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 nigricordatus
sp. nov.
(Figs. 25–26)
Type
material.
Holotype
. Male.
Indonesia
, Sulawesi Utara, FOG 25, G. Ambang F. R.,
1200 m
,
31 July 1985
. R. Ent. Soc. Lond., Project Wallace, B. M. 1985–10. Tray 2 (
BMNH
).
Differential diagnosis.
Sulabanus nigrocordatus
is placed in the
S. mamasensis
group on the basis of the shape of male genitalia. The body is dark colored, without any yellow patch.
S. nigrocordatus
resembles, in colouration and size of eyes,
S. barclayi
, but these species differ in the shape of the basal half of the phallus (Figs. 23–26). Although male genitalia of
S. cordatus
and
S. nigrocordatus
are very similar (Figs. 21–22 and 25–26) these species differ in colouration and the relative size of eyes.
Description.
Body dark brown, without any bright patch in elytra. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Frontal distance between eyes 1.38 times eye diameter. Pronotum flat, 1.17 times wider that long. Elytra parallel– sided, 2.85 times longer than width at humeri. Male genitalia with widened middle part of phallus and short slender apical part (Figs. 25–26).
Measurements.
BL
8.3 mm
, HW
2.29 mm
, PL
1.26 mm
, PW
1.48 mm
, Ediam
0.46 mm
, Edist
0.64 mm
, EL
6.55 mm
.
Distribution.
Sulawesi, known only from the
type
locality in the Northern Sulawesi province.
Etymology.
The specific epithet is derived from the characteristics of this species–the wide middle part of the phallus and the concolorous black body.