High diversity and endemism in the genus Cautires Waterhouse, 1879 (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from the Malay mountain forests, with the descriptions of fourteen new species
Author
Jiruskova, Alice
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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic. & Email: alice. jiruskova @ seznam. cz & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: E 8 EA 3180 - 2399 - 4 EA 9 - 86 BD-DBFC 381 E 2 F 93
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Author
Motyka, Michal
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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic. & Email: michal. motyka @ upol. cz & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 242 DF 8 C 7 - 1 E 68 - 45 F 7 - AD 24 - C 4 BC 0 C 5 D 0 D 94
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Author
Bocak, Ladislav
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2016
2016-08-05
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Cautires arribasae
sp. nov.
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Figs 5
,
23
,
43
,
61
Diagnosis
Cautires arribasae
sp. nov.
is one of the species with a brightly coloured humeral part of elytra and black pronotum. The species resembles
C. alexae
sp. nov.
and
C. kotatinggensis
sp. nov.
in general appearance and differs in the large eyes, the shape of the pronotum (
Figs 21, 23, 31
), and phallus (
Figs 59, 61, 69
).
Etymology
The specific epithet is proposed in honour of Paula Arribas, a colleague studying beetle soil communities.
Type material
Holotype
MALAYSIA
: ♁,
Pahang
,
Gn. Beremban
,
1480 m
,
4°27'51" N
,
101°23'26" E
,
6–28 Apr. 2013
(AJ0079).
Paratypes
MALAYSIA
: 3 ♁♁,
3 ♀♀
, same locality data (AJ0058, AJ0059, AJ0062, AJ0064, AJ0066, AJ0078).
Measurements
BL
9.8 mm
, PL
1.5 mm
, PW
2.05 mm
, HW
1.15 mm
, Edist
0.5 mm
, Ediam
0.68 mm
, LP
1.67 mm
.
Description of the male
Body slender, black, only basal fourth of primary and fifth of secondary elytral costae with reddish pubescence (
Fig. 43
). Head small, hemispherically prominent, eyes large, eye diameter 1.36 times interocular distance. Antennae flabellate (
Fig. 5
). Pronotum with 7 areolae, median areola complete, marked by sharp ridges, attached directly to basal margin of pronotum; anterior angles obtuse, lateral margins slightly concave, lateral part of pronotum strongly elevated, posterior angles acutely prominent, pronotal margins and costae covered with brown, dense pubescence (
Fig. 23
). Elytra parallel-sided, secondary costae well developed, transverse costae dense (
Fig. 43
). Phallus robust, slender in basal part, its apex obtuse (
Fig. 61
).
Distribution
Peninsular
Malaysia
:
Pahang
.
Cautires arribasae
sp. nov.
is known only from the mountain forests in the Cameron Highlands.