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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Author
Motyka, Michal
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Author
Bocak, Ladislav
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2016
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Cautires campestris
sp. nov.
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6F1955CA-3699-4BBC-8673-5DC0D1718774
Figs 7
,
25
, 40, 45, 63
Diagnosis
Cautires campestris
sp. nov.
is one of the species with a brightly coloured humeral part of the elytra, reddish pubescence on the disc of the pronotum and large eyes. This species has very long, slender antennal lamellae (
Fig. 7
), which resemble very closely those of the black coloured species
C. jasarensis
sp. nov.
Additionally,
C. campestris
sp. nov.
differs from other species in the robust phallus and the pronotum with vestigial postero-lateral ridges.
Etymology
The specific epithet refers to the lowland distribution of the species.
Type material
Holotype
MALAYSIA
: ♁,
Perak
, km 24,
Road Tapah-Ringlet
,
350 m
,
4°18'39" N
,
101°19'52" E
,
19 Apr. 2013
(AJ0039).
Figs 59–78.
Phallus.
59
.
Cautires alexae
sp. nov.
60
.
C. andujari
sp. nov.
61
.
C. arribasae
sp. nov.
62
.
C. berembanensis
sp. nov.
63
.
C. campestris
sp. nov.
64
.
C. communis
sp. nov.
65
.
C. griseus
Kleine, 1930
.
66
.
C. jasarensis
sp. nov.
67
.
C. katarinae
sp. nov.
68
.
C. kirstenae
sp. nov.
69
.
C. kotatinggensis
sp. nov.
70
.
C. linardi
sp. nov.
71
.
C. maseki
sp. nov.
72
.
C. pahangensis
sp. nov.
73
.
C. nervosus
Kleine, 1926
.
74
.
C. renatae
sp. nov.
75
.
C. reverandi
Pic, 1925
.
76
.
C. simillimus
Kleine, 1926
.
77
.
C. selangorensis
Kleine, 1930
.
78
.
C. tenebricus
Kleine, 1926
. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.
Paratypes
MALAYSIA
:
2 ♀♀
, same locality data (AJ0040–AJ0041);
2 ♀♀
,
Kelantan
, km 12, Road Kg. Raja–Gua Musang,
780 m
,
4°38'15" N
,
101°30'11" E
,
20 Apr. 2013
(AJ0032, AJ0096).
Measurements
BL
6.5 mm
, PL 1.0 mm, PW
1.55 mm
, HW
0.9 mm
, Edist
0.5 mm
, Ediam
0.57 mm
, LP 1.0 mm.
Description of the male
Body slender, black, only basal third of primary and secondary elytral costae with reddish pubescence (
Fig. 45
). Head small, eyes hemispherically prominent, moderately large, eye diameter 1.14 times interocular distance. Antennae flabellate, lamellae very long, slender, attached to base of antennomere (
Fig. 7
). Pronotum flat, with 7 areolae, median areola well-developed, ridges sharp, median areola attached directly to basal margin of pronotum; anterior pronotal angles obtuse, lateral margins concave, lateral part of pronotum strongly elevated, posterior angles only weakly prominent, rounded apically, pronotum with orange pubescence on edges (
Fig. 25
). Elytra parallel-sided, secondary costae week (Fig. 40), transverse costae dense (
Fig. 45
). Phallus moderately robust, widest in the middle part, obtuse at apex (
Fig. 63
).
Distribution
Peninsular
Malaysia
:
Perak
,
Kelantan
. The species is widely distributed in low elevations of the Cameron Highlands region.