TY  - GEN
A1  - Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki
T1  - Comparative morphology of the endophallic structures of the genus
Laius (Coleoptera, Melyridae), with the descriptions of three new species
T2  - European journal of taxonomy : 97
N2  - The endophallic structure of the genus Laius is studied and discussed based on the examination of 19 species from Asia to the Indian Ocean. The structure contains two primary sclerites (named gonoporal piece and ligula), a secondary sclerite on the basal part of the gonoporal piece (named additional sclerite) in some species, and a membranous basal area closely covered with many spines (named spinous area). Five species groups are recognized based on the morphology of the endophallic sclerites. The sympatric species have different body sizes and quite distinguishable endophallic sclerites (= different species group), while the allopatric species have overlapping body sizes and similar endophallic sclerites (= same species group). Three new species are described and six previously known species are redescribed with endophallic sclerites, and the descriptions of endophallic sclerites of the remaining ten species are added. The larva of Laius rodriguesensis sp. nov. is also described. The genus
Nossibeus Evers, 1994 is synonymised with Laius Guérin-Méneville, 1830.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 97 
KW  - Melyridae
KW  - taxonomy
KW  - distribution
KW  - endophallus
KW  - new species
Y1  - 2014
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/40619
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-406191
SN  - 2118-9773
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -