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 ocularis
sp. nov.
(Figs. 49–50)
Type
material.
Holotype
. Male. C. Sulawesi,
38 km
SE Pendolo vill.,
1200 m
, 120.46.55E,
2.14.03
S,
10-11 July 2001
, Bolm lgt. (
LMBC
).
Differential diagnosis.
Sulabanus ocularis
differs from all congeneric species by the very slender basal part of the phallus. Its large eyes are similar to those found in
S. amporiwensis
in the
S. major
group, but
S. amporiwensis
has yellow and
S. ocularis
black thoracic ventrites.
Description.
Body dark brown to black, elytra with bright transverse yellow patch in humeral third. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Frontal interocular distance 1.02 times eye diameter. Pronotum flat, 1.16 times wider that long. Elytra parallel–sided, 2.94 times longer than width at humeri. Phallus with deeply emarginate apical part and dorsally bent apex, basal part very slender (Figs. 49–50).
Measurements.
BL
6.75 mm
, HW
1.9 mm
, PL
1.05 mm
, PW
1.23 mm
, Ediam
0.56 mm
, Edist
0.57 mm
, EL
5.6 mm
.
Distribution.
Sulawesi, known only from the
type
locality in the vicinity of Pendolo.
Etymology.
The species is named after the large size of its eyes.