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 robustus
sp. nov.
(Figs. 45–46)
Type
material.
Holotype
. Male. S. Sulawesi,
8 km
W Mamasa (Nepe),
950 m
, 119.20.32E, 2.56.13S,
29-31 June 2001
, Bolm lgt. (
LMBC
).
Differential diagnosis.
Sulabanus robustus
resembles
S. brancuccii
in coloration pattern and in the size of eyes. Both species have about 1.3 times longer interocular distance than eye diameter in lateral view and both have dark ventrites and yellow patch in elytra. These species differ in the shape of male genitalia (Figs. 45–48). The apical processes are much slenderer in
S. robustus
than in
S. brancuccii
.
Description.
Body dark brown to black, only elytra with transverse patch at humeral third. Head partly hidden by pronotum. Frontal interocular distance 1.29 times eye diameter. Pronotum flat, 1.13 times wider that long. Elytra parallel–sided, 3.83 times longer than width at humeri. Phallus very deeply emarginate at apex, parallel–sided at apical half of phallus (Figs. 45–46).
Measurements.
BL
6.9 mm
, HW
1.50 mm
, PL
0.97 mm
, PW
1.11 mm
, Ediam
0.40 mm
, Edist
0.52 mm
, EL
5.75 mm
.
Distribution.
Sulawesi, known only from the
type
locality in the Mamasa valley (Nepe village).
Etymology.
The specific epithet refers to the species’ general appearance.