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Two diving beetles (family Dytiscidae), Lacconectus nigrita Brancucci, 2003 and Platambus princeps(Régimbart, 1888), are recorded from Thailand for the first time. Diagnoses, photographs of habitus and aedeagus are provided. Some variation of P. princeps are also briefly discussed.
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