A revision of Paratelius Kazantsev, 1992 (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
Author
Malohlava, Vladimír
Author
Bocak, Ladislav
text
Zootaxa
2009
2009-12-08
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.2306.1.4
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.2306.1.4
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Paratelius juvencus
(
Kleine, 1932
)
Scarelus juvencus
Kleine, 1932: 37–38
.
=
Paratelius iunius
Kazantsev, 1997: 184
;
Kazantsev & Yang, 1999: 246
.
Type material:
Holotype
, male.
B. N. Borneo
,
Mt. Kinabalu
,
Keuokok
,
3.300 ft
,
26 April 1929
,
H. M. Pendlebury
coll.,
F. M. S. Museum
(
BMNH
)
.
Other material examined:
Male, Borneo,
Sabah
, km 55 KK-
Tambunan,
1650 m
,
Gn. Emas
,
22. iii. – 6. iv. 2000
, leg.
Bolm
(
LMBC
); male, Borneo,
Sabah
,
Mt. Kinabalu
N. P.
,
Feb 2000
,
M. Snizek
(
LMBC
)
.
Diagnosis:
P. juvencus
is similar to
P. nigricornis
n. sp.
in the coloration of pronotum and head.
P. juvencus
has more robust body with elytron less than 6 times longer than its width in the middle part and darker. The male genitalia of both species are similar (
Figs 1
I-J).
Redescription:
Male. Body small, robust, head, thorax and abdomen black; elytra dark cinnamon brown; antennae, mouth parts and legs black. Head small, densely pubescent; eyes small, hemispherically prominent, frontal distance 3.4 times maximum eye diameter. Antennae slightly serrate, slender, flattened, antennomeres 3-10 triangular; last antennomere eliptical. Antennae reaching over apex of elytra by four antennomeres. Elytra wide, 3.1 times longer than width at humeri, parallel-sided, with four well developed primary costae, covered with reddish pubescence. Legs moderately long, slender, flattened, densely pubescent. Male genitalia trilobate; phallus very long, slightly turned upwards; parameres short, reaching one sixth of phallic length; phalobase very small, short and subtle (
Figs 1
I-J).
Measurements:
BL
6.2 mm
, PW 1.0 mm, PL
0.8 mm
, WH
1.5 mm
, Edist
0.71 mm
, Ediam
0.21 mm
.
Distribution:
Malaysia
:
Sabah
: Mt. Kinabalu, Crocker Range.