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 lineatus
sp. nov.
(Figs. 37–38)
Type
material.
Holotype
. Male. S Sulawesi, Malino, Gn. Lompobatang,
1800 m
. 119.53.31E,
5.17.50
S,
13- 14 July 2001
, Bolm lgt. 2
paratypes
.
1 male
, same locality data as the
holotype
;
1 male
, S. Sulawesi
8km
W, Mamasa (Nepe), 119.20.32E, 2.56.13S,
29-31 Jun 2001
, Bolm lgt (
LMBC
).
Differential diagnosis.
Sulabanus lineatus
resembles other completely dark coloured species in the
S. pendolensis
group and from these can be distinguished by the shape of male genitalia (Figs. 37–38).
Sulabanus lineatus
shares a similar shape of the basal part of the phallus with
S. dumongabonensis
and
S. pendolensis
but it differs in the shape of the apex which is narrower and slightly constricted (Figs. 37–38). Additionally, these three species differ in colouration:
S. lineatus
is completely dark coloured,
S. pendolensis
has yellow patch on elytra and
S. dumongabonensis
has light colored humeri.
Description.
Body black. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Frontal interocular distance 1.37 times eye diameter. Pronotum flat, 1.06 times wider that long. Elytra parallel–sided, 3.70 times longer than width at humeri. Phallus short, robust, widened at middle, slightly constricted before apex (Figs. 37–38).
Measurements.
BL 7.0 mm, HW
1.55 mm
, PL
1.03 mm
, PW
1.09 mm
, Ediam
0.38 mm
, Edist
0.52 mm
, EL
5.75 mm
.
Distribution.
Sulawesi, known only from southern and southwestern Sulawesi.
Etymology.
The specific epithet is derived from the characteristically slender body form.