A review of the genus Laemoglyptus from the Himalayas (Coleoptera: Cantharidae)

Pages	443-466
Citation	ŠVIHLA, Vladimír a KOPETZ, Andreas. A review of the genus Laemoglyptus from the Himalayas (Coleoptera: Cantharidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Prague: National Museum, 2012, 52(2), 443-466. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/aemnp/52-2/a-review-of-the-genus-laemoglyptus-from-the-himalayas-coleoptera-cantharidae

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae | 2012/52/2

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.