Philaccolilus

Species of Philaccolilus

Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Laccophilinae
Tribus: Laccophilini
Genus: Philaccolilus

Name

• Philaccolilus Guignot, 1937 Wikispecies link

Type species

• Neptosternus bicinctus Régimbart, 1892 by original designation

Species

Philaccolilus ameliae, Philaccolilus aterrimus, Philaccolilus bacchusi, Philaccolilus bellissimus, Philaccolilus bicinctus, Philaccolilus incognitus, Philaccolilus kokodanus, Philaccolilus mas, Philaccolilus mekus, Philaccolilus ramuensis, Philaccolilus speciosus

Distribution

New Guinea

Measurements of Philaccolilus spp.

Species	N	TL	TL-h	TW	TL/TW
P. ameliae	13	5.1-5.5 (5.24)	4.7-5.0 (4.88)	2.8-3.1 (2.96)	1.77
P. a. weyl.	17	5.4-5.8 (5.49)	5.0-5.4 (5.18)	3.0-3.2 (3.01)	1.82
P. aterrimus	20	5.3-5.6 (5.36)	5.0-5.4 (5.30)	3.0-3.2 (3.10)	1.73
P. bacchusi	1	5.3	5.0	3.0	1.77
P. bellissimus	12	4.5-5.0 (4.77)	4.2-4.8 (4.46)	2.6-2.9 (2.69)	1.77
P. bicinctus	5	4.4-4.7 (4.61)	4.2-4.4 (4.38)	2.6-2.7 (2.68)	1.72
P. incognitus	22	4.3-4.8 (4.67)	4.0-4.5 (4.39)	2.4-2.7 (2.58)	1.81
P. irianensis	14	4.5-5.1 (4.77)	4.2-4.7 (4.46)	2.6-2.7 (2.64)	1.81
P. kokodanus	2	4.5-4.6	4.3	2.5-2.6	1.78
P. mas, Km 30	12	4.3-4.6 (4.51)	4.0-4.4 (4.17)	2.4-2.8 (2.58)	1.75
P. mas, Km 117	12	4.4-4.9 (4.72)	4.1-4.6 (4.45)	2.5-2.8 (2.62)	1.80
P. mekus	11	5.9-6.4 (6.25)	5.5-6.1 (5.83)	3.4-3.7 (3.64)	1.72
P. ramuensis	20	4.4-4.7 (4.56)	4.0-4.4 (4.23)	2.4-2.6 (2.51)	1.82
P. speciosus	1	4.8	4.6	2.7	1.78

Key

Philaccolilus — M. Balke
Geographic Scope: global — Collaboration: open — (Status not specified) — Edited by: (not specified)

01		Elytron completely black.    aterrimus
–		Elytron black with yellow or red markings.    ► 02
02		Large species, body length 5.9 to 6.4 mm, posterior margin of head black.    mekus
–		Smaller, body length 4.3 to 5.8 mm; head dorsally entirely yellow to rufous.    ► 03
03		Elytron with nine yellow markings, including a medio-subsutural spot, some of the spots in a few cases confluent.    ► 11
–		Elytron with less than nine markings, medio-subsutural spot absent.    ► 04
04		Pronotum chiefly black with at most a faint medial rufous or piceous area.    ► 05
–		Pronotum medially with a broad yellow transverse band.    ► 10
05		Elytron with medio-submarginal spot.    ► 06
–		Elytron lacking medio-submarginal spot.    ► 07
06		Elytron with subbasal transverse band narrow, body elongate oval, body length / body width 1.78.    kokodanus
–		Elytron with subbasal transverse band broad, body broadly oval, body length / body width 1.72.    bicinctus
07		Elytron with medial-discal and postmedial-subsutural (if present) spots small.    bacchusi
–		Elytron with medial-discal and postmedial-subsutural spots large.    ► 08
08		Elytron with subbasal transverse band not reaching lateral margin or at most anterior angle of band contacting margin.    ameliae
–		Elytron with subbasal transverse band broadly reaching lateral margin.    ► 09
09		Pronotum black medially.    mas
–		Pronotum with narrow reddish to piceous transverse medial band.    ramuensis
10		Male median lobe rather narrow subapically in ventral view.    irianensis
–		Male median lobe broader subapically in ventral view.    incognitus
11		Male sternum 6 with posterior margin medially emarginate, PNG: S Coast of Papuan Peninsula    speciosus
–		Male sternum 6 with posterior margin medially with a conspicuous concavity, Indonesia: N Coast of Papua    bellissimus