Copelatus mysorensis Vazirani 1970
Creators: name: Sheth, Sayali D.
name: Ghate, Hemant V.
name: Hájek, Jiří
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Copelatus
Copelatus mysorensis

description: Copelatus mysorensis Vazirani, 1970
(Figs 15–16, 33–34)
Copelatus mysorensis Vazirani, 1970: 319.
Type locality. " India: Mysore [Karnataka]: Shimoga ".
Type material. Copelatus mysorensis: Holotype ♂, deposited in Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France (not studied).
Additional material examined. India: Maharashtra: 1♀, 120 km NE of Mumbai, Igatpuri env., 19°42.3′N, 73°33.1′E, 600 m, 1.–12.viii.2002, M. Fikáček & P. Šípek lgt. (NMPC); 1♂, 70 km SSW Pune, Mahabaleshwar, 1400 m, 30.ix.–2.x.2005, J. Bezděk lgt. (NMPC); 1♂, 1♀, same data, but F. & L. Kantner lgt. (SMNS); 1♂, 70 km S of Pune, Wai env., 2.–7.x.2005, J. Bezděk lgt. (NMPC); 1♀, 40 km W of Pune, Mulshi env., 7.–11. x.2 0 0 5, J. Bezděk lgt. (NMPC); 2 ♂, 1♀, 15 km E of Mahabaleshwar, E of Panchgani, table land, 17°55′N, 73°49′E, 1280 m, 3.–6.vi.2006, V. Ryjáček lgt. (NMPC); 4♂, 3♀, Satara distr., Panchagani [Table land], 17°55.8′N, 73°48.4′E, 1320 m, 30.viii.2013, S.D. Sheth lgt. (HVGC); 1♂, 1♀, Satara distr., Medha-Panchagani road, 17°52.1′N, 73°50.5′E 777 m, 30.viii.2013, S.D. Sheth lgt. (HVGC); 2♀, Satara distr., Kaas area, 17°43.6′N, 73°49.5′E, 1237 m, 16.vii.2014, S.D. Sheth lgt. (HVGC); 1♀, Pune distr., Shirota, 18°49.1′N, 73°25.5′E, 645 m, 6.ix.2013, N. Modak & S. Padhye lgt. (HVGC); 1♀, Pune distr., Panshet, 18°22.9′N, 73°37.3′E, 588 m, 7.vi.2014, S.D. Sheth lgt. (HVGC).
Diagnosis. Medium sized (TL: 4.9–5.6 mm), oblong oval species. Elytra brownish-black with yellowish base laterally from stria 2, longitudinal band between striae 3–4, sides laterally from stria 5, and yellowish apical fifth of elytra (Fig. 15). Elytral striae well impressed: stria 1 starting subbasally; striae 2, 3 and 5 shorter than striae 1 and 4—not reaching apex of elytra; stria 6 shortest, ending approximately in apical fifth of elytral length. Female with short strioles in middle third of elytra between striae 4–6 (Fig. 16). Median lobe sickle-shaped in lateral view; broad in basal two thirds, almost straight and narrowing to pointed apex in apical fourth (Fig. 33). Parameres moderately broad, 'C'-shaped; apex short and broad; apical lobes long, club-shaped (Fig. 34).
Collecting circumstances. The species was found in temporary pools on high level lateritic plateaus (Fig. 35– 37), as well as in a remnant pool of a rivulet with algal vegetation.
Distribution. A species distributed in south-western India. Ghosh & Nilsson (2012) listed the species from Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. We add records from Maharashtra (Nashik, Pune and Satara districts) in the altitudinal range 70–1,320 m a.s.l.
description: Published as part of Sheth, Sayali D., Ghate, Hemant V. & Hájek, Jiří, 2018, Copelatus Erichson, 1832 from Maharashtra, India, with description of three new species and notes on other taxa of the genus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae), pp. 235-260 in Zootaxa 4459 (2) on pages 250-251, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4459.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/1458548