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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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic. & urn: lsid: zoobank. org: author: 78383404 - FF 9 F- 46 EA-A 1 AE-ACF 3613 E 1 D 69 & corresponding author: ladislav. bocak @ upol. cz
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2016
2016-08-05
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journal article
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Cautires renatae
sp. nov.
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Figs 18
,
36
,
56
,
74
Diagnosis
Cautires renatae
sp. nov.
resembles
C. reverandi
in the bright humeral part of elytra and the reddish pubescence on the pronotum (
Figs 36–37
). Additionally,
C. renatae
sp. nov.
has a different shape of the phallus (
Figs 74–75
).
Etymology
The specific name is in honour of Renata Bilkova, a colleague from the laboratory.
Type material
Holotype
MALAYSIA
: ♁,
Kelantan
, km 12,
Road Kg. Raja–Gua Musang
,
980 m
,
4°38'15" N
,
101°30'11" E
,
20 Apr. 2013
(AJ0035).
Paratype
MALAYSIA
: 1 ♁, same locality data as the
holotype
(AJ0027).
Measurements
BL
7.6 mm
, PL
1.2 mm
, PW
1.55 mm
, HW
0.85 mm
, Edist
0.41 mm
, Ediam
0.55 mm
, LP
1.1 mm
.
Description of the male
Body slender, black, pronotum with orange pubescence, elytra mostly black, only basal third of primary and one fourth of secondary elytral costae with orange pubescence (
Fig. 56
). Head small, eyes hemispherically prominent, large, eye diameter 1.34 times interocular distance. Antennae flabellate, lamella of antennomere 3 slightly more that 1.5 length of antennomere length (
Fig. 18
). Pronotum with seven areolae, posterior costae sharp in lateral part and obtuse in middle of pronotum, median areola complete, well-marked, attached directly to basal margin; anterior angles obtuse, lateral margins concave, strongly elevated, posterior angles strongly prominent, (
Fig. 36
). Elytra parallel-sided, secondary costae developed, transverse costae dense (
Fig. 56
). Phallus robust, constricted in middle part, obtuse at apex (
Fig. 74
).
Distribution
Peninsular
Malaysia
:
Kelantan
.
Cautires renatae
sp. nov.
is known only from the
type
locality in the
Kelantan state
.