Platynectes babai Sato 1982

Platynectes babai Satô, 1982 (Figs 2A, 6A–B, 10A) Platynectes babai Satô, 1982: 3 (orig. descr.); Nilsson 1995: 56 (fauna), Nilsson 1998: 110 (descr.), Šťastný 2003: 245 (descr.), Liu 2020: 31 (descr.). Type locality. “ China, Taiwan, Naka-Onsen ”. Type material. Holotype ♂, deposited in EUMJ. Material studied. CHINA: Taiwan: 3 ♂, “ Taiwan: Kaohsiung Weijin Bridge 22-VIII-1995 leg. L.J.Wang / Platynectes babai Satô, 1982 det. L.J.Wang 1995” (JSCL). Notes. Habitus and male genitalia are given in Figs 2A and 6A–B. Collection details. The specimens were collected in stagnant (usually shallow) water pools in the forests at altitude from 750 to 2000 meters, sometimes were collected at light traps (Liu 2020). Distribution. Only known from Taiwan, China (Fig. 10A).Published as part of Jiang, Zhuo-Yin, Zhao, Shuang, Jia, Feng-Long & Šťastný, Jaroslav, 2023, Two new species of Platynectes Régimbart, 1879 from China with notes on other Chinese members of the genus, including a key to species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Agabinae), pp. 401-425 in Zootaxa 5227 (4) on page 406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/751887