Species delimitation of colour polymorphic Cladophorus (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from New Guinea
Author
Bocak, Ladislav
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-09-18
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3
505
522
journal article
32076
10.11646/zootaxa.4320.3.6
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Ca50E5A5-B417-4000-B67D-5F6028Da9154
Cladophorus wasiorensis
sp. nov.
(
Figs. 18, 32
,
49
,
77–78
)
Type
material.
Holotype
.
Male
,
Indonesia
,
West Papua
prov.,
Wasior
,
Wonoliwoi
,
2°42´S
134°32´E
,
300–1000 m
(
A00400
,
LMBC
).
Diagnosis
.
C. wasiorensis
resembles one of colour forms identified in
C. motykai
(
Figs. 45, 49
), but the light coloured part is much more extensive and its hue is pale. Additionally,
C. wasiorensis
has extremely long antennal lamellae (
Fig. 18
).
Description.
Male. Body medium-sized,
12.3 mm
long, dark brown to black, pronotum and elytra except apical two-fifths pale yellow (
Figs. 31
,
48
). Head with hemispherically prominent eyes, frontal interocular distance 1.8 times maximum diameter; antennae flabellate, long, reaching behind middle of elytral length if inclined, antennomere 3 with lamella 4.0 times longer than stem of antennomere, lamella attached to middle part of antennomere (
Fig. 18
). Pronotum transverse, 1.4 times wider than long at midline, lateral margins elevated, frontal margin projected anteriorly, frontal angles conspicuous, lateral margins slightly convex, posterior angles projected, all carinae well-developed (
Fig. 31
). Elytra parallel-sided, transverse costae well-developed, regular, elytral areoles slightly transverse (
Fig. 49
). Phallus slender, parallel-sided, with quite long, slender apex (
Figs. 77–78
).
Measurements.
BL
12.3 mm
, PL
1.48 mm
, PW
2.08 mm
, WH
1.34 mm
, Edist
0.90 mm
, Ediam
0.49 mm
, LE
10.4 mm
, antennomere 3: stem
0.7 mm
, lamella
3.1 mm
.
Distribution.
Western
New
Guinea
, Teluk Wondama regency (
Fig. 3
).
Etymology.
The epithet refers to the local name ‘Wasior’, the
type
locality of the species.