Species delimitation of colour polymorphic Cladophorus (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from New Guinea
Author
Bocak, Ladislav
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-09-18
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505
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journal article
32076
10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.6
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Ca50E5A5-B417-4000-B67D-5F6028Da9154
Cladophorus haiaensis
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 9, 19, 23
,
39
,
59–60
)
Type
material
.
Holotype
, male.
Papua New Guinea
,
Crater Mt.
,
Haia
,
Supa
,
06°40´S
145°03´E
,
1070–1450 m
(A00124,
LMBC
).
Diagnosis.
C. haiaensis
has a smaller body compared with other
Cladophorus
and it is the only uniformly black coloured species. The species represents the deepest split in the genus (
Fig. 4
) and the different shape of the phallus supports its position (
Figs. 59–60
). Although having slightly different genitalia,
C. haiaensis
is robustly placed in
Cladophorus
(BS 88%) and the morphological divergence is limited to genitalia, which are under strong sexual selection.
Description.
Male. Body small, 10.0 mm long, uniformly dark brown to black (
Fig. 39
). Head small, with very small eyes, frontal interocular distance 2.37 times maximum diameter; antennae long, reaching beyond half of elytral length, flabellate, antennomere 3 with lamella attached to apical part of antennomere (
Fig. 9
), but its apical part missing in
holotype
, antennomeres 7–9 with very long lamellae (
Fig. 19
). Pronotum transverse, much wider basally, 1.57 times wider than long at midline, lateral margins slightly elevated, frontal margin slightly rounded, frontal angles obtuse but conspicuous, lateral margins straight, posterior angles sharply prominent, postero-lateral carinae weak in middle of disc and antero-lateral carinae weak towards frontal margin, median anterior carina welldeveloped (
Fig. 23
). Elytra flat, only slightly widened posteriorly, transverse costae weak, irregular, partly covered by pubescence, elytral areoles variable in shape (
Fig. 39
). Phallus very slender, widest basally, narrowed gradually to apex (
Figs. 59–60
).
Measurements.
BL 10.0 mm, PL
1.12 mm
, PW
1.67 mm
, WH
1.06 mm
, Edist
0.83 mm
, Ediam
0.35 mm
, LE
8.5 mm
, antennomere 3: measurements unavailable.
Distribution.
Eastern New
Guinea
,
Chimbu province
(
Fig. 3
).
Etymology.
The epithet refers to the local name ‘Haia’, the
type
locality of the species.