Sulabanus gen. nov., a new genus of Lycidae (Coleoptera) from Sulawesi
Author
Dvorak, Milan
Author
Bocak, Ladislav
text
Zootaxa
2007
1611
1
24
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.178938
9744cdfc-43f5-49a0-be0b-7ad685892714
1175-5326
178938
Sulabanus katarinae
sp. nov.
(Figs 53–54)
Type
material.
Holotype
. Male. S. Sulawesi,
25 km
SSE, Malino, Gn. Lompobatang 119.53.31E,
5.17.50
S,
26-28 July 1999
,
1800 m
. Bolm lgt. 4
paratypes
.
1 male
,
1 female
, same locality data as the
holotype
.
2 males
, S. Sulawesi,
25 km
SSE, Malino, Gn. Lompobatang 119.53.31E,
5.17.50
S,
13-14 July 2001
, Bolm lgt. (
LMBC
).
Differential diagnosis.
Sulabanus
katarinae
is placed in the
S. pendolensis
group on the basis of the shape of the phallus and this species is characterized by the combination of the following characters: completely dark brown body, small eyes (interocular distance 1.47 times maximum eye diameter in lateral view) and the almost parallel–sided phallus with the narrow apical part (Figs. 53–54).
Description.
Body dark brown to black. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Eyes distance frontal 1.47 times than eye diameter. Pronotum flat, 1.06 times wider that long. Elytra parallel–sided, 4.03 times longer than width at humeri. Phallus parallel–sided, slightly curved. Internal sac long and strait, well sclerotized (Figs. 53–54).
Measurements.
BL 7.0 mm, HW
1.41 mm
, PL
0.95 mm
, PW
1.01 mm
, Ediam
0.34 mm
, Edist
0.5 mm
, EL
5.65 mm
.
Distribution.
Sulawesi, known only from the
type
locality in the vicinity of Malino.
Etymology.
The species epithet is proposed in honor of Ms Katerina Cermakova,
Czech Republic
.