. martensi Kazantsev, 2009, syn. nov. New distribution
data for most of the known species is provided.
Key words: Coleoptera, Cantharidae, Laemoglyptus, taxonomy, new species, new subspecies, new synonyms, new records, distribution, Palaearctic Region